Instructor
Circular Knitting Bag of Tricks – Patty Lyons
Maximum participants: 30
Patty digs deep into her bag of tricks to show you some of her favourite circular knitting hacks. Patty has some truly unique UNventions that will make your circular knitting sing. Learn how to make a completely jog free cast on and bind off, as well as some truly magical jogless joins, including Patty’s closed ring single stripe. There will be tips to avoid ladders from dpns and the weird tight stitch at the magic loop turn and so much more. We’ll even learn a trick for jogless Fair Isle! Finally, Patty will introduce you a faster way to swatch in the round, AND (extra credit, if time allows), even tricks to working W&T and German short rows in the round without the icky hole. Get ready to kick your circular knitting up to the next level.
NOTE: Must be comfortable working in a small circumference on magic loop, 2 circs or dpns without supervision.
Required Skills:
Must know long tail cast on and how to knit, purl, cast on, bind off. Familiarity with Magic Loop, 2 circs or dpn required. Should be comfortable working a small circumference without assistance.
Materials List:
Yarn: Any smooth worsted to bulky weight yarn (color A), 2 small balls of contrasting yarn (colour B & C).
OPTIONAL: empty circular needle and small ball of yarn.
Needles & Notions: Needles appropriate to yarn to work a small circumference (36 – 40” circular for magic loop, 2 circs or dpns), scissors or yarn cutter, tapestry needle, stitch marker.
Homework: Cast on 30 stitches, do not join.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Tickets are non-refundable except in limited circumstances as described in the Purchase Policy.
Patty Lyons
PATTY LYONS (http://pattylyons.com/) is a nationally recognized knitting teacher and technique expert who is known for teaching the “why” not just the “how” in her pursuit of training the “mindful knitter”. She specializes in sweater design and sharing her love of the much-maligned subjects of gauge and blocking.
Patty teaches nationally at guilds, shops & knitting shows around the country as well as hosting her own retreats. Her popular classes can also be found on DVD and online through her website on her education site education.pattylyons.com.
Her designs and knitting skill articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Knit Purl, Knitter’s Magazine, Cast On, Knit Style, Creative Knitting, Twist Collective and Modern Daily Knitting where she writes a monthly knitter’s advice column: “Ask Patty”. Patty’s designs have also been included in pattern collections from Classic Elite, Noro, Cascade, Tahki Stacy Charles, Sugar Bush and Willow Yarns.
Patty has been a repeat guest on PBS’s Knitting Daily TV and even quoted as a subject-matter expert in the Wall Street Journal. Patty is also known for her lighthearted “feud” with Seth Meyers.
Patty is the author of the best-selling book: Patty Lyons’ Knitting Bag of Tricks.
