Amie Palmer

SHORT ROW HAT CONSTRUCTION—Advanced Beginner to Advanced

The gorgeous Toph hat from Woolly Wormhead features an unusual short row construction and is a quick project packed with great new techniques that you'll see in many future patterns.  This class will cover a provisional cast-on, German short-rows, reading knitting charts, and grafting.  This class will help you enhance your knitting skills while making a cool hat. 4 to 12 students.

Required skills: knit and purl stitch, cast on, cast off, and working in the round.  Students should be comfortable following knitting patterns with knits, purls, increases and decreases.

Students bring:

  • Straight or any length circular needles in US size 3/3.25mm or size needed to obtain row gauge 

  • An additional set of needles the same size or close to that size to practice grafting techniques

  • 3.25mm crochet hook

  • Approx. 3yd/3m waste yarn

  • 2 Colors of contrasting DK weight yarn (A: 137 yd, B: 112 yd)

  • Stitch markers

  • Tapestry needle

Homework:  None

Materials fee: $11 (paid to instructor)

Date and time: Friday, June 7, 2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Class fee: $60.00