Skill level is intermediate.
Prerequisite: Students should be able to knit, purl, and work in the round.
Students should have some experience with Kitchener grafting.
What you will learn:
how to graft in pattern
how to make a folded
hem
how to use lifelines to keep track of row counts
how to place
guidelines for seaming
how to make pocket and thumb openings
how to
cast-on provisionally
how to use vertical lifelines for blocking
how
to use vertical lifelines for picking up
how to use vertical lifelines
for edgings
Maximum 20 students.
½ day workshop
Students receive a handout in booklet form.
No materials fee.
Homework swatch for hem/provisional:
Using contrasting waste yarn and
needle one or two sizes smaller than what you would normally choose, cast on
20 stitches.
Work a few rows in stockinette to establish waste tab.
RS:
Work a right-side row using a second slippery contrasting waste yarn such as
crochet cotton or dental floss.
Join project yarn. WS: purl. RS: knit.
WS: purl.
RS: purl (to create fold line).
Change to
normal-size needle — WS: purl. RS: knit. WS: purl.
Project part of fabric
is 7 rows tall = 3 rows + fold line + 3 rows (blue in picture).
Leave
live on needles.
Homework swatch for grafting in pattern:
Using waste yarn in size similar
to project yarn, cast on 12 stitches.
Knit back and forth in 2×2 rib for
about an inch.
RS: Work one row in slippery waste yarn in pattern — use
crochet cotton or dental floss.
Tie on project yarn and work in 2×2 rib
for several inches. Swatch should be long enough to wrap around so you can
graft the end to the beginning as if making a bracelet.
RS: Again work
one row in slippery waste yarn in pattern.
Again knit back and forth in
2×2 rib for about an inch.
Leave live on needles.
Pictures and directions for homework swatches can be found
here.
- homework swatches still on the needles
- class yarn in two colors (smooth, non-splitting, light or bright or medium color)
-
range of needles for working that yarn including needles one size smaller
- small-size non-slippery double-pointed needles
-
circular needles or interchangeable needle cables (optional, helpful)
- assorted waste yarn (slippery mercerized cotton is good)
- blunt tapestry needle
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
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 2015, Fletcher NC;
South Carolina Knit Inn 2020, Greenville SC;
South Carolina Knit Inn
2026, Greenville, SC;
Carolina Fiber Fest 2026, Raleigh NC;
On the schedule for DFW Fiber Fest 2026.
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