Lace knitting is a
beautiful form of artistic knitting! It is also, contrary to what most
people think, a very fast knit. Not a whole lot of time gets wasted
when you are knitting HOLES! Lace is more about what you don't knit
than what you do! You will learn the basics of knitting lace, lace
design, and reading written and charted directions, and more.
Skills you will need to bring to the class:
Know how to cast on, cast off, knit and purl. Be able to knit in the
round using double pointed and circular needles.
Supplies to bring to class:
● A ball of #10 crochet cotton
● A pair us US#2 knitting needles (double pointed needles, or short
single points)
● A ball of lace weight knitting yarn. You can bring wool, wool blend
or cotton. One of my favorite lace knitting yarns is Zephyr by Jagger
Spun
● A pair is knitting needles, size US#7, or US#6 if you knit loosely.
Bring what you have, and if you have both, bring them. I prefer 24inch
circulars, or short SP's.
● Graph paper (4 squares to the inch)
● Notions- size E crochet hook, stitch markers, row counter, pencil and
paper, darning needle, scissors or snips
This is a 3/4 DAY class COST
- $50.00
LACE KNITTING
OUTLINE
I.
YARN AND NEEDLE CHOICES
a.
Wool, cotton, mohair, silk – so
many choices
b.
Preferred needles
c.
Gauge – considering relationship
of knit sts to YO’s in a pattern
d.
Swatching
e.
Tension
II.
CASTING ON/OFF
a.
Long tail cast on
b.
Cable cast on
c.
Backward loop cast on
d.
Invisible cast on
e.
Invisible crochet cast on
f.
Emily Ockers circular start
g.
Casting off
h.
3 needle cast off
i.
EZ sewn cast off
III.
GRAFTING
IV.
SOME COMMON STITCHES
a.
K1, P1, YO (between 2 P, between
K\P, between P\K, between 2K), K1tbl, M1, Lifted increase, Double YO, Knit
in front and back, Knit and purl in the same stitch.
b.
Directionality in knit decreases
and how this affects fabric
1.
Some left leaning: ssk, ssp, skpo,
sk2po, k2togtbl, p2tog, p2togtbl
2.
Some right leaning: k2tog
V.
WRITTEN/CHARTED DIRECTIONS
a.
Following a written pattern –
asterisks, brackets, parenthesis, repeats
b.
Reading charted directions –
legends
c.
Using pattern libraries
d.
Right side, wrong side!
e.
Helpful tools
VI.
WET FINISHING/BLOCKING LACE
a.
Washing fibers
b.
Blocking
c.
Heat processing
VII.
PRESERVING YOUR LACES
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