Get away from the Super Bowl frenzy!  Join us for an evening of social knitting in our cozy Northcoast Knittery Attic.   Bring your knitting project, and  a snack and/or drink to share.  

Join us in our Northcoast Knittery Attic for a movie and knitting on the second Wednesday of each month.  Bring a snack and/or drink to share…don’t forget the popcorn! (We’ll have a microwave available for microwave popcorn.)

We’ll start the movie promptly at 6:30 pm; no starting over for late comers!

NORTHCOAST KNITTERY

Where: 320 2nd street Eureka, CA

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Social Knitting at NorthCoast Knittery in Old Town Eureka.Come join us for a fun evening filled with great conversation, snacks and drinks. Our Sip & Knit has become the place to be on Thursday night  in Humboldt County amongst all fiber lovers.  Knit, crochet, spin or weave.

Ever finish a project only to find the bind off is too tight, or unattractive?  Do you know only one basic bind off?  It’s time to expand your finishing technique horizon!   This one- session class covers several stretchy and decorative bind-offs that you can use on different projects, including:  suspended, sewn, tubular, I-cord, Picot, 3 needle, sloped, and Jeny’s surpisingly stretchy bind off. 

Prerequisite Skill Level:  Participants must know standard basic cast off,  and basic stitches such as knit, purl, yarn over, K2tog.

Homework: Prepare 7 stockinette swatches and 2 ribbed swatches (1x1)  Make extra ribbed swatches if you’d like to practice some  bind offs on stockinette and on ribbing.   For each swatch, cast on 20 stitches and work at least 1.5 inches.  Then put the live stitches on either a stitch holder or a piece of waste yarn.

Instructor:  Harry Wells

Date/Time: February 11, 2012;  11:00 am-3:30 pm (includes a short break)

Cost:  $40.00

Limit:  10 persons

NORTHCOAST KNITTERY

Where: 320 2nd street Eureka, CA

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Social Knitting at NorthCoast Knittery in Old Town Eureka.Come join us for a fun evening filled with great conversation, snacks and drinks. Our Sip & Knit has become the place to be on Thursday night  in Humboldt County amongst all fiber lovers.  Knit, crochet, spin or weave.

NORTHCOAST KNITTERY

Where: 320 2nd street Eureka, CA

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Social Knitting at NorthCoast Knittery in Old Town Eureka.Come join us for a fun evening filled with great conversation, snacks and drinks. Our Sip & Knit has become the place to be on Thursday night  in Humboldt County amongst all fiber lovers.  Knit, crochet, spin or weave.

Find out who gets Best Actor, Best Movie, etc., while sipping, snacking, and knitting with other knitters!  We’ll gather in the Northcoast Knittery Attic, watch the Awards on the big 60” screen, knit, and have a great time!  Bring your knitting or other fiber project and a snack and/or drink to share. 

Want to create a one-of-a-kind yarn? Then this is the workshop for you!  We will be using Australian dyes with unique colors and hues.  A yarn blank is a knitted fabric of two strands of white yarn which you will paint using sponge brushes and dye. You will paint whatever design and colors you want…but when you unravel the yarn blank and knit/crochet/weave your project, the colorway emerges in its own unique configuration.  It’s not only fun painting the blank, but finding out what eventually results in the worked project!    Or paint some skeins in whatever colorway you want!

Cost includes all materials—two blanks or skeins, dyes, gloves, etc.   Additional blanks and skeins can be purchased separately if you want to dye more than two.

Instructor:  Harry Wells

Date:  March 3, 2012,  Noon-4:00 pm

Cost: $65.00, includes two yarn blanks or skeins and all supplies

Limit: 8 persons

Learn the basics of turning fiber into yarn using a spinning wheel.  You will learn basic terminology of the wheel and spinning, learn how to prepare the fibers, open the fibers (pre-drafting and drafting), control twist, and make a multi-ply yarn utilizing prepared roving.  We will also talk about working with raw fleece and its preparation, including scouring and carding.  Wheels will be provided for the sessions.

Instructor:  Harry Wells

Date:  March 10 & 11, 2012, Noon-3 pm

Cost:  70.00 (includes 4 oz of wool roving and wheel usage)

Limit: 4 persons

Learn the basics of turning fiber into yarn using a spinning wheel.  You will learn basic terminology of the wheel and spinning, learn how to prepare the fibers, open the fibers (pre-drafting and drafting), control twist, and make a multi-ply yarn utilizing prepared roving.  We will also talk about working with raw fleece and its preparation, including scouring and carding.  Wheels will be provided for the sessions.

Instructor:  Harry Wells

Date:  March 10 & 11, 2012, Noon-3 pm

Cost:  70.00 (includes 4 oz of wool roving and wheel usage)

Limit: 4 persons

Join us in our Northcoast Knittery Attic for a movie and knitting on the second Wednesday of each month.  Bring a snack and/or drink to share…don’t forget the popcorn! (We’ll have a microwave available for microwave popcorn.)

