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Beginner Plus
Continental Knitting
One method Good. Two methods better!
Joint pain, knitting speed, stitch tension and stranded colourwork are all good reasons to extend your repertoire of knitting styles.
Whether you’re a life-long English ‘thrower’ style knitter, or you’ve never mastered the art of having the yarn wrapped around your fingers as you knit, this class will get you started with a fresh approach that could be a game-changer.
Join Yarnsub’s Wendy Peterson for a special lesson in ‘picking’ stitches the continental way. This style of knitting carries the yarn on your left hand, making it the perfect complement for anyone interested in holding contrasting colours on each hand for stranded colourwork. Likewise, if the repetition of the throwing movement is leading to RSI related pain, it can make sense to alternate the way you hold the yarn whilst you knit. Many knitters also report picking up speed after mastering the continental way of knitting.
In this class you will learn how to :
- hold the yarn on your left hand and tension it around your fingers
- work rows of plain knit stitches, by picking at the yarn on your left hand
- work rows of purl stitches, by hooking the yarn from your left hand
- alternate knits and purls in the same row without dropping your yarn from the left hand.
Materials
During the class you will be working on Wendy’s Pickled Peppers scarf pattern which requires 200g of Malabrigo Chunky wool (available to purchase separately with a 10% participants discount). If you would prefer to use your own yarn, please bring 100g of chunky weight wool and a 6mm circular needle which is at least 60cm long.
Skills Required
The class is suitable for people who are already on the way with their knitting and comfortably managing knitting, purling, ribbing and casting on. Ideal for knitters who are ready to learn new techniques.
10:00am to 12:30pm
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| Location | Wild & Woolly |
| Address | 116 Lower Clapton Road, London, E50QR |
| Contact | Phone: 020 89855231. Email: info@wildandwoollyshop.co.uk |
| Instructor | Wendy Peterson |
Cancellation Policy
When booking your ticket, please make sure you are able attend on the date selected. If you wish to cancel your booking we can offer refunds on purchased tickets up to two weeks (14 days) before the class date. After that time, 90% refunds are available dependent on whether we can re-sell your ticket to someone on a waiting list. For classes which are regularly repeated, date change requests can be considered up to 10 days before your workshop date. Please email us for more details.
