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| Juniperus ficus, pattern included with class |
Skill level is intermediate.
Prerequisite:
Students should already be familiar with the basic processes of
knitting lace including mastery of yarn-overs, left-leaning decreases (ssk), and
right-leaning decreases (k2tog).
What you will learn:
Italian cast-on, which is perfect for versa lace or 1×1
ribbing or brioche (If you are taking the 2-hour version rather than the 3-hour version, we'll have to skip this cast-on)
double yarn-overs and how to deal with them on the next row
left-leaning reversible decrease
right-leaning reversible decrease
tubular bind-off, which is also perfect for 1×1
ribbing
Maximum 20 students.
½ day workshop
Students receive a handout in booklet form including the Juniperus ficus scarf pattern.
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| detail of Assiduous, a slightly more complex lace pattern |
No materials fee. The pattern (normally a paid download on Ravelry) is provided as part of the class materials.
No homework, per se, but please be sure you meet the prerequisite. If you want to cast-on ahead of time for the 2-hour or virtual class, cast-on 22 pairs/44 stitches of 1×1 ribbing. In a three-hour in-person class, we'll do Italian cast-on.
Supplies:
- class yarn (worsted weight, plain, light or bright or medium color, non-splitting)
- needles appropriate for 1×1 ribbing in this yarn
- contrasting yarn in a similar weight (one yard is fine — it is easier to learn the cast-on in two colors)
- removable pin to mark right side of work
- optional: chart for a lace pattern you would like to work reversibly
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If you want to cast-on the project in class, you need 2 skeins of Feza yarns Harvest renamed Urth Harvest worsted or other worsted-weight yarn (400-500 yards).
No special needs for the room set up. A whiteboard or flip chart is nice to have but not need to have. I have a projector if the facilities can accommodate it. Room set-up should be tables and chairs either facing forward or in a U-shape.
This class has been taught at
The Whole Nine Yarns, Woodstock GA;
Spring Fling 2016, Atlanta GA;
Yarn and Y'all, May 2016, Greenville SC;
Georgia FiberFest 2016, Columbus GA;
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 2016, Fletcher NC;
South Carolina Knit Inn 2017, Greenville SC;
Unwind 2018, Blowing Rock NC;
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 2018, Fletcher NC;
Kanuga Knitting and Quilting Retreat 2019, Hendersonville, NC;
Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival 2019, Pittsburgh PA;
Carolina Fiber Fest 2019, Raleigh NC;
STITCHES Salt Lake 2019, Salt Lake City UT;
Spring Break 2020 for Kathy's Kreations, Ligonier, PA;
Fiberworld 2021, online;
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 2021, Fletcher NC;
Blue Ridge Fiber Fest 2022, Sparta, NC;
Carolina Fiber Fest 2023, Raleigh NC;
TKGA Next Level Knitting Conference 2023, virtual;
Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival 2023, Pittsburgh PA;
New York State Sheep and Wool Festival 2023, Rhinebeck NY;
Salt Lake Knitting Guild, Salt Lake City UT, March 2024.
Elements of this class were taught in "A Feast of Reversible Knitting," John C. Campbell Folk School, May 2024.
Note: When this class is offered virtually or offered as a 2-hour class, I drop the lesson on Italian cast-on. I also market that class as "Essentials of Versa Lace" rather than "Introduction to Versa Lace."
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