Salt Lake Knitting Guild 2022 Spring Workshops with Harry Wells

4927 South State Street,Murray UT 84107

30 April, 2022

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Four wonderful classes with Harry Wells! We will be in person only (no recordings). The instructor requests that all wear masks. Harry Wells is a retired university professor who has pursued knitting and teaching the craft professionally since 2010. He enjoys designing knitwear for men and accessories for both men and women. His aesthetic emphasizes texture and linear flow. He teaches a myriad of classes geared for knitting conferences and fiber festivals. Some of where Harry has taught (or will be teaching): Stitches West, Interweave Yarn Fest, Yarn CON in Chicago, Black Sheep Gathering. His extensive experience in classroom presentation and course preparation makes for an organized and engaging learning experience. His designs have been published in knitting magazines and can be found at https://www.ravelry.com/designers/harry-wells. He managed the Northcoast Knittery in Eureka, CA from 2010-2017 and enjoys designing, including publishing patterns in magazines and on Ravelry. Check out his knitting blog and website at www.goodforaboy.com This weekend of workshops is sponsored by the Salt Lake Knitting Guild. Registration is open to the general public as of Sunday, April 17. After April 17, all registration will default to $55.00 per class. ADDICTIVE ARGYLE! HAT PROJECT3 hours: Saturday, April 30, 9 am - Noon Love those classic diamond shapes called Argyle, but are mystified about how to accomplish them? This workshop covers the classic technique of knitting Argyle flat, by knitting a hat designed by Harry. Covered will be tips and tricks for managing the bobbins and twisting the yarns appropriately, and a seaming method that makes the seam nearly invisible and not bulky. Also covered is how to calculate designs of your own Argyle diamonds for different gauges, so you can include Argyle pretty much where ever you want! Class price: $55.00 Skill Level: Intermediate (very solid basic skills having completed some knitted project successfully) Homework: 1) This is ribbing for your hat. On straight needles, size 5 (from supply list), using MC (from supply list), CO 107. Work in K1 P1 rib for 1.5”, ending with completed RS row. (When working the ribbing: On RS, you begin and end with K1. On WS, you begin and end with P1.) Next row: P10, M1P, repeating to last 7 sts, p7. (117sts) To do M1P (make one purl): Insert the left needle from back to front into the horizontal strand between the last stitch worked and the next stitch on the left needle. Purl it through the front loop. Cut MC, leaving an 8” tail for seaming ribbing later. 2) Make two stockinette swatches with any worsted wt wool yarn: CO 16 sts and work 20 rows. Bind off and block. You will use these swatches to practice the seaming technique. Supplies Students Need to Bring to Class Straight needles,13” or 14”, Size 5.(You can use a 16” circular, but it is not recommended; it will be more difficult to work with the bobbins.) DK weight wool yarn, 4 colors. 40 grams of main color, 10 grams of CC #1 (for diamond), 10 grams of CC #2 (for diamond), 7 grams of CC #3 (for crisscross). The crisscross color should contrast with all the other colors. Also bring highlighter tape or post-it notes, stitch markers, tapestry needle that will work with DK weight yarn, small knitting bobbins (EZ Bobs recommended). 16” circular needle and DPNs, both size 5, for working crown of hat (crown will be worked beyond class time.) Handouts needed for class will be emailed (from Eventbrite) no later than Thursday, April 28th. COLORWORK THE EASY WAY! MOSAIC KNITTING AND OTHER SLIP STITCH COLORWORK 3 Hours: Saturday April 30, 1:30pm-4:30pm With Mosaic Knitting, you knit with only one color per row to achieve intricate looking patterns without stranding or intarsia wrapping. You simply knit and slip stitches, but the result is stunning! This workshop will teach you how to do several textural variations of Mosaic Knitting, how color and hues work together (or don’t), how charts are written and read differently for Mosaic Knitting, and practical tips about the best applications for Mosaic Knitting in garments and accessories. Once you learn the technique, and practice it in a swatch, you will begin a hat pattern designed by the instructor that you can quickly complete at home. An added bonus: several other colorwork slip stitch variations of garter stitch will be overviewed with color samples. You’ll be amazed what well-placed slip stitches and color changes do to garter stitch! Class price: $55.00 Skill level: Easy (Particpant has basic knitting skill: long tail cast on and completed basic stitches like