Description ~ Tips and Tricks From a Master Knitter

Baffled by gauge swatches? Having trouble with tension? Want to improve your cast ons and bind offs? This class is for you! Join us for this eclectic, fast-paced class that is full of Heather’s tips and tricks to make your knitting shine. We will quickly cover blocking and measuring gauge, then move on to perfecting your cast ons and bind offs, taming your tension, ways to join new yarns, weaving in ends, joining to work in the round, cabling without a cable needle, and loads more!

Materials Needed ~ Tips and Tricks From a Master Knitter

• Homework swatch, blocked.
• Smooth, light-colored worsted weight yarn.
• Appropriate needles to yarn – circulars.
• Waste yarn, tapestry needle.
• Pen and paper (to take notes).

Homework ~ Tips and Tricks From a Master Knitter

One swatch, blocked. Using a solid, light-colored, smooth, worsted weight 100% wool yarn, cast on 30 sts with appropriate needles (size 7 or 8 will work for most knitters.)
Work 5” of stockinette st. Bind off. Don’t weave in your ends. Please block your swatch before class. (Ideally, soak in lukewarm water, then lay it flat to dry, uncurling the edges and pinning square – without stretching the swatch.)