Fabulous Finishing
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Experienced beginners upwards. |
Description ~ Fabulous Finishing
Finishing can be fun! Take control of your knitting with great finishing techniques, these transform 'homemade' into 'couture' knits.
Hot Sock Tricks
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate |
Description ~ Hot Sock Tricks
A wide ranging selection of Lucy’s most trusted sock tips and tricks. Techniques covered are also applicable to other garments.
A Dabble into Double
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate/experienced knitters |
Description ~ A Dabble into Double
Make a voyage of discovery to achieve a deeper understanding of your knitting! Try a variety of types of Double Knitting to produce two-layer fabrics.
Hallelujah Grafting
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Advanced |
Description ~ Hallelujah Grafting
Are you afraid of grafting (aka Kitchener St)? Do you avoid it, get a book out or say a mantra? Forget all of the aforementioned and take command of all possible grafting situations without any risk of coming unravelled. From an easily removed provisional cast on, to the tips of your sock toes with the aid of waste yarn we can handle it all. Basic stitch-top to stitch-top grafting (shoulders). Learn to follow waste yarn and check for errors. The pros and cons of grafted shoulders.Sock toes, use of the 'toe chimney' to hold the stitches and prevent splitting. Neatening the toe for the best finish.
Seamless DK Pockets For All
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate |
Description ~ Seamless DK Pockets For All
These pockets are suitable for regular single thickness knitted fabrics, they feel rather miraculous! Pockets are worked and completed without ever breaking the yarn. Using only a single yarn and by means of working and slipping stitches, students will build and grow a side opening pocket, complete with a selvage edged, garter stitch border for a fully finished effect. We will focus on both a vertical opening and then an angled opening.
Even Hotter Socks
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate |
Description ~ Even Hotter Socks
A selection of more unusual sock appropriate techniques including an instant cure for heel flap holes.
Phoenix From the Ashes
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Experienced beginners upwards. |
Description ~ Phoenix From the Ashes
Embrace your knitting challenges! Things are rarely as bad as they seem. Learn how to take stock of a new project to determine all is going according to plan. Re-thinking and revising. Swatches and how to read them honestly. Plan to practice 'defensive knitting', to keep your options open.
Next Steps in Double Knitting
| Instructor: Lucy Neatby | Class Capacity: 25 | |||
| Class Level: Intermediate |
Description ~ Next Steps in Double Knitting
Having conquered the basics of two color stocking stitch, this class looks at some of the issues that can arise and ways to resolve any challenges you may be experiencing such as fixing mistakes, unevenness between layers and at the sides of color changes, wobbly lines and droopy edge stitches.