Sweater Skills Class by Wendy

Prerequisite knitting skills-  Adventurous beginner: able to knit, purl, Cast on and cast off. 

Class Description:  Do you want to knit your first sweater but need a few more skills?  

This is YOUR class.  You will not knit a sweater. Instead, you’ll complete a sweater sampler that will include all the stitches and skills you will need to knit a sweater.  It’s a fun, low stress way to rapidly increase your knitting knowledge and prepare for that first sweater! It is easy to adapt the sampler to your needs and interests.

See sampler in store plus photos of other samplers

   From the members of the winter sweater class:  “I wish I done this first!  Would have made my sweater so much easier!!   

Skills/class topics:  

• Knitting in the round, knitting flat
• Pattern reading.
• Cable Cast on
• Several different kinds of cast-offs
• Special topics: Ribbing, Increases/decreases, including short rows, Selvages, button holes, Pockets, Stripes, I-cords
• Fitting a sweater and knitting gauge
• A tiny bit of knitting arithmetic 

Materials: 

Kit for class:  1 skein (100gm/4 oz) of multi-plied, well spun, light colored worsted weight yarn, pattern/book: The Sweater Workshop by Jacqueline Fee, class handouts, stitch markers.

Provided by student: 16 or 24” circular needles size 7, and later in class, size 7 dpn’s— preferred notions including scissors, darning needle, etc.  

From all our stashes- the small amount of contrast yarn required for stripes and pockets.