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Cruise Project Knitalong

Instructor: Sally Melville       Class Capacity: 25
Class Level: All Welcome      

Description ~ Cruise Project Knitalong

You will be invited to create a wonderfully wearable piece! It is something like a wrap, something like a jacket, but is one-size-fits all and very easy. And if you take the optional version, which combines yarn plus fabric (which I highly recommend), you will learn skills that surprise you! 


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The Most Common Mistakes Knitters Make

Instructor: Sally Melville       Class Capacity: 25
Class Level: Beginner to Intermediate      

Description ~ The Most Common Mistakes Knitters Make

Sally was once asked what was the most common mistake knitters make, and the words that flew out of her mouth surprised her. So she started asking knitters the same question. Their answers were never “dropped stitches, wrong color, bad seams” —all the things we address in technique classes. Their answers addressed more serious issues, which were varied and valid. This workshop will discuss the answers Sally has heard over the years. The presentation will then end with a description of her answer, her reasons for that answer, and the many ways we can avoid this all-too-common mistake that stands between us and successful garments.


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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. 


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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!


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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.


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First Choices, Basic Shapes & Set in Sleeves

Instructor: Sally Melville       Class Capacity: 24
Class Level: Beyond beginner to advanced      

Description ~ First Choices, Basic Shapes & Set in Sleeves

No matter how advanced or experienced we are, we run the risk of making a garment that looks awful. Why? We make decisions in the first 20 minutes that have everything to do with the success or failure of a project. What are those decisions? Yarn, color, stitch pattern, silhouette.


This workshop gives diagnostic skills to look at these decisions. And it then follows with basic pattern drafting. So even if you never design your own knitting, you'll have the tools to alter what you do knit to produce the best possible result.



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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.



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