Sock Summit 2011
Taking Sock Knitting Almost Too Far!
July 28-31, 2011
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
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Classes
Designing Socks with Handpainted Yarn
Got a stash full of handpainted yarn that you don’t know what to do with? This class can help! Learn which stitch patterns work well with variegated yarns and which are more suited for semi-solids as well as how to choose someone else’s pattern to go with your handpainted yarn. You don’t need to be an actual or aspiring designer to learn lots from this class!
| Class Level: | Intermediate |
| Class Skills: | Students should be comfortable swatching from stitch dictionaries and familiar with basic sock construction. |
| Cost: | $75 |
| Class Length: | 3 Hours |
| Class Materials: | |
Variegated yarns that you find particularly challenging or would like to design with and sock needles to go with them. Optional but helpful: favorite stitch dictionaries. | |
| Homework: | |
Dig up your most and least successful items made with variegated yarns to bring to class | |
