Project Descriptions and Materials List – Knitting
Spud, the Sheep
Instructor: Meg Evatt
Make Spud and learn a new stitch at the same time, the Twisted Loop Stitch, a fun decorative stitch for you to add texture to your knitted fabric. And brush off the double point needles to refresh your skills with them as well. Spud makes the perfect gift for grandchildren, new babies, or just to keep as a companion for yourself! Spud is knitted in the round, using DPNs throughout this pattern. Instructions and tips for DPNs will be provided in class.
Supplies Needed
Yarn: Spud & Chloe sweater yarn, worsted weight; 100g/160yd; 1 Hank A, 1 Hank B, 1 Hank C (see pattern for colors.) This yarn is a superwash 55% merino and 45% cotton yarn. (And is expensive, $18.50/ball of 100 gm. If you wish to substitute a less expensive yarn, you can look at Yarn Bee from Hobby Lobby, Cascade 220, Lion Brand Collections, Drops Yarn. Make sure you match the gauge and weight of the superwash you substitute. If you need help with this, feel free to contact me. Also, check your yardage, purchasing enough to match pattern yardage.)
You can choose colors close to those of Spud or get creative and have a black sheep or tan one.
Needles: size 4 double point needles (set of four) or size to obtain gauge; you may work with two circular needles or magic loop if prefer.
Notions: see pattern. Instructor will provide fiberfill, unless you have a specific brand you prefer.
Pattern: Spud by Susan B. Anderson, $9.00 on Ravelry
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spud or Spud and Chloë Dolls, $9.00 on Blue Sky Fibers, https://blueskyfibers.com/product/spud–chloe–dolls/
This will be a fun filled class, so be sure to join us. You will have a wonderful time.
Skill level: All levels, including learn to knit.
Class Limits: Minimum 5; Maximum 15.
Colorful Cables
Instructor: Heather Storta
Join us as we take our cable knitting to the next level! We’ll cover some cable knitting basics as a refresher, then we’ll start working on Heather’s brand new cowl pattern that features a variety of cables worked in more than one color. Cable flare, intarsia cable knitting, chart reading, cabling without a cable needle and much, much more will be covered.
Supplies Needed
Yarn: DK or Sport weight yarn in three colors — about 250 yards of each. One color should contrast strongly with the other two for the most visual impact in the cowl.
Needles: Circular needles (24-32″ length or so) in about size US 6, or a size that gets a nice drape in stockinette stitch. (Bring a variety of sizes if you are unsure. Gauge is less important in this project, but we will do a quick gauge swatch in class.)
Notions: Cable needle, Yarn bobbins (optional), Knitting notions (scissors, tapestry needle, etc)
Skill level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate
Class Limits: Minimum 5; Maximum 15
Scheherazade
Instructor: Jolie Elder
Get the jump on this beautiful, adaptable pattern while learning basic intarsia! Students will learn how to make a stunning project using very simple tangle-free modular intarsia technique. Special graph paper for planning your project included in the handouts. This project is great for long-print yarns and mohair-blend yarns. As the full pattern is over 50 pages to provide many charts and options, students will receive a pdf. This pattern was listing in Ravelry’s Hot 20 for July 2022!
What you will learn
-how to work intarsia in both stockinette and garter stitch
-how to use multiple colors without tanglingtricks for designing with color-shifting yarns -tricks for ad finitum knitting — i.e. winning at yarn chicken -how to mirror increases
Supplies Needed
Yarn: at least four colors of class yarn (smooth, non-splitting, light or bright or medium color) — small leftover skeins are fine, mohair or mohair-blend yarn are ideal; something with a color shift or gradient is especially striking in this technique
Needles: needles to work in garter stitch creating drape and flow rather than stiff and structured.
Skill level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate
Class Limits: Minimum 5; Maximum 15
Butterfly Cowl
Instructor: Mimi Keser
The Butterfly Cowl is an amazingly fun knit! Using one self-striping yarn and one solid yarn, we will follow the color and short-row our way to a warm, immensely satisfying finished object. Mimi has reworked the pattern to substitute German Short Row for wrap and turn, as well as providing both stockinette and garter stitch options. Pattern mods included in class fee.
Supplies Needed
Pattern: Butterfly Cowl by MarinJaKnits, available on Ravelry Yarn: 30g Crazy Zauberball and 25 grams of solid fingering weight yarn in high contrast with each other.
Needles: US 4 circular needles with 32″ cable Notions: 2 stitch markers
Skill level: Advanced Beginner
Class Limits: Minimum 5; Maximum 15
Cumulativa Cowl
Instructor: Varian Brandon
This cowl was requested by Mountain Meadow Wool company as a way to use their gradient sport weight collecitons. It was offered as part of their yarn club and proved to be very popular. The pattern is simple and repetitive. The color changes are minimal. The outcome is kinda fun!
You can either get the yarn it was designed for from Mountain Meadow or you can bring your own color selection. Sport weight yarn makes a cowl that is 32” by 10.5”. Your pattern is included with this Kanuga class.
Supplies Needed
Pattern: provided in class
Yarn: Mountain Meadow Wool, Cody – Sport, 200 yds/50g (2oz), 2 ply OR any set of 4 graded colors OR 1 base color and 3 shades (Light, Medium, and Dark) of a complimentary color. 1 skein each. The original yarn in 4 color sets can be found on the Mountain Meadow website.
Needles:US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 3 (3.25 mm) 24 in. circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: Stitch markers,Tapestry needle, Small Scissors.
Skills needed: Advance beginner
Class Limits: Minimum 5; Maximum 15.
Bring Your Own – Knitting
If you are trying to get a project finished and just need some dedicated time to finish it up, bring it along and join others by the fire with needles and yarn. Instructors will be available to help if you run into a problem and everyone will be available to admire your work!