Beginners knitting with Kay Dudman Saturday 18th June 1-3 & Saturday 25th June 1-3 £60.00

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Jun 18, 2022 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm UTC+01
Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
Latest Activity: Apr 4, 2022

The ABC of Knitting!

With Kay Dudman.

Would you like to learn to knit? Perhaps you tried it years ago, but your project ended up in a bag behind the sofa… and now you feel ready to get started again with some help.

COST: £60 total (includes refreshments, knitting needles and some wool)

DATE & TIME: Saturday 18th June, 1-3 & Saturday 25th June, 1-3
DURATION: 4 hours in total (2 hours each class)

WHAT TO BRING : A notebook and pen if you wish to jot down ideas. Needles and yarn will be provided but if you have your own, you are welcome to bring them.

LOCATION: 364 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5XL (entrance inside Post Office)

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

Part 1. Introducing knitting

- Equipment essentials: knitting needles, yarn

- Useful extras: crochet hook, wool sewing needle, scissors, tape measure/ruler

- How to hold the yarn - important to maintain an even tension

- Casting on - starting to knit

- The knit stitch and garter stitch fabric

- Casting off - finishing a piece

- Finishing off - sewing in ends, making seams

Part 2. Introducing purl stitches

- The purl stitch

- Different patterns using knit and purl: garter stitch (all knit or all purl)

- stocking stitch and reversed stocking stitch

- ribbing variations (single rib, double rib, mock rib

- moss (seed) stitch

- Irish moss stitch

- basketweave

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