Saturday March 13, 2021 1:00-6:00 pm (1 hour break in the middle)
Up and Down on the Rigid Heddle Loom - If you've been wanting to learn how to weave on a simple loom this course is for you! You will learn the basics of setting up the rigid heddle loom, how to read a draft and plan a project. Finishing techniques will be discussed and you will weave multiple cotton dishcloths as your first project.
Students will learn: Through learning basic weaving terminology, how to prepare and use the shuttle, and by planning a project students will be prepared to begin weaving more projects on their own.
Class Fee: $80
Purchase Kit: $55 (includes shipping) REQUIRED for class. Kit includes: bulky cotton yarn, handout, hemstitching guide, book: Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom
Optional: Order a loom-15 inch Rigid Heddle Loom - Schacht Cricket. $199 plus shipping
Order by sending an email to yadkinvalleyfibercenter@gmail.com
Deadline to register and order a kit is March 3rd
Minimum Age: 18
Required Skills: Beginner (no experience)
Materials students should bring: rigid heddle loom in working order, 8 dent reed, reed hook, warping peg, stick shuttle, ruler, measuring tape, paper, pencil, scissors, Kit: handouts, book, yarn
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 2:00-7:00 pm (break in the middle)
Learn how to ecoprint on silk and wool in color for intermediate students! (pre-requisite Ecoprint for Beginners is strongly recommended) Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their images directly upon protein fibers using a water bath process. In this workshop, students already familiar with the basics of ecoprinting will learn a technique to create beautiful, all natural designs on silk and wool with the addition of a beautiful colored background. Although we will go over dye preparation in class, the student supply kit already contains pre-dyed fabric for ease of use! Students are encouraged to collect both fresh and dried (off the ground) leaves from their area with emphasis on high tannin leaves such as oak, maples, rose, hickory, sumac, etc. and interesting weeds. Store bought flowers such as daisies, carnations, eucalyptus, strawberry tops, etc can be used. At the end of the workshop, students will take home both a silk and wool ecoprinted scarf with a blue colored background and the knowledge to Ecoprint from Nature's resources. Ecoprinting is a natural, sustainable art form.
Class fee: $100
Purchase Kit REQUIRED for class: $40 - student supply kit
>https://www.etsy.com/listing/928948255/ecoprint-in-color-wool-and-silk-supply
Deadline to register and order a kit is March 3rd
Minimum Age: 16
Required Skills: Intermediate preferred
Materials students should bring: Some local leaves -they can be dry or fresh such as rose, sumac, oak, maple (high tannin leaves). Store bought can include inexpensive flowers (such as daisies, carnations, etc) and eucalyptus bundles.
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 6:00-9:00 pm
Thinking about purchasing fiber? What is involved in preparing your own fleece? Should you send it to a mill? What are your options? Fiber preparation makes a huge difference in your final product. Knowing your options allows you to control the process. Learn the various stages of prep: skirting, tumbling, washing/drying, dyeing, picking, carding, combing, blending etc.
Students will learn: What is involved in hand processing and mill processing a fleece. Techniques and options, Individual fleece evaluation.
Class Fee: $40
Minimum Age: none
Required Skills: All Levels
Materials students should bring: none
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 6:00-7:00 pm
We've all got mystery yarn that we can't identify, don't know how much we have, and don't know what to do with it. Learn the tips and tricks to figure out what you have and what it can do.
Students will learn: Analyze yarn for fiber content, Analyze yarn for yardage, Analyze yarn for weight, Resources to match yarn to needles and appropriate patterns
Class Fee: $20
Minimum Age: 14
Required Skills: All Levels
Materials students should bring: Printed copy of handout and a writing utensil if desired
Homework: Print handout if a paper copy is desired
Saturday March 13, 2021 3:00-5:00 pm
Wrong color in the right place? One round too many? Or too few? Need to rip it out and start again? Not always. Let’s look at the possibilities of correcting mistakes in your colorwork knitting. For this class, student will work on a homework swatch with mistakes built in. We will correct these missteps in class.
