When all else fails...take a class!
We have a regularly changing selection of classes in almost all the fiber arts: knitting, crochet, weaving, spinning and felting. Have an idea for a class?
Email us -- we'd love to hear it.
Knitting & Crocheting Classes
WALK-IN Knitting Clinic
Having a problem with your knitting projects? Need some help deciphering a pattern? Want to change the shape or size of a garment? Let the "Knitting Doctor" cure what ails you.
The clinic is open every Tuesday evening, 6:30 to 8:00 PM.
Visits are $18 (or 6 classes for $90). All skill levels are welcome.
Walk-in Crochet Clinic
Join us every Saturday morning beginning February 5 from 10:30-noon for a drop-in crochet class. Visits are $18 or 6 classes for $90. All skill levels are welcome.
Make Socks
Join Alison Green Will for a 3 part class to knit your first socks. She'll show you how easy and satisfying it is to make socks. Those experienced with Magic Loop are welcome to use that technique; everyone else will use double-pointed needles.
February 25, March 3 & 10
10:30-12:30
Instructor: Alison Green Will
Prerequisites: knit, purl and knitting in the round
Cost: $60 plus materials
Beginner Knitting! Knit a Hat
Join Alison Green Will and learn everything you need to get rolling along as you make a basic watch cap.
February 25, March 3 & 10
1-3PM
Instructor: Alison Green Will
Prerequisites: knit and purl
Cost: $60 plus materials
Advanced Beginner Knitting -- Baby Sweater!
This is the perfect class to take your skills to the next level if you've been stuck on scarves and other simple projects. We will cover increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches, and sewing up.
March 31, April 7, 14 & 21
10:30-12:30
Instructor: Alison Green Will
Prerequisites: knit and purl
Cost:$80
Crochet Scarf
Crochet the Splashy Flowers Scarf from Crochet In Color.
March 31 & April 7
1:30-3
Instructor: Alison Green Will
Prerequisites: Chain, slip stitch, single crochet and half double crochet stitches
Cost: $36
Color and Knitting Workshops with Kristin Nicholas
Saturday April 28, 2012
Embellishing Knitwear
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
$80
Do you love knitting colorful creations but Fair Isle or Intarsia techniques aren’t quite your thing? Step into Kristin’s world of embellishing knitwear with a needle and thread. The easy techniques you will learn will help add personality and panache to all your knitwear. And they are a whole lot of fun too!
You’ll learn duplicate stitch, chain stitch, French knots, lazy daisies, spider web, running stitch, and more. Kristin will share her helpful techniques to give your embroidery a professional look. When you’re finished, you’ll be able to decorate your own knitwear with fantastic flourishes that will make your work sparkle.
Supplies:
Students should bring one 8 x 8” swatch knit in worsted weight stockinette stitch. Several colors of smooth worsted weight yarn. Tapestry needle (blunt point) and scissors.
Optional: Two color Fair Isle swatch.
Good Grief – Steeks!
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
$80
Just the word “STEEK” puts fear into many a knitter’s heart. But making a steek isn’t scary or death defying. Join Kristin Nicholas for a few hours of learning what a steek is, how to make one, and where and when they are helpful and smart to use.
A steek is a vertical row of stitches that is added into a piece of knitwear and designed to be cut later to form a cardigan or neck edge, or an armhole opening. Usually found on sweaters knit in the round in two colors, a steek is a traditional way of dealing with openings for sleeves, necklines or cardigan bands.
You will learn how to machine stitch and hand-stitch a steek opening. We will then pick up the steek stitches and add a decorative edge to finish the steek.
Your knitting world will open up when you learn to make a steek – it will free you from fear of fancy fair isle or patterns that are too hard to concentrate on. If you knit many of these patterns in the round, they will be much easier.
Supplies:
Students should bring one 8 x 8” swatch knit in worsted weight yarn worked in stockinette stitch. A fine sewing needle and sewing thread (should not match the color of the swatch). Circular needle or double pointed needles and yarn to pick up for cardigan edge.
Special Catered Lunch with Kristin, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, $20
Two Classes with Lunch Package $175
Weaving Classes
Join our six-week expedition into the world of weaving. You will learn its language, discuss project planning, read and understand a weaving draft, measure fibers on a warping board, dress a loom, and finally, weave!
This is your time to explore, to become comfortable using a loom and begin to understand the art of handweaving. No experience is necessary.
This is a beginning, hands-on class. If you have never woven or need a full refresher, this is the class for you.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
Price: $295 materials and equipment rental included.
Wednesday evenings
Join spinner extraordinaire Leah Reed and take the leap into spinning your own yarn. It's fun, practical and quite portable and frankly addicting.
Sundays, March 4 & 11
1-3PM
Cost: $45
Supplies: Students will need fiber and a drop spindle, both of which can be purchased at the store with the 10% student discount.
