| HR STRING CLASSES FOR JUNE & JULY 2008: (10% off all yarn used for classes with paid class fee - must purchase yarn during regular business hours and PRIOR to scheduled class) Pretty Baby Sweater $45.00 Mon. June 2 & Mon. June 16 6-8pm Teacher: Kathy Evans Supplies:
purl and wants to move beyond that. Knitters will learn a cable cast on, yarnovers, K2tog, and a sewn bindoff. Pretty Baby Sweater The Hemlock Ring Blanket $55.00 Mon. June 9, Mon. June 23, & Mon. July 28 6-8pm Teacher: Kathy Evans Supplies:
This beautiful throw, made famous by Jared of www.BrooklynTweed.blogspot.com is a beautiful throw to make for that chair you love to relax in. Knit on size 10 needles, it’s a way to knit lace without the tiny needles and thin yarn. Choose from Tahki Baby, Rio de la Plata, Brown Sheep, or many worsted weight yarns. Hemlock Ring Throw Diamond Fantasy Shawl $55.00 Sat. June 28, Sat. July 12, & Sat. Aug. 2 10am–12pm Teacher: Kathy Evans Supplies:
This shawl is beautiful. We have seen it made out of Zephyr, Koigu, Jade Sapphire, or yarn of similar gauge. If you use the Zephyr, you can add size 60 beads with a crochet hook. Light weight and beautiful. A perfect addition to your wardrobe. Top down socks $55.00 (series of classes) Tues. July 8, Tues. July 15, & Tues. July 29 6–8PM Teacher: Kathy Evans Customize your socks to fit your feet. We will knit these on 2- 24 inch circular needles, size 0 or 1, whichever needles you can use to obtain 8 stitches to the inch. Choose your favorite Koigu, 2 skeins needed, and we will be knitting socks. We will be using the book Sensational Knitted Socks as our reference guide. Beginning Crochet $45.00 Sat. June 21 & Sat. July 19 10am-12pm Teacher: Learn the basic crochet stitches to start on your crochet adventures! You will learn to chain, single, half-double, double, and if time, triple crochet and then apply it to a simple project like a scarf! Join the craze! You will never want to put the HOOK down! Teen/Young Adult Knitting Club $55.00 (includes all 3 sessions in one series) Wed. June 4, Tues. June 10, & Tues. June 24 1pm-3pm Instructor: Haley Suby Haley will teach beginning knitters (of all ages) to knit a scarf with stripes in your favorite school colors! Beginners come and learn from our young knitting STAR! Beginning Knitting One $55.00 (includes all 3 sessions) Teacher: Kate Ruys Get ready to knit! We'll demystify 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 knit on size 13 needles using super bulky yarn. Series One Mon. June 2, Wed. June 4, & Thurs. June 5 6-8pm or Series Two (same as Series One) Mon. June 16, Wed. June 18, & Thurs. June 19 6-8pm Beginning Knitting 2 $55.00 Sat. July 12 & Sat. July 26 12-4pm Instructor: Kate Ruys You've knit your scarf, now you're ready to delve a little deeper into knitting. We'll explore gauge. What it is, and why it's so important. We'll also learn how to rib, increase and 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 the students. (MUST HAVE TAKEN BEGINNING KNITTING ONE OR KNOW HOW TO KNIT AND PURL) Cables, Cables, Cables $35.00 (per session – same information in each session) Tues. June 17 6-9pm or Sat. June 28 10am-12pm Instructor: Helen Lenda Learn to make all kinds of cables! Incorporate cables into an existing sweater pattern and spiff up that plain-Jane sweater! Supplies:
Sweater Construction $45.00 Thurs. July 10 6-8pm Instructor: Helen Lenda Have all of the pieces knitted but no clue how to assemble them? Helen will show you how with no lumpy seams and a few finishing touches to make your sweater Perrrrrrrrrfect! Supplies:
SWEATER CLUB (no charge if all supplies are purchased from HR String) Instructor: Graham Miller Tuesdays 10am-12pm beginning June 3 and meeting through July. Meet and will finish one of these sweaters by July 29 Sweater Number One: Regetti from the Noro Joy Book, knit in Noro cotton or Silk Garden Sweater Number Two: Organic Cotton Sublime Shell knit in Sublime cotton, Debbie Bliss Prima, or Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool. (Yarn must be purchased from String or there will be a $75.00 sitting fee) Free Knitting Help with Helen Lenda and Jody Wilson Thursday nights 6-8pm (limited summer dates) PLEASE CALL THE STORE TO CONFIRM WHICH NIGHTS THIS IS AVAILABLE, AND PLEASE CALL THE STORE TO SIGN UP. SUMMER KNIT-ALONG Teacher:Kathy Evans Cast on June 20th, the first day of summer! Have you seen this sweater? Ode to Joy by Candace Eisner Strick. Come join Kathy as we knit this beautiful, mitered sweater with merging colors. Shoulder seams are the only construction needed! (Must preorder your kit now, in order to have it before the knitalong begins. Info will be available when you pick up our preordered kit. Go to Strickwear.com for color choices. You can order with credit card by phone or in the store. We’ve all seen the Babette Blanket by Kathy Merrick, from the Spring 2006 Interweave Crochet and wanted it! Now is the time to start working on it. It is a beautifully crocheted blanket made of Koigu Premium Merino. If interested, please let us know and we will schedule a class. Babette Blanket |
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