Sock Summit 2009
Taking Sock Knitting Almost Too Far!
August 6-9, 2009
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
Teachers
Laurie Drew
Laurie Drew is a knitter and Instructional designer for Yahoo! She learned to knit because she needed something to counter the mechanics of technology and to relax and move her hands in different ways. An interest escalated to a need when she took a job at the University of Southern California where she worked on film shoots that specialized in “hurry up and wait.” At her day job at Yahoo!, Laurie teaches and writes instructions for a living, which means that her talents as a knitting teacher are very well-honed. She loves teaching sock knitting because there are so many magic “a-ha!” moments in a sock to make her students feel talented and clever.
Classes
Getting Out of a Mess
How many socks are languishing because you’re stuck or can’t face the fix? Dig them up and bring them to class! Show up with your worst messes and leave with a sock that is back in progress. We’ll be picking up stitches, looking at ladders, correcting number of stitches, and finding creative solutions that will fix that sock! Find out what kind of fixes YOU are most comfortable with in your work. We’ll give you a Fix Matrix that you can use as a resource for all your sock fixes so that you are the boss of your sock knitting even after you leave class!
| Class Level: | This class is appropriate for all levels. |
| Class Skills: | Students should be able to knit and purl, cast on, cast off. |
| Cost: | $70.00 |
| Class Length: | 3 hours |
