KRISTIN DRYSDALE is an independent knitwear designer, instructor and author. She learned to knit while studying abroad and has been knitting ever since. She majored in German and European History at the University of Utah and studied at Christian-Albrecht Universität in Kiel, Germany, and Universität Salzburg in Austria. Inspired by her heritage, she specializes in Scandinavian colorwork and design. She is the author of The Nordic Knitting Primer. Her designs have been published in Laine magazine and Knitter’s Magazine. She has also designed for Harrisville Designs and Brown Sheep Company and has self-published over 100 patterns. She teaches workshops across the United States, Canada and Europe and loves to share her love for Nordic knitting and colorwork tips and tricks gleaned from a lifetime of Scandinavian knitting. Kristin is the founder of Scandiwork.
You can see more of her work at Scandiwork.com. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband Chris. They have four married children and four grandchildren who live close enough for sleepovers and Sunday dinners. In her spare time she loves to learn languages, hike, ski, bake and spend time with her family.
Gauge-size DPNs or Flexiflips. Suggested needle size: US 4/3.5 mm. This class teaches you everything you need to know about colorwork in a nutshell. You will be making either my Sørinne Slippers or my Sterne or Olsen Slipper from The Nordic Knitting Primer. This is an intensive colorwork class. Knitters will learn how to knit and purl with two colors at once by holding the yarn in one hand or in two hands. You will learn how and when and why to catch floats. Learn to read charts. How to decrease in colorwork, and my favorite longtail cast on, and how to join seamlessly in the round. You will improve your DPN/flexiflip skills. We learn about gauge and sizing. And learn how to do a Norwegian braid to finish off the slippers. After making these slippers, you will have the colorwork skills to knit anything you want in colorwork.
Skill level: Intermediate. If you are an enthusiastic beginner and you know how to knit and purl with confidence, you can take this class.
Materials: 1 skein MC and 1 skein CC of Fleece and Harmony Selkirk Worsted (optional 3rd contrasting color for tvinnarand edge)
