If you can knit and purl, you're ready to Cable! Â This class will explore techniques used to create these twisted stitch patterns, including the basics of forming cables, special tools used in cable knitting, and understanding writtten and charted instructions. Â In the first two sessions students will work sampler swatches while exploring patterns and techniques. Â In the third and fourth classes students will work on a cabled cowl.
Adventurous knitters may choose Olga Buraya-Kefelian's lovely Cabled Cowl, a project that challenges with multiple intertwining cables (more versions on Ravelry) . . . or the simpler, but beautiful, Three Seas Cowl by Christina Stork.
Dates and Times: Â Sunday evenings, 7-9 pm, October 4, 18, 25, and Nov 1, 2009 (no class weekend of Oct 11)
Instructor: Â Jamie Bowen
Cost: Â $80 plus materials
Materials: Â Cascade 220, 1 skein, 4.5 mm straight or circular needles and cable needle for swatches;Â materials for Cowl will be discussed in class.
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