K, p, k2tog, SSK, M1L with no assistance). Good for Advanced Beginner and up, very enjoyable for Intermediate Knitters too with the colorwork. Homework: This is ribbing for a Mosaic Hat pattern by the instructor. With main color (MC = darker of the two colors), using a 16” circular needle, size 6, cast on 96 sts, join in the round, and place marker at beginning of rd. Work in 1x1 rib for 2”. Leave MC attached and hanging in back.. Join CC, (k8, M1L) 12 times (108 sts) To M1L: With left needle tip, from front to back, pick up the bar between the sts now on the tips of the left and right needle. Knit this picked up st through the back loop. Continuing with CC, Purl 1 rd, then knit 1 rd. Leave on needles and bring to class. Supplies Students Need to Bring to Class US Size 6 or 7 needles, two to four small balls (25 grams each) of worsted weight wool yarn in contrasting colors for swatch practice in class, stitch markers. For Hat: 16” circular needle, size 6, worsted weight wool or wool blend yarn, 2 colors, highly contrasting, 50 grams each. MC will be darker than CC. Homework is ribbing for hat. Handouts needed for class will be emailed (from Eventbrite) no later than Thursday, April 28th. CRISSCROSSING THE RAINBOW: COLOR CABLES3 Hours: Sunday May 1, 9:00am-Noon One can spend a knitting lifetime exploring the various lovely twists and turns that make up regular cable combinations. Now add color to the mix! One color cable patterns against a different background color, different color cable strands meandering all over and among each other, striped cables, and bi-color rope cables are some of the combinations covered. How to convert a cable chart into a color cable schematic, utilizing graph paper and/or a charting program will be covered, so bring your colored pencils for some creative color fun and then knit up your creation! Class price: $55.00 Skill level: Intermediate (very solid basic skills having completed some knitted project successfully). Participants must know how to do a basic rope cable and have knowledge of how to read a knitting chart with cable symbols. Homework: None Supplies Students Need to Bring to Class 4 balls of worsted weight yarn (25 grams each) in four different colors. Wool or predominantly wool blend yarn recommended. Needles in size you normally use for worsted weight. (For most people, that means US size 6, 7, or 8.) Stitch markers, locking stitch markers, cable needle.. Color Pencils (at least 10 colors) and graph paper. Optional: Reference books/stitch dictionaries with cable stitch patterns Handouts needed for class will be emailed (from Eventbrite) no later than Thursday, April 28th. I’LL PUT A HEX ON YOU!: HEXAGON STITCH AND KNIT ONE BELOW TEXTURES 3 hours: Sunday May 1, 1:30-4:30 Knitting in the Stitch below is a technique that can create a wide variety of textural interest, checkered patterns, and embossed ribs in a knitted fabric that is thick, soft, and supple. In this class, we will cover all those variations and their characteristics, with participants learning the techniques and practicing them. One color and two color versions will be covered. Participants will have the choice of starting a hexagon stitch cowl in the round or a scarf knitted flat using any of the textures learned. Class price: $55.00 Skill level: Intermediate (very solid basic skills having completed some knitted project successfully) Homework: The pre-class homework is ribbing and a decrease round for the cowl. 1) Required: Using US size 6 needle, 24” circular, and worsted weight yarn, CO 196 sts in Color A (see supply list for cowl). Join in the round, being sure not to twist sts around cord, and place beg of rd marker. Work 4 rounds in (K2, P2) rib to end. Next Rd (Decrease) K2tog 4x, [(k2tog) 3x, k1, (k2tog) 5x, k1] 10x, k2tog 4x (108 sts) Leave Color A attached to needles and bring Color B to class. 2) Optional: These swatches are for practicing bindoffs appropriate for K1B fabrics. The instructor will demonstrate the bindoffs; if students want to practice the bindoffs in class, they should prepare these swatches. Make 5 swatches. For each swatch: CO 20 sts, work 10 rows of stockinette stitch (Knit one row, purl one row, repeat these two rows five times). Leaving a 2 yard tail, place live stitches on stitch holder for easy transfer to working needle in class or place on spare DPN for easy working in class. Supplies Students Need to Bring to Class: Several small balls (20 grams each) of worsted weight yarn in different colors to work practice swatches in class, size 6 needles, stitch markers. Also, one needle, size 4 (straight or dpn). Handouts needed for class will be emailed (from Eventbrite) no later than Thursday, April 28th. This will include a pattern worksheet for a Hexagon St cowl .