Classes

Heelix

In this class you will learn how to cast on and knit a sock heel in a 2-color perfect unbroken spiral from heel tip to ankle.  Are you wondering what will happen when you get to the ankle?  Never fear!  When you reach that point, you will then learn the fundamentals of heel-out sock construction (casting on at the heel, and then working in opposite directions from instep to cuff and toe).  Taken together, these two techniques open up limitless design possibilities!

Jeny Staiman

Class Level:Advanced
Class Skills:Knitting in the round (with dpns, magic loop, or 2 circulars). Judy’s Magic Cast On. Casting on stitches provisionally. Experience with helix knitting useful but not required.
Cost:$75
Class Length:3 Hours
Class Materials:

Yarn: Two skeins fingering weight sock yarn in high-contrast colors.  And I do mean high contrast, as in the yarns should be easily distinguishable if photographed in black and white.  Example:  Blue Moon Fiber Arts Bleck  and Boysenberry  Gauge: 8 st = 1”.  Needles:  US size #1 needles.  Either: 1 circular needle of sufficient length for Magic Loop, or 2 circular needles, or 1 set of 5 DPNs.  Also:  1 additional US size 1 circular needle (recommended length: 16”) 

Homework:

View images of Heelix here: curiousknitter.blogspot.com/2011/06/heelix-teaser-photos.html.

Review this blog post and practice doing Judy’s Magic Cast On, starting on the bottom needle: curiousknitter.blogspot.com/2011/02/judys-magic-cast-on-la-jeny.html.

Review this video by Lucy Neatby on making a provisional cast on: youtube.com/watch?v=R3J-sUx_whE. 

Also review this blog post and practice picking up provisional stitches: curiousknitter.blogspot.com/2011/06/provisional-primer.html.

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