Why we do what we do - The importance of working with our hands
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 40 | |||
| Class Level: All levels |
Description ~ Why we do what we do - The importance of working with our hands
This presentation speaks to what knitting (or other hand work) offers—-from alleviating boredom, to making us happy, to promoting good brain health, to contributing to economic recovery. It is a wonderful thing to understand why we love to do what we do--and why everyone should be thusly engaged!
Knit to Flatter and Fit
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: All levels |
Description ~ Knit to Flatter and Fit
A knitter who spends the time and energy to make her own clothes should be rewarded with a result that makes her happy and proud. It should fit, it should flatter, and there should be no mystery as to how this happened. But sadly, and too often, this is not the result. Why? Because the knitter chooses the wrong pattern OR choose the right pattern but follows the directions without questioning them OR makes the right garment but wears it with the wrong thing.
There are a few simple rules to follow for successful knitting: start with styles that flatter, knit with appropriate decisions for a personalized fit, then wear it with something that makes it look wonderful! This workshop has a lot of hands-on work that looks at these decisions and puts the power for successful results into your competent hands. YAY!
Measure it, Draft it, Knit it
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate knitter and beyond. |
Description ~ Measure it, Draft it, Knit it
The best place to look for your next garment to knit might be in your closet! If you copy something that flatters and fits and that you love to wear, it pretty much guarantees that what you knit from it will flatter and fit and become a much-worn garment.
Essential Skills
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Beginner intermediate and beyond |
Description ~ Essential Skills
No matter how advanced and accomplished we are, there are habits or holes in our knitting repertoire. Perhaps we rely upon the same cast-on, the same increase, the same decrease; perhaps we are confounded by selvedge stitches; perhaps we knit without the awareness that we have choices. This workshop explores and explains the many techniques we should all have in our repertoire. We'll talk about which are best suited to each situation and why, and we'll practice them all with lots of hands-on experience.
Two Colors Two Hands
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate |
Description ~ Two Colors Two Hands
Two color stranded is one of knitting’s most glorious traditions. This workshop explores the techniques we need to make beautiful fabrics with heavy emphasis on alternative methods of using your hands (and even your neck) to manage the yarn.
Seaming
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: All skill levels. |
Description ~ Seaming
As much as we may not love it, the work of seaming makes all the difference in our finished result. And as much as we may not realize it, the execution of seams should and can be fairly simple! In this workshop, we will look at our most common seaming situations and the best way to execute them. We will also discover-and deal with-the difficulties seaming has posed. The goal of this class is that you master the best methods and have confident in your result.
Borders and Buttonholes
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 24 | |||
| Class Level: Beyond beginner to advanced |
Description ~ Borders and Buttonholes
This workshop explores the best techniques for these finishings that make such a difference in our knitted garments. It covers basic maneuvers, four or more basic edging stitch patterns, and the very best buttonholes. Participants will never again struggle with instructions to "pick up and knit 137 sts along right front" nor with the question of how to make virtually invisible buttonholes..
Skills Required -Familiarity with sweater construction
Skills Covered - We we do extensive discussion of, and hands on for, edgings added to sweaters (front bands and necklines) plus the best buttonholes.
Emergency Measures
| Instructor: Sally Melville | Class Capacity: 24 | |||
| Class Level: Beyond beginner to advanced |
Description ~ Emergency Measures
Sometimes the most insight comes from the struggle one faces when something goes REALLY wrong. But there are remedies for most any kind of 'disaster' in knitting. Using these can turn a problem into a wearable garment while teaching us to be more intuitive and more confident knitters!
This workshop will discuss the problems that confront most knitters plus what to do if the garment is too wide, too short, too long, too narrow, too outdated in style, if a bad color choice was made, if the edgings are not holding well, if the knitter has run out of yarn or forgot to make pockets, or if the garment has suffered a laundering disaster.