The Needle Lady
Classes
 
WEDNESDAY MORNING KNITTING GROUP
Time: Wed. 10am -12pm 
Cost: $10
Instructor: Staff
Description: Come take a seat at the table, enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and have access to a staff knitter who can give you help on your project, teach a technique or help you problem solve. Get answers to your questions, make progress on your projects and learn from each other. We've been meeting all year, and explored a number of issues and techniques, not necessarily all to do with knitting! We welcome newcomers anytime, come in and join us!
 
BEG/INTERMEDIATE KNITTING
Time: Friday 9:00am-11:00 Sept 10,17,24 & Oct 1 
Cost: $60 + materials
Instructor: Mimi Hyde
Description: This class is for people ages 8 and up who want to learn to knit as well as for those who know the basics and want to continue to develop. The class will cover knitting, purling, ribbing, increasing, decreasing, fixing mistakes, casting on, binding off and reading patterns. Cabling, beginning lace and colorwork can also be included. This class can be tailored to the participants. Limited to 6 people.
Supplies: Please bring your own knitting needles.
 
INTARSIA
Time: Thurs. Sept. 9, 5-7pm
Cost: $25
Instructor: Bobbi Dunn
Description: Learn the skill of intarsia or picture knitting. With intarsia, you knit blocks of isolated color or even paint a whole landscape of design or pictures on to your fabric, with many colors in each row. Each block of color is a separate entity, and your yarn is not stranded across the full row as in Fairisle.
Supplies: Approximately 50 yards of a light worsted weight wool such as Cascade 220, Ella Rae worsted, or Galway worsted. Bobbins—at least two—wrapped with contrasting colors of yarn of the same weight. Circular rubber stitch markers. Both bobbins and stitch markers are available at the Needle Lady. Scissors.
Pre-class Homework: Cast on 40 stitches and work 4 rows of stockinette stitch ending on a wrong side row (ready to knit a right side row).
 
BEG / INTERMEDIATE KNITTING FULL
Time: Monday 5:30-7:30, Sept 13, 20, 27 & Oct 4
Cost: $60 + Materials
Instructor: Needle Lady Staff
Description: This class if for people ages 8 and up who want to learn to knit as well as for those who know the basics and want to continue to develop. The class will cover knitting, purling, ribbing, increasing, decreasing, fixing mistakes, casting on, binding off and reading patterns. Cabling, beginning lace and colorwork can also be included. This class can be tailored to the participants. Limited to 6 people.
Supplies: Please bring your own knitting needles.
 
BEG / INTERMEDIATE KNITTING FULL
Time: Sat. 9:30-11:30 Sept. 18, 25 & Oct 9
Cost: $45+ Materials (Special 3 class series)
Instructor: Needle Lady Staff
Description: This class if for people ages 8 and up who want to learn to knit as well as for those who know the basics and want to continue to develop. The class will cover knitting, purling, ribbing, increasing, decreasing, fixing mistakes, casting on, binding off and reading patterns. Cabling, beginning lace and colorwork can also be included. This class can be tailored to the participants. Limited to 6 people.
 
BEGINNING CROCHET
Time: Thursday Sept. 16 5:30-7:30
Cost: $25 + Materials
Instructor: Mimi Hyde
Description: Mimi will teach the basics of crochet: chaining, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet and triple crochet.
Supplies: Bring a light colored wood yarn and crochet hook appropriate for the yarn.
 
TOP DOWN RAGLAN
Time: Sunday, Sept. 19, 1-4pm, Oct 3, 1-3pm,
Cost: $60+materials
Instructor: Mimi Hyde
Description: Are you ready to move from scarves to sweaters? Do you want to knit a sweater that really fits? Learn this wonderful technique of knitting a sweater in one piece from the top down. Make a pullover or a cardigan. You can choose whatever yarn you want, we write the pattern (fill in the blanks) based on your gauge swatch and your measurements. The sweater is done in the round so there is no sewing.
Supplies: Yarn for sweater appropriate sized circular needles, 16" and a 24" length in the same size 6 stitch markers copy of the pattern--can be e-mailed to you
Pre-class Homework: 1)read over the pattern (don't panic) 2)knit a gauge swatch in stockinette stitch (knit one row, purl one row, repeat) 25 stitches wide and about 4 inches long, bind off but leave yarn attached.
 
SOCKS!!
Time: Sat. Sept 25, 1-3pm; Sat. Oct 2, 1-4pm
Cost: $40+ materials
Instructor: Angela Dalton
Description: Learn to knit socks on double pointed needles or 2 circulars. Socks make a great gift and they make a wonderful take along project. Learn the basics of sock construction, heels, and toes.
Supplies: worsted weight yarn, 225 yards (adult socks) Set of US 4 or 5 double pointed needles or two 24" circulars
 
CABLES
Time: Thursday November 11, 5-7pm
Cost: $25
Instructor: Bobbi Dunn
Description: Twist and shout with Bobbi! Learn to add design through the texture of cables in your knitting. You will learn how to do these twists and turns--simple at first, but which can be more complex as well as fun. You will also learn to read a variety of cable knit instruction charts.This is another of our "skill builder" classes..
Pre-class Homework: Pre-class Homework: Cast on 40 stitches and work in stockinette stitch (knit a row, purl a row) for 4 rows ending with a wrong side row. Leave your work on your needle
 

 

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