We’ll start the movie promptly at 6:30 pm; no starting over for late comers!

Brioche knitting is a technique that uses yarn overs & slipped stitches worked together to create a unique double-sided fabric. In this class you will learn the basic 'backbone' stitches of brioche, as well as their abbreviations and accompanying terminology. You will also be introduced to the main brioche stitch pattern (1 & 2 color versions), honeycomb brioche and the crossed brioche stitch pattern (you'll be amazed by the resulting fabric from this stitch). Come fill your knitting toolbox with the skills to tackle any beginning to intermediate brioche knitting project.  

Prerequisite Skill Level: Participants must have knowledge of basic knitting skills including casting on, knits, purls, yarn overs, slipped stitches and decreases (k2tog & p2tog).

Instructor: Jenny Sorensen

Date: March 31, 2012, Noon-4:30 pm (includes a short break)

Cost: $50.00

Limit: 8 persons

Join us in our Northcoast Knittery Attic for a movie and knitting on the second Wednesday of each month.  Bring a snack and/or drink to share…don’t forget the popcorn! (We’ll have a microwave available for microwave popcorn.)

We’ll start the movie promptly at 6:30 pm; no starting over for late comers!

Knitwear designers use gauge and body measurements to create the perfect fit in a sweater (or any other knitted piece). Learn the simple formulas that will let you design your own garments or adjust existing ones for different gauges.

ADVANCED BEGINNER KNITTING SKILLS REQUIRED.

Materials: Pencil and paper for taking notes; calculator.

3 hours workshop

Instructor:  Ann Budd

Date: May 4

Cost: $75.00

In this two-day workshop, we’ll follow the pullover instructions in The Knitter’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd. The sweater will be worked in four pieces—one back, one front, and two sleeves. To minimize the amount of knitting, all students will work an infant-size sweater in worsted-weight yarn. To prepare for the class, students will knit the four pieces to the armholes and choose between drop-shoulder, modified drop-shoulder, and set-in sleeve shaping, and between round and V-neck shaping.

You will learn:

· determining the correct garment size

· measuring a gauge swatch

· calculating even spacing of increases or decreases

· centering a pattern stitch

· working selvedge stitches

· paired increases and decreases

· picking up stitches around a neckline

· an elastic bind-off appropriate for ribbed necklines

· seaming

· blocking

· tips and tricks along the way

INTERMEDIATE KNITTING SKILLS REQUIRED.

Instructor: Ann Budd

Date: May 5 & 6 (Sat & Sun), 11:00 am-6:00 pm (one hour for lunch break, lunch not

                                                                                provided.)

Cost: $200.00

Materials: The Knitter’s Handy Guide to Sweater Patterns (or make arrangements to share with a friend); The Knitter’s Companion or other technique reference book (optional but helpful); 2 skeins of worsted weight yarn such as Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted or Cascade 220 (you may need only 1 skein but you want to be sure not to run out); size 7 or 8 straight needles plus a set of double-pointed one size smaller for neckband; tape measure; calculator; tapestry needle; stitch holders; round stitch markers and removable stitch markers.

Homework

Back

With worsted weight yarn and appropriate needles (your choice of size 7 or 8), cast on 42 stitches. Knitting the first and last stitch of every row for selvedge stitches (these will facilitate seaming later), work the edging of your choice (rib, garter st, seed st, etc.) for 1½”, then work in stockinette stitch (knit right-side rows; purl wrong-side rows) until piece measures 5” from the cast-on edge. Place stitches on holder.

Front

Work same as back.

Sleeves (make 2)

Cast on 20 stitches. Knitting the first and last stitch of every row, work the edging of your choice for 1½”. Choose between drop shoulder, modified drop shoulder, and set-in sleeve style. Continue as described below for your choice.

For Drop Shoulder or Modified Drop Shoulder Styles:

Change to stockinette stitch and increase 1 st at each end of needle (inside selvedge stitches) every 2 rows 9 times, then every 4 rows 2 times—42 stitches. Work even until piece measures 5” from cast-on edge.

For Set-in Sleeve Style:

Change to stockinette stitch and increase 1 st at each end of needle (inside selvedge stitches) every 4 rows 5 times—30 stitches. Work even until piece measures 4½” from cast-on edge.

In this two-day workshop, we’ll follow the pullover instructions in The Knitter’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd. The sweater will be worked in four pieces—one back, one front, and two sleeves. To minimize the amount of knitting, all students will work an infant-size sweater in worsted-weight yarn. To prepare for the class, students will knit the four pieces to the armholes and choose between drop-shoulder, modified drop-shoulder, and set-in sleeve shaping, and between round and V-neck shaping.

