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Adventures in Fair Isle Knitting
In this class we learn the basics of Fair Isle knitting and designing and end up with something that looks like a hat! Or a cowl. Or a pillow. Or a scarf- there’s no wrong way to take this workshop!
Students should come feeling confident in knitting and purling in the round and reading patterns.
Baby Sweater Workshop
Ready knit beyond the hat? Baby sweaters are a fantastic way to learn big techniques in a small project. This 2-part workshop covers pattern reading, increasing, knitting in the round, buttonholes, and top-down raglan sweater construction which can be applied to sweaters of any size. Students will need 100-150 grams of DK or worsted weight yarn, a size 6 (DK),7 or 8 (worsted) 24” circular needle and DPNs of the same size.
Students should come feeling confident in knitting and purling.
Baker’s Cowl: A Gentle Introduction to 2-Color Brioche
This pattern is a gentle introduction to Brioche (made during my Great British Baking Show binge, hence the name) using 2 colors of sport weight yarn, but any weight can be used as long as the yarn is smooth- you’ll need at least 50 grams of each and appropriately sized needles. Solid colors and tonals are ideal to bring out the pattern.
Students should come to class feeling confident about knitting and purling in the round, as well as slipping stitches and yarn over (YO).
Beaded Christmas Tree
Need a quick gift or decoration? This tree can be whipped up in a couple hours! Beads are addde with a crochet hook - no pre-stringing! You’ll need about 10 yards of brown, about 50 yards of green, a handful of beads and a crochet hook small enough to fit through the bead.
Ask for a workshop from your LYS and Paige will provide the kits- just bring needles!
Christmas Clothesline
Get festive in a hurry! This workshop will cover some big techniques in a small project- we’ll cover top-down socks two ways (covering a traditional ribbed top and a picot hem, a short row and an eye-of-partridge heel, and two different toe decreases) as well as the basics of mitten construction.
Coming Soon:
A Cabled Collective Pillow
Who doesn’t love a good chunky knit? This quick project will introduce three styles of cabling with a bonus lesson of how to cable without a needle! Stay tuned for more details!
Perfect Fit Sweater Workshop
Make your next sweater your best sweater!
This class is a 90-minute workshop covering everything you need to know to level-up your sweater making. Students receive a booklet in class. Concepts apply to both knit and crochet, and we cover the following:
Fibers, fiber families, and yarn substitution
How to measure your body for a sweater fitting
Common body types and simple pattern adjustments
Tips for researching patterns and projects including catching red flags
Gauge - what it means, what to do when you aren’t getting it and why you might not want to get gauge - complete with a math lesson
Short & Steek - a Fair Isle & Steeking Workshop
This class is a 2-part workshop best taught at least a week apart.
The first class is a gentle introduction to Fair Isle knitting or stranded colorwork. We’ll make a headband!
The second class is where the magic happens! Bring your completed headband and we’ll reinforce your work, cut it open (steeking), and finish it with a button band. It’s a great way to learn this big technique on a small piece of knitting.
Tia’s Tote - A Mosaic Bag Workshop
This colorwork bag is worked in a mosaic pattern, creating a fun design with slipped stitches and only one yarn at a time! You’ll end up with a fun dumpling bag for holding small knitting projects or whatever you’d like! (Tia likes to carry Hot Wheels and shredded cheese in hers)
You’ll need 50 grams of at least 2 colors in the yarn of your choice and appropriately sized needles (ie size 6 for DK, size 7 or 8 for worsted), 24” circular needle and DPNs for the handle and base. Yarns that work best with Tia’s Tote are smooth and solid or tonal- sample was made in a magenta and orange sport weight.
Students should be confident in knitting, purling, and slipping stitches and working in the round on circular needles. DPNS experience is a plus!
Thrummed Mittens
Originating in Newfoundland and Labrador Island, thrummed mittens are a fun way to create wonderfully warm, fleece- lined mittens. Thrums were originally scraps of yarn leftover from weaving projects, but now roving (tufts of unspun wool) is used. Roving thrums are added every 4th round to create that layer of wool insulation that felts with use. Be sure to use a yarn and fiber that has not been given a superwash treatment, because this project requires felting to create that firm lining.
Warm Vanilla Mittens
Learn the basics of mitten making!
This class is great for kniters looking go beyond the washcloth! We’ll cover knitting in the round using double-pointed needles, shaping, grafting, and even discuss how to change up a pattern by adding colorwork or different stitches to make your next pair of mittens a work of art!
Spice Rack Hat- Entrelac in the Round
This hat is a gentle introduction to knitting Entrelac in the round (or is it?). Instructions are given for a basic stockinette stitch square, but once you’re comfortable with the technique you can spice it up however you like! Throw in a garter or seed stitch square, bust out a cable or simple lace pattern. As long as you end up with the correct number of stitches at the end of the row, there’s no wrong way to do it! Get comfy with this tutorial and then have fun with incorporating your favorite patterns!
Vicissitude Shawlette- a 5-part skillbuilding workshop
Vicissitude: a variation in circumstances or in the development of something.
This shawlette is made in a modular fashion, starting with a large block featuring slipped stitches and cables. The second row of blocks throws in an entirely different texture created with yarn overs draped over live stitches. The third changes the pattern again, introducing mitred squares. The fourth section is knitted on the bias and returns to the motifs of earlier sections. The fifth creates a border that ties everything together. Level-up your knitting with this pattern or workshop!