How to Read Your Knitting – Jo Bint
Skill Expectations for this Workshop:
Participants should be comfortable with knit and purl stitches and yarn management. Beginner knitters will be comfortable in this class.
Duration: 3 hours | Capacity: 16
Location: Level 2 – Oak Room
Homework required:
Attendees should knit two swatches as follows:
- Swatch 1 (garter stitch) – Cast on 25 stitches. Knit every row until swatch measures around 4 inches and cast off.
- Swatch 2 (stockinette stitch) – Cast on 25 stitches.
- Row 1: Knit
- Row 2: Purl
- Repeat rows 1 and 2 until swatch measures around 4 inches and cast off.
- Block both swatches so you can read your knitting easier.
Students must supply these materials:
- Attendees should bring worsted weight yarn in a light or medium colour, a small amount of fingering weight yarn in a contrasting colour, size 7 or 8 needles and a darning needle. A spare needle or DPN and a crochet hook will be helpful to have.
Is that a knit stitch or a purl? When did I last do a decrease row? How many rows of ribbing have I done? We’ve all asked these questions at some point. And we’ve all been frustrated at trying to figure it out!
In this workshop, we’re going to learn a little about the basics of knitted fabric and how the structure is formed from simple loops of yarn. We’ll look at the differences between knit and purl stitches and how to recognize them in our work. We’ll figure out how to find those elusive increases and decreases so we can figure out where we are in the pattern. And we’ll do all of this so we can learn to avoid mistakes and fix the inevitable ones that escape our notice!
Jo Bint
Jo Bint is the knitter, designer and teacher behind Snowy Thistle Knits. Her work has her native Scotland at its heart, though she’s heavily influenced by her adopted home in Nova Scotia. With ancestors who were tartan weavers in the borders of Scotland and a long line of knitters on both sides of …
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