Students will learn: Fixing some simple and a couple of more complicated mistakes without ripping out whole project
Class Fee: $40
Minimum Age: 16
Required Skills: Advanced, Experience in Stranded Colorwork (Fair Isle) Knitting
Materials students should bring: 2 colors...one light, one dark. DK weight yarn... solid or tonal colors, no novelty. Approx. 40 yrds each, 24" circular needle - US 4., 2nd circular needle - any length - US 2
Homework: See Fixing Stranded Colorwork Mistakes Homework and Handout Document
Saturday March 13, 2021 3:00-5:00 pm
Many knitting traditions from around the world feature cables as a key element. Many of today’s patterns document them in charts. Learn the techniques to create cables with and without the use of a cable needle and how to quickly and easily read cable charts. Your sample from class can be used as a dishcloth or a hot pad.
Students will learn: How to knit cable stitches with and without a cable needle, how to read cable charts
Class Fee: $40
Minimum Age: 14
Required Skills: Advanced beginner (some experience), Must be able to confidently cast on and knit and purl
Materials students should bring: 1 skein 100% cotton worsted weigh yarn (examples include Sugar & Cream, Cascade Nifty Cotton, Knit Picks Dishie, needles to match (US 7 suggested), cable needle (any style but I like the fish hook shape personally), tapestry needle, paper copy of pattern, sticky notes or highlighter tape, colored pencils or multiple colors of highlighters/magic markers.
Homework: Cast on and knit garter stitch rows at beginning of pattern
Saturday March 13, 2021 8:00-10:00 am
Some projects are worked best from the inside out, and we'll look at several ways to cast on in the middle of your work. The Pinhole Cast-on, worked into a slip knot, is perfect for when just a few stitches are needed at the very center of a project. The provisional cord cast-on (PCCO), creates stitches, directly onto your needle(s), for working in both directions. Judy's Magic Cast-on is truly magic, and may often replace the PCCO and other cast-ons. The crochet cast-on is very versatile; it mirrors a standard bind-off for a polished edge, it is easily added mid project where a long-tail cast-on is not an option, and when worked with waste yarn unzips later to reveal provisional stitches. We will cover the crochet cast-on for lefties and righties. Class will involve a small amount of knitting in the round, but it is not necessary to learn cast-ons.
Students should learn: Judy's cast-on, pinhole cast-on, provisional cord cast-on, crochet cast-on
Class Fee: $40
Minimum Age: 12
Required Skills: Advanced beginner (some experience), knitting, purling, using circular needles
Materials students should bring: 40 yards of light colored worsted/aran yarn, and appropriately sized circular needles and crochet hook
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 8:00-11:00 am
The milkweed plant, also called silkweed, is a source of both food for the monarch butterfly caterpillar and fiber and floss used in everything from yarn to clothing. In this workshop, learn to transform a milkweed pod and its floss into a whimsical nesting swan using both wet and needle-felting techniques. Forming the wing feathers and beak cap, seedpod positioning, and creating a hanging mechanism are all covered. Participants also learn about the milkweed and its versatile fibers in a short presentation and visual anthology of applications that have been passed down through history.
Class Fee: $60
Purchase Kit REQUIRED: $25 plus $8 Priority Mail Shipping, available to purchase from the instructor, includes everything you need to create one ornament. Kit includes: • 1 Milkweed Seedpod (With or without gold glitter), • Silk Floss, • Merino Roving and Merino Batt (+ one finished felted bodice), • 1 medium Felting Needle, • 2 goose feathers
• 1 silver cone cap, • Gold thread
Order by sending an email to renatemoskowitz@gmail.com
Deadline to register and order a kit is March 3rd
Minimum Age: none
Required Skills: none
Materials students should bring: Basics: • non slip mat / liner / or sushi mat • Hand and dishtowel • small bowl, bar soap and any kind of dishwashing soap • kitchen sponge or foam of any sort Extras: • sewing needle with large eye • glue (hot glue =best, or instant, quick fix bond or…) • gold glitter marker (for eye) or other • twist tie or rubber band
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 8:00-11:00 am
Monochromatic double knitting is an alternative to working in the round on double-pointed needles. The magic is the fabric is created by knitting flat on two needles. This is great for making arms and legs for knitted toys, fingers for gloves, or large i-cords like purse handles. You can also make reversible items with knit-purl patterns or make “quilted” items if you are willing to stuff the pockets as you work.
