WINTER 2010 Class Schedule
The WINTER 2010 Class Schedule is available here.
Winter provides an opportunity to get back to your own knitting and crocheting! Enough of the selfless gift giving. Take a deep breath and join us this winter for the Saturday Knitalongs and/or our shorter Sunday in the Salon programs. All programs are FREE OF CHARGE and are held from 2-4 PM. Please respect our policy and work with yarns purchased from WoolWinders. Thanks!
February 7: Snowboard Hat: Get out your big needles and superbulky yarn for this weekend knit that will keep your head warm through the rest of the winter!
February 14: Felted Ballet Slippers: Love to make slippers but hate doing short rows? This is the pattern for you. Knit flat and sewn together—add a great button and you are good to go!
February 21: Reverse Cable Scarf: One of our most popular programs. We will teach you to make a scarf that has cables on both sides.
February 28: Pocket Scarf: Keep your hands toasty warm in this really easy and yet unique scarf.
March 7: Cable Headband: As spring approaches, you might not need the warmth of a whole hat. Make this headband instead.
March 14: Laurel Pram Blanket: We are often asked “What can I do with ONE SKEIN of Laurel”? Here’s your answer. The very talented Stephanie designed a few “pram” or stroller blanket patterns that are featured in the Spring Newsletter. And we’ll show you how fantastic they are!
March 21: Felted Oven Mitts: Get a jump on Mother’s Day gifts with these clever oven mitts that are knit and then felted for ultimate protection!
March 28: Spring Crocus Tote: Welcome in spring with a felted tote that features the first seasonal flower as embellishment.
Join us each Saturday for longer Knitalongs. Whether you want these fall beauties to end up as gifts to yourself or others is totally your call! All programs are free of charge and run from 2-4 PM. Please respect our shop and work with yarn purchased from WoolWinders.
JANUARY: Fair Isle/Aran Afghan Squares Requires more advanced knitting skills, including pattern reading. Join Paige as she guides your through both the Fair Isle and Aran (cable) techniques to make a beautiful afghan.
FEBRUARY: February Lady Sweater. OK, corny, we know. But let’s celebrate the month with its eponymous sweater. And it’s flattering to boot.
MARCH: Laurel Shawl Make this beautiful lace shawl out of the hand-dyed Laurel yarn to welcome in spring!
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 Friday, February 27, 2009
SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE IS AT THE SHOP
The Spring Class schedule is finished and we have hard copies at the shop. We’ve sent an electronic copy to our lovely webmistress Stacy; it should be up on the site in a few days. But if you can’t wait, come on in! And stay tuned for the SATURDAY KAL and SUNDAYS in the SALON SCHEDULE. We should be finishing those up next week, in time for the SPRING NEWSLETTER!!!! Want to be first to receive them? Make sure you are on our email list. Just go to the bottom of this home page, lower left side. Put in your email address and follow the prompts. Because of privacy laws you will have to answer our email and confirm that you want to be on our list. But sure you do, right?
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SUMMER TWEED YARN AND PATTERNS
Thanks to our pals at WESTMINSTER FIBERS, we are now restocked with ROWAN SUMMER TWEED, a yarn filled with personality. Comprised of raw silk and cotton, the yarn has great texture and despite what it says on the label IS machine washable on gentle. In fact, it softens up considerably after a quick cycle. It is, truth be told, one of our favorite summer yarns. And the accompanying pattern book has some terrific and inspiring ideas.
Speaking of inspiring, we are about half filled for our MARCH KAL—DESIGN YOUR OWN SHELL. Don’t pay to learn how to make a shell! Join our free program that runs every SATURDAY from 2-4 PM. Here’s how it works. Bring in a favorite top, preferably sleeveless. It doesn’t have to hand knit, it just has to fit you REALLY WELL. Pick out some yarn (we’ll help you) and a stitch pattern (ditto). After you swatch your yarn, we will produce a pattern tailored to the measurements of that favorite top and get you started. And you’ll have four Saturdays to knit with some friends! Give us a call if you want to participate-we limit the group to 12 so everyone has a place to sit.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
WEEKEND @ WOOLWINDERS
Yes, March will be here Sunday!!! So we will spend Saturday the 28th of February finishing up our KAL PEACE OF MY MIND SHAWL. And we’ll get you ready for next weekend’s DESIGN YOUR OWN SHELL (more about that later).
On Sunday, join us in knitting an adorable SQUARE FELTED BAG. Sorry we don’t have a picture—for some reason it wouldn’t copy from the pattern site, but we do have a lovely model at the shop thanks to FLO. It’s made from 3 skeins of WOOLY STRIPES yarn and makes use of the MITERED SQUARE technique. What better way to learn that than with felting—if you goof up a time or two it won’t show up!!! Just give us a call to reserve your spot for this FREE program from 2-4 on SUNDAY.
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