Free Child's Socks Workshop: January 22, 2011

Announcing our next free Knitting Workshop! Join us on Saturday, January 22nd as we cast on a sock!  We'll use a pattern that is just right for your first pair of socks. Class size is limited, please call (717) 768.8007 to reserve your spot right away!

Project:  Easy Children's Light Weight Socks by Knitting Pure & Simple
Date:  Saturday, January 22, 2011
Time:  9:30a - 11:30a

A child sized real sock! Knit from the cuff down, this sock will introduce new sock knitters to basic sock construction.  Special techniques include heel flap, gusset decreases, and toe shaping.  

Materials:  

150 - 275 yards fingering weight yarn, US #2 double point needles, stitch marker, tapestry needle.

Sizes available:  small, medium, large (toddler-child's 5)

This workshop is suitable for Intermediate Knitters.  Intermediate Knitters are Current Knitters who know the basics:  long-tail cast-on, knit, purl, and bind off.  Experience working with double-pointed needles is a plus!  This is an ambitious workshop & will require a lot of knitting at home.  We will review the whole pattern & all techniques, with particular attention to turning the heel.

The pattern & yarn for this project are available for purchase at LYS.  You may bring your own needles and tools for this project, but please plan to purchase yarn & pattern at LYS. Thanks!

Remember, class size is limited, please call (717) 768.8007 to reserve your place in the workshop right away!

Free Baby Hat & Mitt Workshop: Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Announcing another free Knitting Workshop! Join us on Tuesday, January 25th as we cast on the Alpaca Yarn Company's 'Cuddle Knit Cap & Mitts' baby set.    Class size is limited, please call (717) 768.8007 to reserve your spot right away!

Project:  Cuddle Knit Cap & Mitt
Date:  Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Time:  10:00a - 12:00a

A super soft baby or toddler hat & mitt set worked in alpaca.  These pieces are knit flat & seamed.  Special techniques include picot edge at the cuffs. 

Materials:  

100 grams (220 yards) dk weight Classic Alpaca or Paca-Paints, US #4 & US #6 needles, stitch marker, tapestry needle, crochet hook size B.

Sizes available:  infant, toddler

This workshop is suitable for Intermediate Knitters.  Intermediate Knitters are Current Knitters who know the basics:  long-tail cast-on, knit, purl, and bind off.

The pattern & yarn for this project are available for purchase at LYS.  You may bring your own needles and tools for this project, but please plan to purchase yarn & pattern at LYS. Thanks!

Remember, class size is limited, please call (717) 768.8007 to reserve your place in the workshop right away!

Free Hat Workshop Tuesday, January 11

Announcing our fourth free Knitting Workshop! Join us on Tuesday, January 11 to cast on a wurm hat!  Class size is limited, please call (717) 768.8007 to reserve your spot right away!

Project:  wurm
Date:  Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Time:  9:30a - 11:03a

 photo by katushika c 2009

The wurm is a funky, beautiful, bouncy and warm hat.  'Katushika,' a knitter from Vienna, Austria, designed & published the pattern on Ravelry in May 2009.  With 1,074 FO's, Ravelers have voted with their needles--this is a great hat!  Who doesn't need a fun and new "I made it myself" hat? 

Special thanks to Katushika for permission to use her free pattern for our Free Workshop!

Materials:  

100 grams Sport weight yarn, US #4 & US #6 needles 40" circulars (or 16" & one set DPNS in larger size), stitch marker, tapestry needle

Sizes available:  small, medium, large

This workshop is suitable for Intermediate Knitters.  Intermediate Knitters are Current Knitters who know the basics:  long-tail cast-on, knit, purl, and bind off.

Sign up for this workshop to develop your knitting skills!  The pattern features a simple combination of stockinette & reverse-stockinette.  We'll learn magic loop (can also be knit on regular 16" circular needles & DPNs), how to knit a hemmed, double edge on a hat brim, and other cool techniques that will move your knitting forward!

Students must download & print their own copy of the pattern.  It is available as a free download on Ravelry.   You may bring your own needles and tools for this project, but please plan to purchase yarn for this project at LYS. Thanks!