Ann is an internationally-renowned knitwear designer and teacher from Colorado and she’s travelling to Australia in August to join us at the Guild Gathering where she will teach 3 workshops, and in the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Sydney in the following week.
Tuesday 6 August – Glenbrook Panthers Bowling Club
1 Hare Street, Glenbrook, 2773
10.00 – 1.00pm
INTRODUCTION TO SWEATER DESIGN (Members $60 /Non-Members $70)
Knitwear designers use gauge and body measurements to create the perfect fit in a sweater, hat, or other knitted piece. Learn the magical formulas that will allow you design your own garments or adjust existing ones with ease! No more puzzling over how to increase or decrease evenly in a single row or gradually over many rows—you’ll have the answers in moments. You’ll also learn tips and trick that simplify the knitting and finishing process. ADVANCED-BEGINNER KNITTING SKILLS REQUIRED; MUST HAVE KNITTED A SWEATER.
Materials: Pen or pencil and paper for taking notes; coloured pencils (optional); calculator.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNCU
2.00 – 5.00pm
MATCHING CASTS-ON AND CASTS OFF (M $80/NM $95)
Learn three to four interesting and elastic casts-on and their matching casts-off. Armed with these techniques, you can get the same look at the cuff and toe of socks knitted from the toe up or top down, the hem and neck edges of sweaters, and the two ends of scarves.
ADVANCED-BEGINNER KNITTING SKILLS REQUIRED; MUST BE COMFORTABLE KNITTING IN ROUNDS WITH DOUBLE-POINTED NEEDLES (OR A SUITABLE SUBSTITUTE).
Materials: Tightly twisted sport-, DK, or worsted-weight wool yarn (you’ll use just part of a ball); a set of double-pointed needles in a size appropriate for your yarn (two circulars or the “magic loop” method can be substituted); tapestry needle.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNDD
Thursday 8 August – Central Coast Leagues Club
1 Dane Drive, Gosford, 2770
9.30 – 12.30pm
FLEXIBLE CASTS-ON AND CASTS-OFF (M $80/NM $95)
Socks are most comfortable if the cuff edge is flexible enough to stretch over the heel and firm enough to hug the leg. Learn a variety of Ann’s favourite methods for starting and ending socks, whether they’re knitted from the toe up or the top down, including the Cable, Old Norwegian (also called German Twisted), and Tubular casts-on, as well as Jenny’s Surprisingly Stretchy, Tubular, and Sewn casts-off.
ADVANCED-BEGINNER KNITTING SKILLS REQUIRED;
MUST BE COMFORTABLE KNITTING IN ROUNDS WITH DOUBLE-POINTED NEEDLES (OR A SUITABLE SUBSTITUTE).
Materials: Tightly twisted sport-, DK, or worsted-weight wool yarn (you’ll use just part of a ball); a set of needles (straight, double-pointed, or circular) needles in a size appropriate for your yarn; tapestry needle.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNSR
2.00-5.00pm
CUSTOM SOCKS, ANY SIZE, ANY GAUGE (M $80/NM $95)
Want to make socks that fit perfectly, no matter what yarn or needles or stitch pattern you use? This workshop will teach you how to measure your foot, knit a swatch, and devise a standard top-down pattern for any size foot and any gauge of knitting.
ADVANCED-BEGINNER KNITTING SKILLS; MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE KNITTING SOCKS FROM THE TOP DOWN.
Materials: Tape measure; calculator; yarn of your choice and appropriate needles; markers.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNSS
Saturday 10 August – Sydney Mechanics’ School of Art
280 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000 9.30-12.30pm
MEASURING GAUGE/ADJUSTING FOR DIFFERENT ONE (M $80/NM $95)
Few of us enjoy knitting gauge swatches. However, a gauge swatch is key to having a sweater (or anything that needs to “fit”) end up the correct size. All too often knitters find themselves with a sweater that’s either too big or too small. Learn how to knit a proper gauge swatch, block that swatch, and how to measure it properly so that there will be no surprises in the size of the resulting sweater. But what do you do when you absolutely cannot match the gauge specified in a pattern? Learn how to adjust a pattern to work for your gauge, whether it involves adjusting the numbers in the pattern or simply following the instructions for a different size. It’s all a matter of simple maths and ratios.
A worksheet for measuring gauge will be provided, as well as a handout of how to use a conversion factor.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNSV
1.30-4.30pm
CUSTOM SOCKS, ANY SIZE, ANY GAUGE (M $80/NM $95)
Want to make socks that fit perfectly, no matter what yarn or needles or stitch pattern you use? This workshop will teach you how to measure your foot, knit a swatch, and devise a standard top-down pattern for any size foot and any gauge of knitting.
ADVANCED-BEGINNER KNITTING SKILLS; MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE KNITTING SOCKS FROM THE TOP DOWN.
Materials: Tape measure, calculator, yarn of your choice and appropriate needles, markers.
To Book: https://www.trybooking.com/CSNSU
