Saturday, January 3, 2009

New Winter Listing 2009

Knitting 101 Madalene
This is a class for people that do not know how to knit or need a refresher. During this three-week class you will learn how to cast on (attaching yarn to the needle), knit, purl, cast off and learn different stitch patterns. You will make a scarf and a knit and purl sampled wash cloth. *Skills needed- NONE* Price: $40 / 3 sessions.

Jan 17, 24, and 31st Sat 10-12pm

Feb 28, March 7 & 14th Sat 10-12pm

Knitting 102 Madalene

This is the next step after learning the basics in knitting 101. We will make a hat, bias washcloth and a sampler lace scarf. In these projects you will learn circular knitting, working double points, increasing, decreasing, pattern reading and basic lace knitting. *Skills (C on, C off, K, P)* Price $ 40 / 3 sessions

Feb 7, 14 & 21st Sat 10-12pm

March 21, 28 & April 4th Sat 10-12pm

Crocheting 101 Madalene
You will learn to make the basics stitches, change color and read stitch patterns. You will make a sampler, small project such as small bag or scarf and a crochet flower. *Skills needed- NONE* Price: $40 + supplies for 3 sessions.

Feb 20, 27 & March 6th Fri 6-8pm

Felted Bag Madalene
When knitted wool clothes were washed in hot water us were devastated by the outcome. Now, whole books are written about how to achieve wonderful results with knitted wool, hot water, soap and agitation to create a felted bag. We'll knit it in class and you can felt it in your washing machine at home. *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $ 25 / 2 sessions.

Jan 31& 7th Sat 3-5 pm


Bead Knitting Madalene
Add sparkling dimension into your knitting by including well placed beads. We will make a beautiful beaded ornament or knit bangle. In this class we will learn how to incorporate beads into our knitting. Skills (C on, C off, K,P, K in Rnd)* Price $ 30/ 1 session

Jan 23rd Fri 12:30-4pm

Feb 13th Fri 12:30-4pm

March 20th Fri 12:30-4pm

OOPS Madalene
Have you dropped a stitch late at night and didn’t know how to pick it up? Have you needed to rip out several rows to fix a mistake? In this class you will capture your renegade drop stitches & rip out rows. An oops sampler needed before start of class and or bring one recent mistake. *Skills(C on, C off, K,P )* Price: $20 /1 session.

Jan 26th Mon 6-8pm

March 7th Sat 3-5 pm

Socks Linda G
Don’t let turning heels or toe decreases scare you! Learn the anatomy of basic sock construction. By taking advantage of self-patterning yarn by making everyone will think you did all this color work. Socks make a wonderful portable project. They are the perfect thing to carry with you when you’re watching a hockey game, or waiting at the doctor's office. *Skills (Con, C off, K,P )* Price- $40.00 for 3 sessions.

Jan 14, 21, 28th Wed 6-8pm

March 4, 11,18th Wed 6-8pm

Color with the Works Linda G.
Do you want to break free of single colors and plain stripes? We will show you the ins and outs of color working. You will learn the basics, of attaching new yarn, floating, and recognizing your stitches and reading charts. You will receive two free patterns for a Fair isle hat and an Intarsia hat *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $25/ 2 sessions.

Feb 11 & 18th 6-8pm

My First Sweater Madalene
This class will introduce you to knitting raglan sweaters from the top down. You will have the choice of cardigan, V-neck or a pull over. This technique enables you to try the sweater on as you knit, allowing for adjustments as you go. The sweater can be knit in any size at any gauge
*Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $50/ 3sessions.

Feb 8th, March 1, 15 & 22nd Sun 12-2pm

Needle Felting Madalene
Learn how to take roving (unspun wool) or any wool yarn and create beautiful felted pieces with a barbed needle. Needle felting can be used to add accents to knitwear, cloth or felted accessories. We'll show you the basics, then work on your choice of needle felting purse kit. Skills NONE Price $45 includes purse kit.

March 16th & 23rd Mon 6-8pm

Woven Tote Basket The Bookers
We all have tons of yarn and projects to carry around. This tote bag is the perfect size to carry all yours projects on the go. This class is a fabulous introduction into basket weaving by skilled basket weavers. You will create a tote basket with leather handles. Space is limited and filling quickly. Sign up and give us color suggestion for reed. Max amount is 9 people: Skills None Price $65 for 1 session. Price includes your basket kit. This is a long class; feel free to bring drinks and snacks.

Feb 21st Sat 10-4pmish

Cables Madalene

The simple addition of cables can enhance your knitting but adding complexity, and texture to your project. This beautiful cable scarf is the perfect introduction to cable knitting. In this class you will learn the mechanics of left and right twisting cables. You will also receive a free hat pattern to match your new cable scarf. *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $15 / 1 sessions.

Jan 24th Sat 3-5pm

March 21st Sat 3-5pm

Baby Surprise Jacket Madalene

The architect of knitting, Elizabeth Zimmermann strikes again. This sweater is comprised of just knit stitch and some decrease. It is a mysterious origami-like piece of knitting, that when folded up becomes a brilliant little sweater. You can stripe this sweater using up those bits of yarn left over from other projects. *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $40 / 3 sessions.

Feb 9, 16 & 23rd Mon 6-8pm

Sew Right Madalene

Seams can make the difference between "home made" and "hand crafted" in your knitting project. Learn to sew invisible or nearly invisible side seams, shoulder seams, and armholes. Perfect your technique by practicing sewn seams in mattress stitch, weaving, and combinations of the two. Bring in 4- 4x4 swatches and 2- 4x4 swatches still on the needles to learn the Kitchner. *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $15 / 1 sessions.

Feb 14th 3-5pm

March 14th 3-5pm

Ski Hat Madalene

We will make this fun flap hat perfect for skiing of just going to the grocery store. We will make flaps *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $15 / 1 sessions.

Jan 19th Mon 6-8pm

Feb 13th Fri 6-8 pm

March 9th Mon 6-8pm

Coriolis / Houdini Sock Megan

Cat Bordhi has created new toe up sockitecture. You can use double points on circular to make these gusset-less socks. In the first 2 week you will make the Coriolis sock which has a short row heel and a unique spiral pattern around your foot. In the last 2 weeks you will start a new sockitecture and make a sock with 2 toes. One toe will turn in to your heel after you have cut your stitches called steeking. It is very helpful if you have made a sock before. *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $50 / 4 sessions.

March 2, 9,16,& 23rd Mon 6-8pm

Wandering Road Scarf Madalene

Short rows can be used later on to make shaping in you sweater or to make a heel in a sock. Using the short rows and self striping yarn you will make a scarf that has curves. We will make 3 triangles on the left and right side to make the curves in this scarf. *Skills (C on, C off, K,P)* Price $ 25 / 1 sessions

· Feb 28th Sat 3-5pm

· March 28th 3-5pm