Knit Hero Winter 2019 Classes
Happy Winter! I am excited to share my newest class schedule with you. I hope you find something within that will inspire and excite you to learn something new and be a part of my community. As Knit Hero, I love having the agency to respond to class requests; so many of you are filled with good ideas and are eager to learn so many fun skills this season. Many of the classes contained within this schedule are in response to those requests–thank you and please keep them coming! There are also some classes that are here just because I really want to teach them–and hope some of you want to join me. After reading through the entire schedule, including the registration information, please contact me directly with questions, ideas, for advice on if you have the skills required for a specific class, and to register. I will teach all of the Knit Hero classes listed on this schedule at my location, Knit House. Once you have contacted me to register, I will give you the address of the house and directions to find me. I look forward to knitting with you!
*Please note that the Needlepoint Joint classes I am teaching are listed at the end of this email. Please stop by the shop or call to register for those classes: (801)394-4355. For a complete NPJ class list, please go to needlepointjoint.com.*
Knit Hero Class Registration Details
Classes are filled on a first come, first served basis after receiving my approval that the requested class is an appropriate level for you. It is very important to me that my students find classes that will be challenging and interesting, and yet still accessible and enjoyable for them. In order to reserve your spot in a class, payment must be made in full via cash, check, or payment online before the beginning of the first class. Please contact me directly to sign up: karyn@knithero.net. Payment includes, but is not limited to: all listed sessions for your class, all email and class information, and instructional video links of skills and techniques learned in class. Once class begins, I am sorry that I cannot offer a refund if you miss a class. I work very hard to prepare for the classes I teach and want to be fairly compensated for my time. This also gives students on my waiting list the opportunity to sign up and attend. Classes must have a minimum of three students to run at the above listed rate. Once class begins, I offer make up classes at my private session rate of $30 per hour. Knitting Support Group is also a great space to catch up and get the information you missed in class.
Knitting Support Group **NEW DAY ADDED**
Knitting Support Group is the perfect place to get the help you need while enjoying the support of other knitters in a friendly group atmosphere. I love leading this group, instructing and supporting all knitters–whether it be to help with a specific pattern, answer general or specific knitting questions, rescue knitting emergencies, or provide support while working on a challenging project.
When: Weekly Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:30 PM and Thursdays from 8:30 to 10:00 AM
AND: Every second and fourth Monday evening of each month beginning February 11th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Cost: 1 class for $10 or 6–session punch card for $50
Sweater Classes:
Some of my very favorite classes to teach as Knit Hero have definitely been leading various sweater classes. I love having the opportunity to expand knitters’ skills beyond basic top-down construction, simple shaping, and straightforward stitch patterns. Each of the sweaters listed below contains interesting techniques, brilliant design, and will help expand your skills as a sweater knitter. For you as a knitter, committing to knitting a sweater in a group setting is ideal, because having scaffolded class times ensures that you will have support, instruction, camaraderie, accountability, and goals throughout the sweater knitting process to ensure you not only finish your sweater, but also love how it turns out. If you have taken my Essentials of Sweater Knitting class at Needlepoint Joint (or can demonstrate th required skills based on my approval), either of these sweater classes could be the perfect option for you this winter.
Having knit and taught this sweater twice, I can definitely attest to this sweater’s ingenious design. I continue to be fascinated by this sweater’s bottom up, one-piece construction, culminating in some of the most interesting shoulder and yoke shaping I’ve ever done. This sweater is smart, fun, and interesting from its German Twisted cast on beginning to its icord edging finale. The combination of the little wave pattern and garter stitch detail along the side, the pocket addition, knitting the sleeves two at a time on magic loop, and the short row shawl collar ensures you won’t get bored and will learn so much throughout this fabulous knit. This is a cozy sweater you will surely be proud to wear.
When: Fridays, January 18th, February 8th, March 1st & 22nd, and April 12th, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
Cost: $110
Dissent Sweater**NEW DATES**
These times call for brave knitting—and almost nothing is braver than cutting your own knitting! I immediately fell in love with this sweater the moment I first saw it—and knew it would be an ideal class sweater. This cardigan features a gorgeous colorwork yoke inspired by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissent collar, is knit top-down in the round, and is then steeked (cut) as one of your final steps to turn your pullover into a cardigan. Resultantly, this class provides not only the perfect opportunity to improve your colorwork knitting skills, it will also provide the perfect supportive atmosphere for you to bravely and confidently steek your first sweater.
