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Feb 2019
Berroco’s
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NEW YARNS
Spring 2019
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SUPERBOWL OPEN KNIT AND CROCHET
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Sunday • February 3 • 1 to 4 pm
Enjoy pregame knitting time with your friends at Sheep’s
Su l Clothing and be back home in plenty of time for the big game.
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Fran the Hen
Fran the Hen is a needle felted Fair Isle
finger puppet designed by Petit
Felts. Fran begins with a hand-
ful of loose, white wool roving.
Felted Tote
Susan’s design for a felted tote uses small,
You’ll use a small, barbed needle
traditional Fair Isle designs. It’s a perfect
to firm up and shape the wool to
first project for this technique. You’ll learn
form the body. Then come the
the essentials of successful color stranding
fine details added with little bits
and get a chance to practice, practice, prac-
of dyed wool. The comb, wattles
tice. The final felting process will hide any
and the twinkle in her eye will
imperfections and turn your very first Fair
give your version of Fran her
Isle project into a project to be proud of.
own personality.
There is homework before the first class.
Saturday
Saturday
1 to 4 pm
1 to 3 pm
March 16
Mar 2, 9, 23
$55 includes all supplies
$50 plus supplies
Teacher: Susan Childress
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Crochet Flowers
Scarf or Wrap
First we’ll learn to crochet the small
flower motif that is the basis of this
design from Churchmouse. As you are
finishing the second flower, you’ll cro-
chet it on to the first flower, The third
flower will hook up to the first and the
Snowfling
second, and so on. Each new flower will
be crocheted to its neighbors to build
your scarf or shawl fabric. You can
choose from a wide variety of light-
weight yarns for your project. Mittens
Friday Knitters with experience in color
1 to 3 pm stranding will appreciate
Mar 22, 29 Tanis Lavallee’s Snowfling Mittens
$25 plus supplies on many levels. They are beautiful,
Teacher: Paula warm, and full of knitterly details.
A sampler set of large snowflakes
decorates the backs of the mittens,
while smaller snowflakes decorate the
palms and thumb gussets. The cuff
is doubled for warmth. And finally,
the ultimate mitten luxury will be the
knitted lining which will make your
mittens cozier and more durable.
Thursday
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Mar 14, 21, 28, Apr 4
$50 plus supplies
Teacher: Debbie
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Socks Cuff
Down
Begin your sock at the cuff
so you will have plenty of
time to get comfortable
knitting in the round on Asymmetric Cardigan
small needles before
learning how to shape the This cardigan is a first sweater friendly project
heel and toe with a heel flap taught by Kate, who truly loves to help people achieve
and gusset. Finish the sock a wearable piece to be proud of on the very first
with kitchener stitch so that go. You'll work with an easy to understand pattern
there will be no seam at the published by Knitting Pure and Simple. Kate will
toe of your socks. This is also have you try on your sweater in progress at
the preferred class for first appropriate points along the way so that you can make
time sock knitters. fit adjustments as needed. Your choice of a bulky yarn
Wednesday will make the knitting go faster so you'll be ready for
5:30 to 7:30 pm warm days this winter.
Mar 6, 13, 20, 27 Thursday
$50 plus supplies 3 to 5 pm
Teacher: Heidi Mar 14, 21, 28, Apr 4, 11
$60 plus supplies
Teacher: Kate
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Dare to
Repair
Challenge yourself to
understand your knitting in
a way that you never have
before. Learn the anatomy of
a happy, balanced knit stitch. Riasa
See how stitches fit together
Alison Green’s extravagantly cabled Riasa pullover uses
to form a knit fabric. Using
uses Catena, a chainette yarn from Berroco. Catena is
bulky and medium weight
surprisingly lightweight considering that it knits up to
swatches, we will practice,
a bulky gauge and the cables are beautifully defined.
practice, practice some of
Happily all of the garment shaping is done outside of
the most useful repair moves
the cable panels, leaving you free to enjoy the cable
so that you can confidently
knitting process. Riasa also features an on trend
perform basic repairs and get
split hem. Class will emphasize chart reading skills
back to your knitting.
and navigating a complex cable design. There will be
Tuesday
homework before the first class.
7 to 9 pm
Tuesday
Mar 19, 26, Apr 2
Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5
$50 plus supplies
3 pm or 7 pm
Teacher: Paula
$60 plus supplies
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Rockin Rows
This piece from the prolific shawl
Decouverte Vest
designer, Martina Behm, features
a large zigzag pattern. Susan’s
color drenched version is done
in 4 self-striping colorways of
As much as we knitters enjoy knitting
Perth by Queensland. This piece
texture, whether lace or cables or other
also works up beautifully when
stitch patterns, there is a time and a place
you stripe it yourself, using 2 to 4
in every knitter’s life to enjoy some peaceful
colors of a lightweight yarn of your
and meditative stocking stitch knitting. Julie
choice. Experienced knitters will
Hoover’s layering piece will provide you with
enjoy watching the zigzag grow
three season versatility. The back is tailored
from a small beginning to create a
with armhole and waist shaping. The fronts
generous triangular shawl.
hang in a graceful drape. Or cross over your
Wednesday
fronts and anchor with a pin or shawl stick.
1 to 3 pm
Thursday
Mar 6, 13, 20, Apr 3
1 to 3 pm
$50 plus supplies
Feb 7, 14,
Teacher: Susan
Mar 7, 14
$50 plus supplies
Teacher: Debbie
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FEBRUARY Beginners Classes
Learn to Knit Learn to Crochet
Learn to knit by making swatches of Begin your crochet future with a
basic stitches. Emphasis is placed set of 3 classes designed to get
on learning to “read” your stitches you comfortable with the basic
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so that you can become a confident
knitter. Class also includes a taste
crochet stitches. You will begin
with the classic granny square
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OR Basic finishing skills for crochet
Tuesday Saturday Tu 12 to 7
fabrics will also be included. W 10 to 7
Mar 19, 26, Feb 16, 23 Saturday Th 12 to 9
Apr 2, 9 Mar 2, 9 Feb 9, 16, 23 F 12 to 7
5 to 7 pm 10:30 am to 8 to 10 am Sa 10 to 5
12:30 pm $60 includes all supplies
Teachers
$60 includes all supplies
Heidi Yelich
JA N UA RY 2019