It can be a life-altering knitting experience to knit stranded colorwork and it may quickly become your favorite kind of knitting as it is mine. Passionate colorwork knitter that I am, I want to enthusiastically encourage you to try it too. Learning to hold your yarn in your left hand and to “pick” your stitches can be more efficient as there is less hand movement while working continental and to “throw” your yarn with your right hand AT THE SAME TIME is one of the most satisfying techniques to master. Join me as we work on a hat or cowl pattern with some basic graphic motifs. During this class students will knit a two-color stranded cowl while learning the following: • How to hold our yarn in two hands and maintain even tension • How to carry one strand while knitting with the other • How and when to “lock” a strand to the wrong side of the fabric • How to read a colorwork chart.
The pattern will be sent to registered students via email prior to class. 3 skeins of Sport or DK weight yarn in contrasting colors 50 grams each • 16” circular needles, one is size US 5 and the other in size US 6 • Stitch markers that open and close • Highlighter Tape OR Pattern Holder (Knitter’s Pride, Coco Knits or Amazon) • Notebook and pen Note about gauge when stranded knitting: People often knit tighter with stranded knitting, so if you are already a tight knitter it may be best to use needles one size larger from the start.