• Skill level: Advanced Beginner and up
• Date: Thursday,  14 May, 6:30-9:00pm (1 session, 2.5 hours)
• Instructor: Mary Pat McDonald
• Cost: $30 + HST

Short rows are a wonderful tool for all kinds of shaping. In this class, we’ll explore four (and a half) techniques – from the simplest to more finessed versions – and learn which ones work best for your purposes.  We’ll discuss basic applications you can start using right away, like short-row shoulders.

Skill prerequisites

Students must be comfortable with basic knitting skills:

• knit and purl stitches

Techniques Covered

• Basic short rows, with and without a wrap
• German short rows
• Japanese short rows
• Shadow short rows

Materials

Please bring the following with you to class:

• Two homework swatches (see below)
• A few locking stitch markers
• Pen or pencil

Homework

Two knit swatches still on the needles, preferably in a light-coloured DK or worsted yarn, on 4 to 5 mm needles:

• Cast on 20 stitches and knit for about 6 rows (garter stitch). Leave on the needle with yarn attached.
• Cast on 20 stitches, knit for 4 rows, then start stocking stitch (knit a row, purl a row) for about 4 rows.  Leave on the needle with yarn attached.