Introduction to Colorwork Class
Introduction to Colorwork with Susan Johnson
Sunday, May 17 from 12:30pm – 4pm
8 Spots / $60
Knit the Dancing Dragonfly Headband or The Astrid Headband with Susan Johnson in this workshop at Dappled Fern Fibers. A perfect opportunity for folks who want to venture into the world of color work, and upgrade their skills. This course will cover different types of colorwork in knitting, choosing colors, color dominance, basics of stranded knitting (two handed knitting), following a chart, duplicate stitch, Lativian braiding, and finishing a product.
Skills needed: Casting on, knit stitch, purl stitch, binding off.
Supplies to gather (not included in registration):
For the Dancing Dragonfly Headband:
Yarn:
Ribbed and Latvian Braid edged versions: Approx 55yds/50m of each color
Lined version: Approx 148yds/135m of MC and 55yds/50m of CC
Fingering version: Approx 82yds/ 75m of each colourDK or Fingering Weight yarn in 3 contrasting colors (About 45 yards of each of the two main colors and 2 yards of the third highlighting color).
We can help you pick out Malabrigo Sock, Sister Weekend DK/Fingering, Lavender Lune (DK/Fingering), Juicy DK or Sandnesgarn Double Sunday (DK) here at Dappled Fern ahead of time. You are also welcome to bring your own yarn. Yarn should be balled and ready to go before class.
Needles:
For DK version: US 5 (3.75 mm) dpns or circular needles for preferred method of knitting in the round, or size needed to obtain gauge (We carry Chiaogoo at Dappled Fern)
For fingering version: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) dpns or circular needles for preferred method of knitting, or size needed to obtain gauge, spare needle of same size or smaller for grafting for double sided headband.
For the Astrid Headband:
Yarn:
DK in two contrasting colors (50 g main color + 50 g pattern color). We can help you pick out Sister Weekend DK, Lavender Lune DK, or Sandnes Garn Double Sunday here at Dappled Fern ahead of time. You are also welcome to bring your own yarn. Yarn should be balled and ready to go before class.
Needles:
Circular needle 4 mm (US6) 40 cm (We carry Chiaogoo at Dappled Fern)
Other tools (not included in registration):
Tapestry needle, scissors, marker for beginning of round, plus (optional) plain markers to assist in keeping track of where you are in knitting the design.
