Wednesdays, Feb 4 - April 8
6pm - 7:30pm
See schedule below
Led by Sarah Jamison

The Fair Isle Knitting Course is a 10 week course designed to teach you all the facets of knitting a Fair Isle sweater! Fair Isle knitting, also known as stranded colorwork knitting, is a regional style to the Scottish highlands. This style uses many colors through out the sweater and repeating patterns to create a colorful and eye-catching sweater. Fair Isle sweaters are also unique in where you knit the whole sweater in the round, and then cut your knitting (steeking) to create the sleeves and cardigan. While these sweaters can be intimidating, our experienced instructor, Sarah, will guide you through every step of creating your Fair Isle sweater.

This is a 10 week course, with “workshop” days and “studio” days. Workshop days are teaching days, with most of the workshop time dedicated with instruction. Studio days are designed to give makers time to work on their project with support for questions and troubleshooting. This course includes “homework” that will need to be done outside of class. Any missed workshop days will need to be made up during a studio before the next workshop day occurs.

This workshop has a 3 person minimum.

Prerequisites
Must be proficient knitting, purling, and increase and decrease (i.e. m1r, m1l, k2tog, ssk). Must be proficient in knitting in the round. Must be familiar with knitting sweaters. This workshop is not first sweater friendly.

Techniques Covered

• Reading Charts

• Knitting stranded colorwork

• Making a colorwork gauge swatch

• Managing floats

• Color dominance

• Knitting a steek band

• Steeking (cutting your knitting)

• 3 needle bind-off

• Picking up stitches

• I-cord bind off

• Button holes

• Adding buttons

Workshop Includes

• Powdermill pattern by Kate Davies Design

• 15 hours of instruction and support by Sarah

• Step-by-step guidance and support throughout pattern

Materials Required

• Amount of yarn according to the size you would like to make (scroll down for sizing info)

• US 2.5 (3 mm) & US 2 (2.75 mm) circular needles in 16”, 32” - 47” cords

• Double Pointed Needles in size US 1.5 (2.5mm)

• Size 3 mm crochet hook

• A lot of stitch markers, including locking stitch markers

• Tape measure

• Tapestry needle

• Scissors

All students will receive 10% off yarn and needles needed for the workshop.

Images used for the promotion of this workshop are pulled from the Ravelry knitting database. These images are from user and designer Kate Davies.