When: Sundays, April 28th, May 19th, June 9th, and Saturday, June 22nd, and Sunday, June 23rd, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Cost: $110
Advanced Lace Workshop, Session 1
Inspired by Study in Lace, my 2018 year-long offering in which we traveled through the lace traditions of Shetland, Estonian, and Orenburg, this class is open to all lace knitters who would like to expand their lace knitting skills. While you do need to have basic lace knitting skills, you do not need to have completed Study in Lace, or even knit advanced lace before. I will provide an array of traditional and modern pattern choices for a variety of different knitting levels, but you are free and encouraged to choose any lace shawl that excites, inspires, and challenges you as a knitter. I will provide support, guidance, and instruction as needed (and plan to knit my own heirloom shawl alongside you!).
When: Tuesdays, January 29th, February 26th, March 26th, and April 30th, from 12:30 to 2:30 PM
Cost: $75
Norrland Hat and Mittens**NEW CLASS ADDED**
Colorwork and cables creating entwining branches of trees in the snow? Oh what fun! It may be cold and dreary outside, but let’s knit the very best winter has to offer in this hat and mitten set. The combination of stranded colorwork and cables knit at a fine gauge provides a perfect opportunity to expand your knitting repertoire and make something truly special. In the mitten section of this class, you will also learn to knit a latvian braid. You may sign up for each session separately or for the whole set together.
Hat
When: Fridays, February 8th and 22nd, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Cost: $45 (or $80 for both Hat and Mitten class combined)
OR: Saturdays, March 16th and 30th, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM – $45
Mittens
When: Fridays, March 1st and 15th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Cost: $45 (or $80 for both Mitten and Hat class combined)
Many of you already know about my love for all things Jared Flood. This shawl represents where it all began for me: the lacy, bobbly, cozy Juneberry Triangle Shawl. Join me in falling in love with this devine designer! This class is the perfect choice if you are ready to amp-up your lace knitting, as this shawl is true knitted lace, with lace patterning on both the right and wrong side of your knitting, features bobbles, and a wide knitted-on lace edging. Because it is knit with worsted or DK-weight yarn, it makes learning these new skills more manageable and enjoyable–and also helps create a truly cozy, beautiful shawl to wear. I absolutely adore mine. (You must feel comfortable reading lace charts, as this pattern does not include written instructions.)
When: Saturdays, March 23rd, April 13th and 27th, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Cost: $65
Toe Up Socks
Socks are the perfect portable project, especially when you’re not tied to following a step-by-step pattern. After knitting hundreds of various socks in many different ways, I truly think this is the ideal sock pattern: perfectly fitting and easy to customize. Once you learn to cast on the toe, turn the heel, and master the stretchy bind off, you can knit these toe-up socks anywhere–in any size using any weight yarn! We will be knitting these socks with fingering weight yarn, using the magic loop method, and knitting one sock at a time.
When: Saturdays, April 13 and 27, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM
Cost: $50 (includes pattern)
Needlepoint Joint Winter Classes
I am also pleased to continue teaching at Needlepoint Joint this winter! I will be teaching two classes at the shop in addition to the classes I am teaching on my own through Knit Hero. I am equally excited about all of them, and I hope between the two schedules, you find some classes that encourage you to broaden your skills and engage your mind. To register for NPJ classes, please stop by the shop or give them a call (801) 394-4355.
At Needlepoint Joint, I will be teaching:
Baby Sweater Knitting Basics
Perfect as your first foray into sweater knitting, this class will take you through all the steps of knitting a cute little baby sweater, including the basics of checking your gauge, how to follow and keep track of your knitting while working a more complex pattern, putting stitches on waste yarn, picking up stitches, weaving in ends, finishing, and blocking. You will learn a lot and have an adorable little sweater you’ll be proud to keep or give away when you’re all done!
When: Saturdays, Feb 9th, 23rd, and March 9th, from 12:30 to 2:30 PM
Cost: $70
Introduction to Lace Shawl Knitting
Join me as I share my love of knitting lace with you. This class is perfect for tentative and beginning lace knitters wishing to learn all the skills you need to successfully knit a beautiful lace shawl, including how to read a lace chart and keep track of your lace knitting, how to avoid, recognize and even fix your mistakes, and how to block lace shawl perfectly.
When: Saturdays, March 16th and 30th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Cost: $50
Karyn – I’d like to sign up for the Norrland Hat and Mittens classes.
Hi Lucia! I am excited to see you, too! If you want to sign up for the Baby Sweater Class, you will need to contact Needlepoint Joint (8013944355). I will caution you, though, that that class will be rather redundant after taking my Sweater Class. It will be like “Sweater-Light” aimed at people who aren’t ready to knit a whole sweater yet… 🙂 Of course it will be fun and I’m sure you will still learn something, but perhaps you would want to take the Dissent Sweater class? Or Lace? Or Socks? Or, I know: take them ALL!! (haha!)
Karen I want to take the baby sweater class! I can’t wait to see you on Tuesday!! Thanks, Lucia