I
will be teaching both right-handed and left-handed techniques.
CLASS
POLICIES:
Class
space is limited so reservations are a must.Most classes require homework to be completed before the next
scheduled class.If you know
that you will be unable to attend any or all of the classes, or complete the
homework, you should consider waiting until the class is offered again.To make a reservation, you must pay the class fee in advance.Please make your reservation as soon as possible, so you are
guaranteed a seat. If you have a reservation and must cancel, please call
the shop so that someone else can take your place.
Each
class is based on a specific project or list of skills.If you complete the project or master the skills early, the class
will be released early.
Private
classes can be arranged as time permits for an hourly fee.
Class
attendees MUST select the materials for their projects prior to the
beginning of the first class, so that classes will start on time.
Yarn for classes MUST be purchased at Knit Your Dreams.
If
you are taking a class, please arrange for child care outside of class, so
that you and others will not be distracted.
If
you are ill, or have an ill child home from school, "PLEASE"
call and schedule a make-up class.
We will be continuing the
flexible class schedule. Even though the
shop has regularly scheduled hours, classes are scheduled by
appointment because our classroom can only hold so many people at a time. Please call or come in to find out what times are available.
(Some classes can be scheduled on Tuesday evenings or Saturday mornings.)
Tech Square Afghan - (Cost $5.00 a
session plus materials.)
Meets Saturday mornings from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.
Build on your knitting skills one block at a
time.This afghan has 12
blocks that will encompass various different knitting techniques and
skills.We will be
focusing on one block each month.Some of the skills included are provisional cast-on, traveling
stitches, increases, decreases, icord, slip stitch knitting, fair
isle, intarsia, entrelac, mitered squares, and duplicate stitch.Prerequisites: The skills listed in Knitting 101.Contact me for more information.
Knitting 101 -(Cost $25.00 plus materials.)
Learn to
cast on, knit, purl, do a simple increase and decrease, and bind off
while knitting two dishcloths.
Personal Footprint Socks - (Cost
$25.00 plus materials.)
Come learn how to make a mini sock using
techniques found in Cat Bordhi's new book Personal
Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters. Prerequisites: The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Stash Busting - Log Cabin Afghan -
(Cost $15.00.)
We all have bags of leftover full and partial
balls of yarn. Come learn how to put them to good use making an
afghan that looks like a knitted log cabin quilt. No yarn
purchase is required. Prerequisites: The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Another stash busting afghan. It looks
like a crazy quilt of color. No yarn purchased is required.
Prerequisites: The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Guided
Knitting / Crochet Sessions -(Cost
$5.00 a session.)
Meets Friday mornings from 10:00 AM to Noon.
Pick a project and work in a group environment.(Everyone doesn’t have to work on the same project.)Great way to learn new skills, keep motivated on large
projects, and meet new knitting friends each week,I will be available to help, from selecting a project appropriate for
your skill level, modifying patterns to suit your needs, to
identifying and fixing your mistakes.
Lace
Workshop -(Cost
$5.00 a session plus materials.)
Pick
a lace project and work on it in a group environment.Learn new skills, hints, and tips.Prerequisites: The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Basic Socks -
(Cost
$25.00 plus materials.)
Learn to knit a basic
sock.
Prerequisites: casting on, binding off, knitting, and purling.
Meets Wednesday mornings or Saturday mornings.
Top
Down Cardigan - (Cost
$35.00 plus materials.)
Meets Thursday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
Knit a top down cardigan.
No sewing involved! There are several patterns you can chose from.Prerequisites: The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Fix
It Class - (Cost
$10.00.)
How
to correct mistakes in your knitting and determine where you are in
the pattern after the correction is made.(You will need to knit some swatches ahead of time.Directions for the swatches will be given to you at the time
you make your reservation.)Prerequisites:
The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Beginning
Cables - (Cost $10.00 plus materials.)
Learn
to make a basic simple knitted cable scarf.Prerequisites:
The skills listed in Knitting 101.
Fingerless Mittens - (Cost $10.00 plus
materials.)
Knit a simple fingerless mitten. Prerequisites:
The skills listed in Knitting 101.
We will be continuing the
flexible class schedule. Even though the
shop has regularly scheduled hours, classes are scheduled by
appointment because our classroom can only hold so many people at a time. Please call or come in to find out what times are available.
(Some classes can be scheduled on Tuesday evenings or Saturday mornings.)
Crochet
101-(Cost $25.00 plus materials.)
Learn to do the basic
stitches: chain, single, half double, double, triple, and shells while
completing two dishcloths and a scarf.
Afghan Stitch / Tunisian
Crochet - (Cost $10.00 plus
materials.)
Learn
to do the afghan stitch and related stitches.(Prerequisite: The skills listed in Crochet 101 class.)
