| Domino Knitting (Miters) March 2 1-3pm Learn the method of Domino Knitting while making this beautiful headband. This method teaches gauging miters, decreases and decreases while short rowing, picking up stitches, and working in rows of two colors. Terri Randolph $30.00 Good Things to Know About Knitting March 6 2-4pm or March 14 10am-12pm or March 20 2-4pm or March 28 10am-12pm or April 8 6-8pm or April 29 1-3pm Discover purposes of casting on different ways. Take the mystery out of different ways of increasing and decreasing. Learn how to create selvages and edges which will not curl to eliminate some blocking prior to seaming or finely finished edges. How to make button holes and add an after thought pocket to garments. There will also be a question and answer time. Be pleasantly surprised how delightful your skills will evolve with this class. Terri Randolph $35.00 Beginning Knitting for Kids March 28 10-1pm (limit 4) For our younger knitters! Learn to cast on, knit and purl, cast off! Sign up now! Space is limited! Julie Conradt $35.00 (plus supplies) Juliet March 3 & 17 1-3pm One of the most popular patterns sold in 2008 and still going strong! This little cardi is absolutely fabulous worn cropped or full length. You'll just have to choose which you'd like best, or knit one of each! This top down project will teach you increasing and a nice introduction to lace patterning. Terri Randolph $45.00 Fetching March 2 5:30-8:30pm These one skein gauntlets will teach working with double point needles, cables, and making a thumbhole. This is most popular pattern on Ravely.com and is a must for you knitter's library and projects made. Learn what these fast, easy popular handwarmers are all about! Terri Randolph $35.00 |
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| February 12 & 19 2-4pm or March 12 & 19 2-4pm Get ready to knit! We will demystify the long tail cast on, learn the two basic stitches, knit and purl, and how to end your project by casting off. Class project is a simple scarf. Kate Ruys $45.00 Beginning Knitting II Feb 16 & 23 6-8pm or March 11 & 18 6-8pm You’ve mastered your scarf, now you are ready to explore gauge-why and how, ribbing, increase, decrease, read a more complicated pattern and how to do a simple seam. Class project is a simple hat. Pace of class is determined by students. (Must have taken beginning knitting or know how to knit and purl). Kate Ruys $45.00 Lace Dishcloth March 25 6-8pm Learn the basics of lace knitting while making a pretty and practical dishcloth. We will go over all the Terms and learn to read a chart while knitting our dishcloth. You will need a size 4 or 5 needle, we will supply the flax and pattern. Kate Ruys $45.00 Beginning Crochet March 5 & 12 5:30-7:30pm or April 8 & 15 5:30-7:30pm Get your hooks out for two evenings of learning how to crochet and methods to employ crochet into your knitting. You will delight to choose your own small project to enjoy learning to crochet. Choose to make a dishcloth, hat, or cell phone case while learning how to chain, single crochet, double crochet, and read a pattern. Terri Randolph $45.00 Intermediate Crochet February 17 & 24 6-8pm or February 19 & 26 6-8pm or March 23 & 30 6-8pm or April 22 & 24 6-8pm Learn how to further increase and decrease while learning basic patterns of granny square and ripple stitching and clothing construction and seaming. This class will boost your skills to achieve bigger and better projects! Terri Randolph $45.00 Sweater Construction February 10 6-8pm or March 24 6-8pm Have all of the pieces knitted but no clue how to assemble them? Learn finishing techniques such as seams with no lumps, etc., to make your sweater perrrrrrrrrrrrfect! If you don’t have time to finish your sweater, bring in 4--4x4 squares to put together! Helen Lenda $45.00 Free Knitting Help! As always! Every Friday between 11am & 1pm with expert knitter and crochet-er Terri Randolph! Charity Knitting Group Starting Friday Dec 5th, String will be hosting a charity knitting group for the Salvation Army making lap afghans for the elderly. The group will start at 11am at the store, and everyone is welcome to come and knit! We have been asked to knit these afghans out of mostly acrylic yarns, so as to be washable. We carry Encore yarn that can be purchased. Hope to see you there! Please call the store with any questions. Wednesday Sweater Club! Ongoing on Wednesdays at 11am we are hosting a sweater club! We meet at the same time each week and have a selection of sweaters to choose from. The cost is free as long as you purchase your supplies from String and Kate Ruys will lead the group and provide her expert support! |
Make this adorable top down sweater for your favorite little one! A very quick and easy project with Kate Ruys $90.00 Fish Hat (Dead or Alive) March 3 5:30-8:30pm Do you have a budding fisherman or marine biologist in your midst? Take your hat knitting skills a step further by introducing stripping, short rowing and decorative features (pectoral fins) on hat. Dot the eye for alive, or cross it for dead. This fun delightful project will bring smiles and comments to your knitting prowess by learning the important concept of shortrowing. Any worsted-weight wool or wool/acrylic yarn that can be knitted to the gauge given, can be used. Approx. 350-400yd/320-366m will be needed, in a combination of colours. Use any colors you like, and vary the stripes as you please! Terri Randolph $35.00 Old Shale March 4, 5:30-7:30pm A beginning lace class will explore this classic age old delightfully easy lace pattern. Make a beautiful scarf or cowl for luxurious warmth, comfort and compliments or even a baby blanket. Choose your own yarn (I recommend a fingering or dk weight) and use recommended needles on label. The cowl will use circular needles and will introduce you to working in the round in which you work on the front so there is no purling on the backside like on the scarf. Please prepare to have materials and pattern purchased prior to class, casted on and a few rows knitted. Terri Randolph $35.00 Three Tams March 10, 17 5:30-7:30pm If you would like to learn stranded knitting, but without all the fuss of weaving ends in, this is the class for you. Choose one of three Fair Isle patterns offered in this pattern. This is a beginner's class to Fair Isle knitting using a self striping yarn as the contrast color to achieve the effect of a more complicated Fair Isle pattern by using just two strands from cast on to cast off! Terri Randolph $35.00 Faux Fair Isle March 18 5:30-8:30pm Learn a new stitch pattern which provides added warmth to a hat while producing a faux Fair Isle pattern when using a self stripping yarn. This hat uses one skein of Crystal Palace Taos yarn and size 7 circular needles and size 7 double pointed needles with the option of using size 5 circular or double pointed needles smaller ribbing. This is a great hat for learning left and right handed leaning decreases. Prepare by purchasing pattern and yarn to have ribbing completed prior to class. Terri Randolph $30.00 |
