Fixing & Preventing Commong Knitting Mistakes
Fixing & Preventing Commong Knitting Mistakes
Saturday, October 18
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Led by Jacqui Valdez
Level up your knitting by learning techniques to recognize, fix, and prevent mistakes in your knitting projects! Gain confidence in reading your stitches so you can more easily understand where things went wrong and how to get back on track without having to start completely over.
Techniques covered will include:
Reading stitches to identify mistakes
Methods for carefully undoing stitches to reach and remedy errors
Repairing holes in work and dropped stitches
Adjusting a knit stitch to a purl & vice versa
This workshop has a 3 person minimum.
Prerequisites
Must be confident with the knit and purl stitch
Must be confident at counting stitches
Materials Required
Students are asked to bring one stockinette stitch swatch and one garter stitch swatch
Instructions for swatch will be sent upon registering for class
Workshop Includes
2 hours of instruction by Jacqui
All students will receive 10% off yarn and needles needed for the workshop.
Pattern Info:
Sophie Hood by Petite Knits
Needles & Notions:
5mm / US 8
Removable stitch markers, tapestry needle, and scissors
Gauge:
17 sts x 30 rows = 4x4” (10x10 cm) in garter stitch
Sizing:
S (M) L
Length from hood to tip: approx. 40¼ (50½) 60¾ inches // 102 (128) 154 cm
Depth of hood: approx. 9½ (9½) 9½ inches // 24 (24) 24 cm
Yardage:
150 (200) 250 g Eco Cashmere Vintage by Gepard (50 g = 150 m [164 yds]) or
200 (250) 350 g Alpakka Ull by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 100 m [109 yds]) or
200 (250) 300 g Cashmere Charis by Pascuali (50 g = 110 m [122 yds]) or
200 (250) 300 g Snefnug by CaMaRose (50 g = 110 m [122 yds]) or
200 (250) 300 g Isager Soft by Isager Yarn (50 g = 125 m [137 yds])
Workshops and Events Refund Policy
Cancellation Policy
To receive a full refund, please cancel 5 days before the workshop start time. We cannot offer any refunds after that time.
Make Up Class Policy
Any missed classes in a consecutive weekly workshop will need to be made up within one week of the missed class.
No Show Policy
We will not offer any refunds for missed workshops.