About Your Instructor:
Lucy Neatby is a passionate knitter and designer, fascinated by colour and technique. Her knitting patterns, books and technique tutorial videos are used and loved by knitters around the world. She also shares her expertise in the art of hand-knitting by giving live workshops around N. America. Lucy has won many design competitions, including The Knitting Guild of America’s International Design Challenge. Her work has been exhibit- ed widely. She is a former Merchant Navy navigating officer metamorphosed into the owner of Tradewind Knitwear Designs Inc. Lucy is the author of “Cool Socks Warm Feet”, “Cool Knitters Finish in Style” , A Little Book of BIG Holes for Handknitters and the 16 title “Learn with Lucy” DVD series. She is easily recognized by her exuberant haircolour, but always remembered for her phenomenal teaching skills.
FF2014 - Lucy Neatby - The Contended Stitch: Self Sufficiency for Knitters
This class is designed for both newer and seasoned knitters who would like to learn to read and understand their knitted fabric. With these skills, row counters and paper records become aids rather than lifelines! We will look at the following: The structure of a knit fabric both Stocking stitch and Garter and what makes for a contented stitch. The Long tail / Continental cast-on method and how
to make it do your bidding. Decreases and how
to recognise them, increases and their differences. Dropping stitches and staging rescues. How to mark your position and count rows.
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• One ball of fairly thick (chunky) weight yarn (to give a gauge of 3 - 4sts per inch in St st), please choose a smooth yarn in a solid (not marled) light colour and be prepared to swap a few metres with your neighbour as a contrasting colour.We recommend Cascade 128 Superwash in 2 colors of your choosing!
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One pair size 6mm / US #10 needles (or a circular needle).
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Usual knitting paraphernalia, including a crochet hook.
HOmeWOrK
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reLevAnT dvd TiTLeS
Knitting Essentials 1 and 2, Gems 2