You will learn:

· determining the correct garment size

· measuring a gauge swatch

· calculating even spacing of increases or decreases

· centering a pattern stitch

· working selvedge stitches

· paired increases and decreases

· picking up stitches around a neckline

· an elastic bind-off appropriate for ribbed necklines

· seaming

· blocking

· tips and tricks along the way

INTERMEDIATE KNITTING SKILLS REQUIRED.

Instructor: Ann Budd

Date: May 5 & 6 (Sat & Sun), 11:00 am-6:00 pm (one hour for lunch break, lunch not

                                                                                provided.)

Cost: $200.00

Materials: The Knitter’s Handy Guide to Sweater Patterns (or make arrangements to share with a friend); The Knitter’s Companion or other technique reference book (optional but helpful); 2 skeins of worsted weight yarn such as Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Worsted or Cascade 220 (you may need only 1 skein but you want to be sure not to run out); size 7 or 8 straight needles plus a set of double-pointed one size smaller for neckband; tape measure; calculator; tapestry needle; stitch holders; round stitch markers and removable stitch markers.

Homework

Back

With worsted weight yarn and appropriate needles (your choice of size 7 or 8), cast on 42 stitches. Knitting the first and last stitch of every row for selvedge stitches (these will facilitate seaming later), work the edging of your choice (rib, garter st, seed st, etc.) for 1½”, then work in stockinette stitch (knit right-side rows; purl wrong-side rows) until piece measures 5” from the cast-on edge. Place stitches on holder.

Front

Work same as back.

Sleeves (make 2)

Cast on 20 stitches. Knitting the first and last stitch of every row, work the edging of your choice for 1½”. Choose between drop shoulder, modified drop shoulder, and set-in sleeve style. Continue as described below for your choice.

For Drop Shoulder or Modified Drop Shoulder Styles:

Change to stockinette stitch and increase 1 st at each end of needle (inside selvedge stitches) every 2 rows 9 times, then every 4 rows 2 times—42 stitches. Work even until piece measures 5” from cast-on edge.

For Set-in Sleeve Style:

Change to stockinette stitch and increase 1 st at each end of needle (inside selvedge stitches) every 4 rows 5 times—30 stitches. Work even until piece measures 4½” from cast-on edge.

Join us in our Northcoast Knittery Attic for a movie and knitting on the second Wednesday of each month.  Bring a snack and/or drink to share…don’t forget the popcorn! (We’ll have a microwave available for microwave popcorn.)

We’ll start the movie promptly at 6:30 pm; no starting over for late comers!

The stash buster “flower hip belt” workshop will take advantage of your treasured stash.  In this workshop we will work with color to develop a palette for your flowers and belt.  Once your color theme is decided upon you will have the opportunity to trade and share stash with other workshop participants.  If there is something you must have you will have the opportunity to buy additional yarn; however, the goal is to create the flower embellishments with your stash.  Once your yarn is chosen, we will then take a walk over to talisman bead shop in Eureka, where you will purchase your beads and adornments for your flowers. 

We will learn a few techniques on how to work beads into the creation of your flowers, as well as the combining of yarns to create a beautiful and unique flower. In addition to creating the flowers, we will also design and start creating the belt.

The workshop will include two skeins of the classic cotton sport weight by Tahki, which will be used to create the belt. All other materials will be purchased, traded or shared. 

Instructor: Laura Lamers

                    The belt was designed by Laura and featured in Vogue Knitting

                    Holiday 2005.

Date: May 19 & 20 (Sat & Sun), Noon-4 pm.

Cost: $75.00

Prerequisite Skill Level: Participants must have knowledge of basic knitting skills, including casting on, knits, purls, yarn-overs, slipped stitches and decreases (K2tog, SSK, P2tog). 

The stash buster “flower hip belt” workshop will take advantage of your treasured stash.  In this workshop we will work with color to develop a palette for your flowers and belt.  Once your color theme is decided upon you will have the opportunity to trade and share stash with other workshop participants.  If there is something you must have you will have the opportunity to buy additional yarn; however, the goal is to create the flower embellishments with your stash.  Once your yarn is chosen, we will then take a walk over to talisman bead shop in Eureka, where you will purchase your beads and adornments for your flowers. 

We will learn a few techniques on how to work beads into the creation of your flowers, as well as the combining of yarns to create a beautiful and unique flower. In addition to creating the flowers, we will also design and start creating the belt.

The workshop will include two skeins of the classic cotton sport weight by Tahki, which will be used to create the belt. All other materials will be purchased, traded or shared. 

Instructor: Laura Lamers

                    The belt was designed by Laura and featured in Vogue Knitting

                    Holiday 2005.

Date: May 19 & 20 (Sat & Sun), Noon-4 pm.

Cost: $75.00

Prerequisite Skill Level: Participants must have knowledge of basic knitting skills, including casting on, knits, purls, yarn-overs, slipped stitches and decreases (K2tog, SSK, P2tog). 

