Debra Lee
Learn to knit
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012; Mar. 10, 2012. 10 am – 1:30 pm.$55.00/student for 3 ½ hour workshop
Never held knitting needles before but want to learn to knit? Learned to knit a long time ago but haven’t picked up your needles lately? Get started by learning the basics through hands-on practice in this workshop. Learn to cast on and bind off, make knit and purl stitches, join new yarn and weave loose ends. Take home a beginner scarf pattern that you’ll be ready to make. Bring Knitting Illustrated for Beginners and Others, by Virginia McGlynnn, 300 yds of light to medium solid color smooth worsted weight (20 sts = 4”) yarn, 9-10” straight knitting needles in the size indicated on the yarn band, yarn needle, Susan Bates Knit-Chek which has a ruler, scissors, and open/split-ring stitch markers.
Sweater Fitting Basics
Saturday, Feb. 18, and Monday, Feb 20, 2012, from 10 am – 1 pm.$90/ student for six-hour workshop divided into two days.
Have finished sweaters that don’t fit so you don’t wear them? Learn to decipher sweater patterns and see how they will fit you using a chart of your silhouette that you will create in class. Learn how & where to shorten, lengthen, ease & shape parts of a sweater for a better fit – simple math. In class, adapt a pullover pattern to fit you. Prerequisite: completion of at least one adult sweater. Wear fitted clothing to class – a tank top is perfect – so we can take accurate measurements. Bring a ½” or 1” belt that fits Your waist, a pencil (optional different color pencils), ruler, calculator and flexible tape measure.
Sock Anatomy
Saturday, May 5, 2012, from 1 pm – 5 pm.$60/Student.
Want to knit socks but can’t figure out the instructions or their construction? In this workshop, you’ll make a mini-sock using double-pointed needles to learn all the skills to make a pair of basic socks. Prerequisite: Must be able to cast on/off, knit, purl, increase, decrease and pick up stitches. Bring a yarn needle, 75-100 yd of worsted weight yarn, corresponding set of double-pointed needles and a circular needle of any length.
Knit Along
Saturdays, 10am-noonJan. 14, 21, Feb. 4, 11; Feb. 25, Mar. 3, 17, 24; Apr. 7, 14, 21, May 12.
$80/session of 4 classes.
$20/student per class.
Knitting from Patterns
Saturdays, noon-2pm.Jan. 14, 21, Feb. 4, 11; Feb. 25, Mar. 3, 17, 24; Apr. 7, 14, 21, May 12.
$80/session of 4 classes.
Harriet Twigg
Beginning/Intermediate Knitting
Tuesdays 10:30-noon6 sessions - $95/student Jan. 10, 17, 24, Feb. 7, 14,21;
(no class on Jan 31)
Feb. 28, Mar. 6, 13, 20,
Apr. 10; (no class on Apr.3)
Apr 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29;
Knitting Camps with Aylin Bener
Wednesdays 11 am-1 pm and/or Thurs 6:30 – 8:30 pm$20/per class
Karen Klemp
Beginning/Intermediate Crochet Tuesdays from 2:30-4:30, or from 6 – 8 pm$90/session of 6 classes
Winter 2011/Spring 2012, Session 1: Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb 7;
Feb 14, 21, 28, Mar 6, 13, 20;
Mar 27, Apr 3, 10, 17, May 1, 8.
Private lessons may be arranged for a fee of $35.00/hour.
Please contact Aylin’s Woolgatherer for more detailed information about prices, homework and supply list for each class.
We will be sending reminder e-mails near the times of the special events.
All our classes are small due to our limited space. Please register early by calling the shop at 703-573-1900, or come in and secure your place.