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Sally Melville...

January 13th 3-6pm - FIRST CHOICES, BASIC SHAPES No matter how advanced or experienced we are, we run the risk of making a garment that looks awful. Why? We make decisions in the first 20 minutes that have everything to do with the success or failure of a project. What are those decisions? Yarn, color, stitch pattern, silhouette. This workshop gives dianostic skills to look at these decisions. And it then follows with basic pattern drafting. So even if you never design your own knitting, you'll have the tools to alter what you do knit to produce the best possible result. NOTE This class is wonderfully combined with KNIT TO FLATTER AND FIT. SKILL LEVEL anyone ENROLLMENT unlimited.

January 14th - ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE SELF-TAUGHT KNITTER Most of us are self-taught. And no matter how advanced and accomplished we are, there are holes in our experience. Perhaps we rely upon the same cast-on, the same increase, the same decrease. Perhaps we are not confident of our seaming or are confounded by the instruction to pick up and knit 101 stitches around the neck edge . . . evenly!’ This workshop explores the best methods that we should all have in our repertoire and provides hands-on experience for each one. In addition, students will have the opportunity to ask questions about other knitting techniques. There is always room for the content of this class to be influenced by the students in the class. SKILL LEVEL beginner intermediate and beyond SUPPLIES TO BRING yarn, needles, blunt tapestry needle, crochet hook HOMEWORK Use plain, light-colored yarn throughout. Worsted weight works best. Block both swatches. 1.Work a 3” square swatch in stockinette. 2.Cast on 24 stitches: work in stockinette until the piece measures 3" in length. DO EXACTLY AS WRITTEN: do not slip stitches and do not work short rows. (You are shaping a round neck, in case you wonder what is going on.) At the beginning of the next RS row, bind off 6 stitches. At the beginning of the next RS row, bind off 3 stitches. At the beginning of the next RS row, bind off 2 stitches. At the beginning of the next 3 RS rows, bind off 1 stitch. Work 8 rows straight. Bind off all stitches.