Cornwall Yarn Shop, Ltd

Sign up for all 3 classes and receive 20% off all purchases (excluding sale items) at the shop that weekend (otherwise 10% off all purchases for the class)

Swedish Cast-Ons and Knitting Technique, 3 hours
Level: All — Five cast-ons from Sweden will be taught in this hands-on class. They are all one-needle cast-on methods, and can be adapted for one or two color edges for sweaters, mittens, socks, and hats. In addition, the Continental method of knitting, purling, and weaving will be taught as well as the Scandinavian technique of working with two yarns in the left hand (knitting, purling, and weaving). Small sample swatches will be made using all of the techniques learned in class. Twined knitting will also be demonstrated if time allows.

Fee: $50 Materials fee: $3 to instructor

Latvian Wristers, 3 hours
Level: Intermediate (must be proficient with dp needles) — Using wristers as a template, some of the beautiful knitting methods of Latvia will be studied in this class. Knit one of a pair of wristers to learn the following techniques which can be applied to mitten cuffs, sock tops or sleeves: a scalloped cuff, the herringbone braid and many subtle and beautiful variations of the half-braid. A choice of traditional motifs is incorporated in the main part of the wrister, as well as a picot edge at the end. Additional techniques to be discussed include knitting with two yarns in the right hand, two yarns in the left hand, or a yarn in each hand, as well as knitting with three colors and setting up the knitting for color changes in the braids. Fee: $50 Materials fee: $3 to instructor

Seamless Arans, 6 hours
Level: For beginning Aran knitters. Students must be proficient with double pointed needles. — Arans are the well-loved sweaters from Ireland which are characterized by creamy white yarn, cables, bobbles and other deeply textured patterns. Students will knit a mini-sweater circularly in class to learn to work from a chart while creating different traditional patterns (bobbles, traveling stitches, cables) as well as seamless construction methods used for circularly-knitted Arans. Emphasis is placed on the saddle shoulder style of Aran.

Fee: $100 Materials fee: $5 to instructor

Beth Brown-Reinsel has been involved in many facets of the fiber arts as a spinner, basket weaver, dyer, knitter, former yarn shop owner, author, and knitwear designer, but teaching is her passion. She has worked in production as well as in creating and teaching courses and workshops both locally and nationally. She developed and implemented the correspondence course Traditional Ganseys for The Knitting Guild of America for 11 years, as well as owning Knitting Traditions, a mail order business of imported traditional yarns, for seven years. Beth has authored the book Knitting Ganseys, published by Interweave Press. Her articles and designs have been featured in magazines such as Knitters, Interweave Knits, Threads, Cast-On and Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot.