Skill School

Mattress Stitch -   Tuesday, January 8 – 11am-12pm
Learn how to put it all together using our favorite invisible seaming technique and give your knitting a more professional look

Picking Up Stitches – Wednesday, January 16 - 11am-12pm
Learn two different ways to pick up stitches for neckbands and button bands. 

Adding New Yarn – Tuesday, January 22 - 11am-12pm
Learn how to safely and securely add different types of yarn (or just the next ball of yarn) in your project so that you don’t get loose ends and messy stripes. 

I-Cord – Wednesday, February 6 - 11am-12pm
We love Elizabeth Zimmerman’s “Idiot Cord” for finishing up hats, for making purse straps, for binding off, for a million different reasons. It’s easy and fun. Learn how!

Single Crochet Edging – Tuesday, February 12 - 11am-12pm
What a difference the single crochet edge can make on blankets, necklines, hems or cuffs! This one stitch can give your projects a beautiful finished look that’s easy to accomplish.

Picking Up Dropped Stitches – Wednesday, February 20 - 11am-12pm
Probably the mistake most beginning knitters worry about the most, a dropped stitch doesn’t mean catastrophe. Learn how to pick up dropped stitches and get more confident with your knitting. 

Long-Tail and Knitted Cast-Ons – Tuesday, February 26 - 11am-12pm
Learn two of the most commonly used cast-on techniques.

Needle-Felting – Wednesday, March 5 - 11am-12pm
This embellishment technique is FUN and easy to learn. Once you learn how it’s done, no surface will be safe in your house!

How to Rip Back Two Ways – Tuesday, March 11 - 11am-12pm
Every knitter from beginner to expert makes mistakes – learn how to rip out your knitting stitch by stitch or row by row and be the master of your mistakes.

Knitting In The Round – Wednesday, March 26 - 11am-12pm
Double-pointed needles and circular needles can be a knitter’s best friend. Knitting in the round is fast (no purling!) and satisfying (no seams!) and many patterns written for straight needles can be easily converted.