Knitted Cup Sleeve

Description

Overview: Participants will learn the basic technique of stranded colorwork while designing and creating a cup sleeve. The first part of the workshop will be a brief overview of what stranded colorwork is, with some examples of the types of projects that can be done with the technique they will be learning. Then, participants will design their cup sleeve on graph paper. I will have a few pre-made designs and motifs participants can choose from for their cup sleeve or they can come up with their own design from scratch (if they are more advanced knitters). The bulk of the workshop will be spent teaching the stranded colorwork technique. Participants will learn how to connect their cast on in the round, about color dominance in stranded colorwork designs, how to read stranded colorwork patterns, multiple ways to hold 2 colors of yarn while knitting, and how to manage floats (the yarn on the back of the project that isn’t being knit with). By the end of the workshop, participants will have made significant progress on their cup sleeve or have finished their project (depending on knitting skill level coming into the class).

Project details: participants will work on a knitted cup sleeve, knit using 2 colors of yarn. The top and bottom edges of the cup sleeve will be worked in 2×2 ribbing, but the majority of the cup sleeve will be worked in stranded colorwork.

Materials provided: circular knitting needles, worsted weight yarn – at least 2 colors per person, wool/wool blend or acrylic not cotton, graph paper – if including design your own sleeve option, copies of patterns for participants to choose from, pens or pencils, stitch markers, scissors. Participants will not need to provide any materials unless they would like to bring their own needles and yarn that they would like to use for the project.

Skill level: advanced beginner/intermediate. Participants should know how to cast on (any method), knit stitch, purl stitch, cast off (any method). Participants do NOT need to know how to knit in the round prior to this class.

Additional info: it would be VERY helpful to have one of those fancy document cameras. The skills for this class are not difficult, but we are working on a fairly small scale, so having a doc cam would make everything much easier.