Classes

Garter Jacquard: Garter Stitch Gone Wild

Poor, plain garter stitch.  So often confined to the edge of the party, so seldom seen in anything but the same old blocks or stripes.  But not today.  Today, garter stitch breaks out into fully-fledged stranded color patterns, courtesy of an intriguing but little-known technique called garter jacquard.  We’ll work charted garter jacquard patterns both flat and in the round, look at possible applications for it in sock knitting, and chart our own patterns to play with.

Franklin Habit

Class Level:Intermediate
Class Skills:Fluency in the basic techniques of sock knitting. Previous experience of stranded (jacquard colorwork) may be helpful but is not essential.
Cost:$75
Class Length:3 Hours
Class Materials:

Yarns: Two balls smooth sock- or fingering-weight yarn in highly contrasting solid or semi-solid colorways. Needles: Double-pointed or circular (according to your sock-knitting preference) in a size appropriate to give a firm gauge in the yarn selected.  An addition pair of needles, if necessary, that can be used to work a swatch of 20 stitches flat.  (If in doubt, select needles one size smaller than those you would normally use for your sock knitting.) Notions: Stitch markers, scissors, notebook, pencils (not pens) and erasers for sketching and charting.

Homework:

None.

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