Students will learn: knitting in the round on two straight needles, tubular double-knitting (making large i-cords, such as glove fingers), textured double-knitting (make knits or purls show)
Class Fee: $60
Minimum Age: 14
Required Skills: Advanced beginner (some experience), Should be able to knit, purl, and slip stitches. Experience with plain two-color double-knitting is helpful, but not required.
Materials students should bring: class yarn (smooth, non-splitting, light or bright or medium color)
needles you like for working that yarn, possibly needles a size larger or smaller for casting-on or binding-off
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 9:00-11:00 am
You’ve watched all of the steeking videos. Maybe you’ve even cut one yourself. But you are still not sure your stitches are not going to run. Or perhaps that cut steek looks a bit untidy for your heirloom masterpiece. In this class, we will look at securing those unsightly steek flaps...before and/or after cutting…so they will be an added addition to the inside of your sweater.
Students will learn: Securing before cutting, Securing after cutting, Ways to neaten up cut steek
Class Fee: $40
Minimum Age: 16
Required Skills: Advanced, some knowledge of the use of steeks
Materials students should bring: 2 colors...one light, one dark. Worsted or DK weight yarn... solid or tonal colors, no novelty. Approx. 50 yrds each, -2-24" circular needles OR 1-16" circular needle OR 1 set double pointed needles in appropriate size for yarn selected, small sharp scissors, crochet hook same size as knitting needles, waste yarn in different color than homework swatch – 3 yards
Homework: See Securing Steeks Homework and Handout document
Saturday March 13, 2021 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Some projects, like scarves and blankets may be nicer when reversible. Go beyond ribbing and garter stitch, and swatch reversible cables, lace, and other knit and purl combinations.
Students will learn: Reversible stitch patterns
Class Fee: $40
Minimum Age: 12
Required Skills: Advanced beginner (some experience), Knitting, purling, increases, decreases, basic chart skills for some patterns
Materials students should bring: 100 yds worsted yarn and size 8 needles.
Homework: none
Saturday March 13, 2021 12:00-3:00 pm
What’s your favorite way to knit small circumferences in the round? In this class, we will explore knitting in the round with double-pointed needles, on a small circular needle, on two circular needles, and on a magic loop. We’ll even look at some very clever ways to make big i-cords (such as glove fingers) and how to work two tubes (socks, anyone?) at the same time. By the end of class, you’ll know what you do and don’t like! Note: When learning in-person, students can borrow needles so you can try before you buy. For a virtual class, you may spend more time watching and less time knitting if you want to audition techniques before investing in tools.
Students will learn: tubular knitting on double-pointed needles (most students already know this), tubular knitting on two circular needles, tubular knitting on a micro-circular needle, tubular knitting on a magic loop, laddered i-cords for big tubes (such as glove fingers), slipped-stitch double-knitting for large tubes, two at a time set-up in both two circulars and magic loop
Class Fee: $60
Minimum Age: 15
Required Skills: Advanced beginner (some experience), Students should be able to cast on and knit. Most students come to class already knowing how to knit in the round with double-pointed needles.
Materials students should bring: class yarn (smooth, non-splitting, light or bright or medium color), double-pointed needles to work that yarn, an 8″ or 9″ micro-circular needle (Addi, Clover, & Hiya Hiya make these), two circular needles of the same size needle tip (length may be different)
one circular needle at least 32″ long, stitch markers, crochet hook
Homework: No homework, per se. If you want to get ahead, you can cast on 20 stitches in the round and knit a few rounds in stockinette using double-pointed needles.
On Demand (through Ruzuku)
There is magic in working with pre-felt and this class will inspire your future work. We play with shape & pattern, making pre-felt from scratch, working with commercial pre-felt, learn about nuno pre-felt, felt lace, raised waves and Shibori felt making. Materials include six mini kits with everything you need, purchased directly from the instructor.
Class Fee: $80
Purchase Kit: $50 – must purchase kit to participate in the workshop
https://www.pattibarker.com/product-page/magic-of-pre-felt-kit
Deadline to register and order a kit is March 3rd
Minimum Age: 12
Required Skills: All levels
Materials students should bring: Two old towels, a 12x90" rolling mat (rubber rug mat or bubble wrap), sharp full-sized scissors, a new one gallon (garden) water sprayer, table risers (bed risers), one large sewing needle and strong thread
Homework: none
