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About the Knitwork Workshops On-line registration for this course is now full. For availability or to be added to the wait list please contact our store at 1 604 669 3939. Knitwork 1 - Learn to Knit This class is geared toward first-time knitters, or people who may have learned to knit during an earlier stage of life and want a refresher. Participants will learn to recognize stitches and correct basic mistakes.  They will also learn how to cast on and bind off. The knit stitch and purl stitch will be explained, as will the use of knits and purls together to create garter, stockinette, and ribbed fabric. There is no wrong way to knit. Knitting has developed in many cultures with interesting variations on creating the two basic stitches, knit and purl – if one method doesn’t feel “right” to you, you can try another until you find a movement that does! Intermediate or advanced knitters can take this course to develop the basics needed for two-handed knitting. Two primary styles - English, with the yarn held in the right hand, and Continental, with the yarn held in the left - will be covered. On-line registration for this course is now full. For availability or to be added to the wait list please contact our store at 1 604 669 3939. Knitwork 2 - Introduction to the Dropspindle Make your own yarn using this ancient spinning tool. The class will discuss fibre characteristics, explore drafting and twist, and then jump into spinning wool fibres into yarn. The workshop will include a nostepinne demonstration (to create a centre-pull ball), basic plying on a drop spindle, and skein forming on a niddy noddy (to wet-finish or store your handspun yarns). On-line registration for this course is now full. For availability or to be added to the wait list please contact our store at 1 604 669 3939. Knitwork 3 - Stitch Sampler Workbook Create swatches – small pieces of knitted fabric featuring a variety of textures and techniques – and begin to develop a stitch library workbook containing:
Suitable for adventurous beginners who can already knit and purl and identify their stitches, and for intermediate and advanced knitters interested in expanding their skill in creating stitch patterns by following written and charted pattern instructions. On-line registration for this course is now full. For availability or to be added to the wait list please contact our store at 1 604 669 3939.  Knitwork 4 - Skill Building For intermediate and advanced knitters (or adventurous beginners) ready to jump into multiple approaches to a variety of techniques. As with the Stitch Sampler class, students will create several swatches that will form a knitting workbook. Techniques covered include:
Knitwork 5 - Colour Construction in Knitting  This workshop introduces the techniques behind creating multi-coloured knits. We will make swatches for your workbook using beautiful gradient yarns that take care of changing the colours so we can focus on the various colour-construction techniques:
Lab fees include enough yarn to finish the class project.
Knitwork 6 - A Hat for Your Head, A Bag for Your Stuff  Bring your new skills together to create something glorious! We will be making top-down hats or bottom-up bags, with lots of room for creativity in the construction. Adventurous beginners are welcome to follow one of Christa’s provided patterns, while intermediate and advanced knitters will be encouraged to add a personal touch, or to create their own design from start to finish! Planning something with just textural stitches? Choose a smooth, springy worsted weight yarn in a light or bright colour to show off your stitchwork. Christa Giles Christa Giles’ focus on knitting began in college: though she was studying American Sign Language at the time, needles and yarn were in her hands for most of the lecture sessions, and knitted hats festooned with cables and colourwork would appear on a weekly basis. Spinning came into Christa’s life while she was visiting the vendors’ market at the Convergence Conference 2002. Christa’s collection of drop spindles includes a prized top whorl with changeable shafts turned on her father’s lathe, and she has recently acquired her first spinning wheel (!). In addition, Christa’s self-guided explorations in craft have included pottery, quilting, and dyeing, and her beads and jewelry have been on display in several national exhibitions as part of the Canadian Glass Beadmakers Association.
© Maiwa Handprints Ltd. 2008.
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