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Set-in sleeves, simplified

Skill level: Intermediate/ExperiencedSet-in Sleeves
Date:
Thursday, 19/Jun, 6:00pm – 8:30pm (1 session, 2.5 hours)
Instructor:
Michelle Porter
Cost:
$30 + HST

Do you struggle with knitting patterns for sweaters and other garments designed with set-in sleeves?  You’re not alone.  Many of us have unfinished sweater projects in the backs of our closets; projects that ‘don’t seem to be working’, but we’re not sure why, or what we would need to do to fix them.  Perhaps the pattern is unclear, or poorly designed for different sizes, or we just need to make changes for our specific body measurements, and set-in sleeves can make it hard to understand how to read a pattern and modify it to fix specific problems.

Join experienced garment designer Michelle Porter for this workshop on set-in sleeves.  She will be teaching the design aspects involved in creating the sleeve cap and the armhole of a set-in sleeve sweater.  How the measurements and shaping of the pieces should correspond and come together to fit each other and the wearer exactly. This class is mostly theory, using measurements from our bodies and a tension gauge from a swatch.

Winter 2014 classes

Here are the new classes we are offering for January through March.

Beginner Knit―Individual instruction

Skill level: Complete beginner
Date:
Call to schedule (1 hr session)
Instructor: Isla Ghent
Cost: $12 + HST
Details: click here

‘All the Shades of Truth’ wrap (project class)

Skill level: Beginner
Date:
Sunday, 2/Feb, 1:00pm – 3:00pm & 16/Feb, 1:00pm – 2:00 pm (2 sessions, 3 hours)
Instructor:
Trish Denhoed
Cost:
$35 + HST + materials
Details: click here

Colour Play (workshop)

Skill level: Intermediate
Date: Saturday 8/Feb, 1-4pm (1 session, 3 hours)
Instructor: Cristina Simionovici
Cost: $35 + HST
Details: click here

‘Step and Ladder’ felted scarf (project workshop)

Skill level: Beginner/Intermediate
Date:
Saturday, 22/Feb, 1:00pm – 4:00pm (1 session, 3 hours)
Instructor:
Cristina Simionovici
Cost:
$35 + HST + materials
Details: click here

Casting On (workshop)

Skill level: Beginner/Intermediate
Date: Saturday, 1/Mar, 1:00pm – 3:00pm (1 session, 2 hours)
Instructor: Trish Denhoed
Cost: $25 + HST
Details: click here

Finishing (workshop)

Skill level: Intermediate
Date: Saturday, 25/Jan, 1:00pm – 4:00pm (1 session, 3 hours)
Instructor: Trish Denhoed
Cost: $35 + HST
Details: click here

Colour Pooling (workshop)

Skill level: Beginner/Intermediate
Date: Saturday, 15/Mar, 1-4 pm (1 session, 3 hours)
Instructor: Mairi McKissock
Cost: $35 + HST + materials
Details: click here