Description

Ready to move beyond basic stranded colorwork?  Let your imagination and creativity take over in this Design Your Own Stranded Colorwork Cowl workshop! Working with simple graph paper, we’ll start your very own design from scratch, beginning with inspiration, sketching, moving onwards to design, figuring out how to manipulate the math, and finally start knitting your own work of art! Worried that you’re not an artist? All you need is an idea, a love of knitting, and the desire to try something new.

Skills Learned: sketching, design, manipulate the math

Skills Needed: Previous colorwork experience necessary (taking Stranded Colorwork with Tanis before this class is fine!)

Bring with you:

• 200 yards each worsted weight yarn in contrasting colors (or desired yarn weight – thinner yarn requires more yardage – no fuzzy or novelty fibers, please)
• Size US 6 (4 mm) 24” Circular Knitting Needles (or two sizes smaller than desired gauge)
• Size US 8 (5 mm) 24” Circular Knitting Needles (or size needed to get desired gauge)
• Stitch Markers
• Tapestry Needle
• Sticky Notes
• Graph Paper
• Colored Pencils
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Highlighter
• Calculator (most phones have one)

Homework: Work a 6 x 6” solid-colored stockinette swatch in desired yarn and block. This is for gauge purposes.

Class size limit: 25
Cost: $50