Sock Summit 2009
Taking Sock Knitting Almost Too Far!
August 6-9, 2009
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
Teachers
Charlene Schurch
Charlene Schurch - Charlene is a process knitter who also likes to wear great knits. She learned to knit on the couch from Mom before she could read. She is also a spinner and dyer and fascinated with all the intricacy and beautiful simplicity available to the knitter with only two sticks and a ball of yarn. She is the author of Mostly Mittens, Hats On!, Knits for Girls and Dolls, Sensational Knitted Socks, More Sensational Knitted Socks and The Little Box of Socks. Charlene has also contributed to; Knitters, Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Piecework and Belle Amoire. The reason socks fascinate her is that they are sculpture.
Classes
Durability Issues
How can you make your socks last longer? NEWS FLASH - We all don’t wear out our socks at the back of the heel first. This class will have you thinking seriously about feet and wear and the best strategies for knitting socks that will last. In this class, we discuss how to make more durable knit fabric at the specific places where your socks wear first.
| Class Level: | Intermediate |
| Class Skills: | Students should have basic sock knitting skills and the ability to know when to use a correct needle size no matter what the ball band says. |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Class Length: | 3 hours |
Fancy Heel Flaps
Many sock heel flaps are knit identically with the ubiquitous heel stitch, but why leave all the patterning on the leg and instep? In this class, we will work with variations of heel stitch, adding color and garter or seed stitch to the sides for increased interest. You’ll learn how to jazz up those plain socks with fancy heels.
| Class Level: | Intermediate |
| Class Skills: | Students should have knit a few socks with heel flaps before and be comfortable working with two yarns in the stranded style. |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Class Length: | 3 hours |
Top-down Socks That Use Up All the Yarn.
Many people knit toe-up socks when they fear that there will not be enough yarn. If you are a dedicated top-down sock knitter and are knitting with limited yarn or for a large foot, we will discuss strategies and techniques and knit a mini sock to get a finished foot as well as a whole sock.
| Class Level: | Intermediate |
| Class Skills: | Students should be comfortable working in the round and confident with increasing and decreasing. |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Class Length: | 3 hours |