Want to knit socks but don’t like double point needles?  Want to knit two socks at the same time?  Learn  the two circular needles technique of knitting socks! We will be using worsted weight yarn  to knit your socks so it’s quick to finish   In the first session, we will learn the basic set-up and knitting technique with two circulars and get you going on the ribbing and leg of your sock.  In the second session, we will learn how to do the heel flap and gusset with two circulars.  In the final session, you’ll finish your toes, and we’ll discuss doing two socks on two circulars with a goal of casting on two socks on two circulars so you can try that as well.

Prequisite Skill Level:  Must be Advanced Beginner or above, knowing  how to cast on, and basic stitches such as knit, purl, K2tog, pick up and knit.

Instructor: Harry Wells

Dates: Saturdays, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 11:00-2:00 pm

Cost: $50.00, includes two balls of Del Cerro or Favorite Wool

Required Supplies: US size 5 or 6 circular needles 24”(two), stitch markers, tapestry needle, row counter

Limit: 8 persons

Want to knit socks but don’t like double point needles?  Want to knit two socks at the same time?  Learn  the two circular needles technique of knitting socks! We will be using worsted weight yarn  to knit your socks so it’s quick to finish   In the first session, we will learn the basic set-up and knitting technique with two circulars and get you going on the ribbing and leg of your sock.  In the second session, we will learn how to do the heel flap and gusset with two circulars.  In the final session, you’ll finish your toes, and we’ll discuss doing two socks on two circulars with a goal of casting on two socks on two circulars so you can try that as well.

Prequisite Skill Level:  Must be Advanced Beginner or above, knowing  how to cast on, and basicstitches such as knit, purl, K2tog, pick up and knit.

Instructor: Harry Wells

Dates: Saturdays, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 11:00-2:00 pm

Cost: $50.00, includes two balls of Del Cerro or Favorite Wool

Required Supplies: US size 5 or 6 circular needles 24”(two), stitch markers, tapestry needle, row counter

Limit: 8 persons

Want to knit socks but don’t like double point needles?  Want to knit two socks at the same time?  Learn  the two circular needles technique of knitting socks! We will be using worsted weight yarn  to knit your socks so it’s quick to finish   In the first session, we will learn the basic set-up and knitting technique with two circulars and get you going on the ribbing and leg of your sock.  In the second session, we will learn how to do the heel flap and gusset with two circulars.  In the final session, you’ll finish your toes, and we’ll discuss doing two socks on two circulars with a goal of casting on two socks on two circulars so you can try that as well.

Prequisite Skill Level:  Must be Advanced Beginner or above, knowing  how to cast on, and basic stitches such as knit, purl, K2tog, pick up and knit.

Instructor: Harry Wells

Dates: Saturdays, 6/16, 6/23, 6/30, 11:00-2:00 pm

Cost: $50.00, includes two balls of Del Cerro or Favorite Wool

Required Supplies: US size 5 or 6 circular needles 24”(two), stitch markers, tapestry needle, row counter

Limit: 8 persons

Sivia gives you the tools to access your inner designer in this gentle and supportive workshop.  You will learn the skills you need to design your own top-down triangle shawl.  In this workshop, we examine the structure of the basic top-down triangle shawl and insert your choice of lace patterns to create an original design, with an eye to shaping, aesthetics, and flow.  Charting patterns, shaping lace in pattern, modulation from one pattern to another, and types of edgings will be discussed. Students receive the benefit of Sivia’s years of experience in designing innovative lace shawls and exceptional beaded lace. This workshop is the perfect blend of lace design skills, inspiration and discovery. 

Instructor: Sivia Harding                                                                                             

Date: July 21, 2012, 11:00 am-6:00 pm (1 hour lunch break, lunch not provided.)       

Cost: $100.00  

The Harmonia’s Rings cowl, which uses Cat Bordhi’s Moebius cast on to achieve the mysterious spiral neck shape, features an easy and addictive self-pleating knit and purl stitch pattern that creates concentric rings reminiscent of ancient architecture. The workshop includes many techniques: the Moebius cast on, beaded picot bind off, knitting the texture pattern in the round, shaping within the Moebius structure, and ways to customize the pattern to fit any body type.

In this workshop, we will be knitting the Harmonia’s Rings tunic sweater! After many requests, the Harmonia’s Rings Cowl has been re-engineered to fit seven sizes. The addition of a fitted body to the drapey yoke makes a world of difference! Because of the drape of the yoke, this design accommodates a wide range of body types. Wear it alone or wear it layered… the perfect compliment to your wardrobe through the seasons.

Instructor: Sivia Harding  

Date: July 22,2012, 11:00 am-6:00 pm (one hour lunch break, lunch not provided.)    

Cost: $100.00