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Design a Norwegian Sweater
12 hours (two 6-hour sessions)
If you've always wanted to design your own sweater but you didn't know where to start, this workshop is your answer! Using the techniques I developed for my book Ethnic Knitting Discovery, we'll work through the preparations required to plan and design a sweater. We'll make a headband as a sample project to step through the process, and you'll be ready to cast on for your sweater after the class is over.
For the advanced-beginner to intermediate knitter.
Class Overview
Day 1
Get Ready
- Choosing yarns
- Working with multiple colors
- Deciding what size needle to use
- Shop!
Get Set
- Selecting your stitch patterns
- Choosing a size
- Making a headband gauge swatch (can be finished overnight or on Day 2)
Day 2
Knit
- The numbers you'll need for knitting
- The visual plan
- The planning worksheet
- The step-by-step project sheet
Materials
If you already have the yarn and needles to make a colorwork sweater, bring them. Otherwise we'll shop as part of the first class day. In addition to yarn and needles, you'll also need stitch markers, a pencil and eraser, a calculator (optional), and a sense of adventure! If you have other books on Norwegian knitting bring them along, because you might decide to use charts from those books as well as the ones provided.
I will provide handouts, colored pencils, and graph paper.
