Beginner Knitting – session 2
This class will give you more useful skills to expand your knitting horizons. The first 2 classes cover some common increase and decrease stitches, which are then practiced on small projects: a washcloth and a kitty bag fob. The third class will cover simple methods for changing yarns, and how changing yarn colours looks in different stitch patterns. Then all the skills from the session are combined to make some striped coasters.
Classs 1. Back to the start: pairing increases and decreases
Increase: yarn over increase (yo); how to work it, what it looks like
Decrease: knit-two-together (k2tog); how to work it, what it looks like
Why you usually pair increase and decrease stitches within a row
Class project: garter-stitch dishcloth
Class 2. The more you know: other useful increases and decreases
Increase: knit in front and back (kfb); how to work it, what it looks like
Decrease: slip-slip-knit (ssk); how to work it, what it looks like
Why you need to know both ssk and k2tog
Class project: kitty bag fob
Class 3. Changing lanes: how to change yarns
Simple techniques for changing yarns, to add a new ball, or change colours
Practice changing colours in different stitch patterns
Practice changing to a different yarn weight or texture
Class project: striped coasters
