Saturday, June 9, 10 a.m to 1 p.m.
Cost is $60 per person
If you’re looking to take your Fair Isle knitting to the next level, this is the class for you! Whether you want to combination knit, learn to color knit with both yarns in one hand Continental or English style, or knit without tangling your yarn, all levels are welcome. We’ll also design our own mittens and begin using techniques we learn in class as well as cover the history of Fair Isle knitting. Many people dislike Fair Isle because they don’t know the tricks…you’ll be addicted after taking this class.
Skills Needed
- This class is rated “rockin” - Ability to knit and purl and experience increasing and decreasing or working in the round
Skills Learned
- 2 handed fair isle using combination method
- 1 handed fair isle without dropping yarns English & Continental style
- corrugated ribbing
- duplicate stitching
- history of Fair Isle
- drawing your own Fair Isle charts
- basic color choosing techniques
Materials to bring
- 2 contrasting colors of the same worsted weight yarn
- corresponding 16″ circular knitting needles
- tapestry needle
- graph paper
- colored pencils (basic 12 pack is fine)
Bio: Tanis Gray / Tanis Knits
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Tanis is a resident of Washington DC. She has been a creative professional (can we all please have that title?) for many years, working at Martha Stewart, in art departments in the film and television industry, and most recently, a 4-year stint as the Yarn Editor of Voque Knitting and Co-Editor of knit.1 magazine. A knitter for 23 years and a crocheter for 13, Tanis loves teaching knitting to all skill levels. With over 200 published knitting designs, her work has been featured in major knitting books and publications. Imagine the things you will learn!
