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Master Your Stitch: Understanding Knitting Gauge
Description: Is there anything more frustrating than spending forty hours on a sweater only to find out it does not fit! The culprit is almost always gauge.
This course is designed to demystify those tiny squares of fabric and give you the confidence to make garments that fit perfectly every single time. We’ll move past "close enough" and dive into the mechanics of how yarn, needles, and your personal tension work together.
Instructor: Laurie Fisher
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: LMC - Servus Credit Union Room Upstairs
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass
Cost: $80
Embroidery on Knitting
Embroidery on Knitting
Description: Embroidery can be used as an embellishment on knitted garments or fabric. In this class, we will review materials needed to embroidery your knitting. We will create a design and learn basic embroidery stitches what we will use to decorate our swatch. During the course of our class, students will practice a variety of stitches including Stem Stitch, Chain Stitch, lazy Daisy Stitch, Woven Wheel Stitch, Satin Stitch, Herringbone Stitch and French Knots. Students will complete a 8 x 8” knitted swatch prior to the class that we will use as the basis for our embroidery.
Instructor: Joline Vretenar
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: LMC - Rotary Boardroom Upstairs
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass
Supplies Required: 8 x 8” knitted swatch, 6” embroidery hoop, Chenille Needles size 18, Scraps of fingering weight yarn in multiple colours, Scissors and a Pen
Cost: $80.00
Intro to Steeking - Colourwork Coasters
Intro to Steeking - Colourwork Coasters
Description: This class will cover steeks, why they might be used, and how they are done. Different methods for reinforcing a steek will be discussed and students will get hands-on practice using the crochet reinforcement. The project for this class is a set of two colourwork coasters, knit in the round prior to class, and then steeked during the class.
Instructor: Kirsten Ziegler
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: LMC - Kinsmen Room Upstairs
Cost: $60
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass.
Supplies required: A set of two colourwork coasters, knit in the round prior to class, instructions provided.
Finishing Techniques - Level Up Your Knits Beyond Handmade
Finishing Techniques - Level Up Your Knits Beyond Handmade
Description: Level Up Your Knits Beyond Handmade! With hands on practice while working alongside Anna learn how simple techniques can refine your knits. Bring along your WIPS and see techniques viewing Anna’s samples.
Instructor: Anna Daku
Time: 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Room: LMC - Rotary Boardroom Upstairs
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass.
Supplies Required: Participants need to bring 3 small swatches along and small items like tapestry needles, scrap yarn, scissors, and removable stitch markers, so that they can practice techniques.
Cost: $60.00
Finding and Fixing Your Knitting Mistakes
Finding and Fixing Your Knitting Mistakes
Description: This class will cover how to fix knitting mistakes, including dropped stitches, how to pick up a row below and “frog” your knitting, how to insert a lifeline, and how to “unknit” one stitch at a time. There will be example swatches to explore together, and students will bring a swatch still on the needles to practice different techniques.
Instructor: Kirsten Ziegler
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Room: LMC - Kinsmen Room Upstairs
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass.
Supplies Required: Students will bring a swatch still on the needles to practice different techniques.
Cost: $60.00
Illuminated Wet Felt Light
Illuminated Wet Felt Light
Description: Another year, another light. This light is inspired by an online class I took with Fiona Duthie. The light will fit on a led plug in 4" base light. We will use white merino wool and add inclusions that will show up when the light on. The light is made around a resist and glows softly when lit up. The lights are 9” tall by 6 1/2” around over a 4” light. You can go bold or subtle.
Instructor: Pat Moore
Time: 1:00 am - 4:00 pm
Room: LMC - Servus Credit Union Room Upstairs
Supplies Provided: All supplies included as well as your Vendor Hall Pass
Supplies Required: None / No Experience Necessary
Cost: $100.00
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