Stranded Knitting Portuguese Style

Come learn a way to do stranded knitting with just a flick of your left thumb! You will be amazed at how ergonomically comfortable and physically efficient this method is, how even your stitches are, how perfectly tensioned your floats are, and how easy it is to manage two colors of yarn without tangling. You may never again want to do stranded colorwork any other way! We will be knitting the two-color Blossom Dreams Ear Warmer using the Portuguese purl stitch and working with the wrong side of our work facing us. Our yarns will be tensioned by two hooks attached to our shirts.

Supplies: Please bring to class 100 yards of worsted weight yarn for your background color (a solid or semi-solid), 80 yards of a highly contrasting yarn for the floral pattern, size US7-16” circular needles, tapestry needle, scissors and stitch markers. We will provide pattern and two knitting hooks.

Homework: Go to this website for your homework https://www.alittleknitty.com/homework.html

Experience needed: must have some knitting and purling experience.

Skill Level:

intermediate

Skill Details:

Must have some knitting and purling experience

Materials Included:

We will provide pattern and two knitting hooks.

Requirements:

Supplies: Please bring to class 100 yards of worsted weight yarn for your background color (a solid or semi-solid), 80 yards of a highly contrasting yarn for the floral pattern, size US7-16? circular needles, tapestry needle, scissors and stitch markers.

Instructor Name:

Teresa Waldo

Instructor Bio:

Teresa Waldo combines her passion for teaching with her passion for crafting. She has taught elementary and special education for over 30 years and has taught adult crafting classes for ten plus years. Teresa has been knitting since age five and fell down the spinning rabbit hole 17 years ago. Teresa loves sharing her excitement for anything fiber related to others and has a keen ability to break a skill down into manageable steps. She makes sure all her students are successful and leave with a new skill. Teresa has taught various knitting and spinning classes in shops around the Pacific Northwest and at regional conferences. She resides in Auburn, Washington and is a member of NwRSA, Arachne Guild, South Sound Knitters' Guild, Moonspinners' Guild, Yarning for Community, and Covington Knitworms.

Stranded Knitting Portuguese Style

Cost:

$ 65.00