Knitting Level 5: Two-Handed Fair Isle

In this class you will be introduced to Fair Isle knitting (two-colour stranded colourwork). The instructor will cover basic techniques and support you in working through a simple colourwork cowl.  

Students are required to purchase their own yarn, needles, pattern, and notions. Students receive a discount code for 15% off of the supplies for their class. 

Students should come to class with the project cast on and the ribbing complete, so that we can jump right into the colourwork section.

You will learn how to:

• Knit with both hands (left-handed knitters learn to use their right, and vice versa)
• Understand colour dominance 
• Carry floats 
• Follow a chart

You should know how to:

• Maintain even tension
• Cast on and bind off
• Knit and purl
• Read a pattern
• Work in the round

 Materials Provided by Beehive:

• Resources page

You need to bring:

• 2 colours of practice yarn and a couple sizes of appropriate needles (we recommend choosing something in a similar gauge to your project and a second set within 1 mm). 
• Measuring tape
• Sacred Peaks Cowl pattern by Mountain Mesa (available on Ravelry)
• DK/light worsted weight yarn. Approx. 200 m in main colour and 110 m in contrast colour. We suggest:
  
• BC Garn Loch Lomond
• Drops Karisma
• Drops Lima
• Drops Soft Tweed
• Juniper Moon Patagonia.
• Sandnes Garn Double Sunday
• Sandnes Garn Duo
• 4.5 mm (US 7), 60 cm (24”) circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge in colourwork- typically larger than needle for stockinette stitch)
• Tapestry Needle
• Stitch Markers
• Students should come to class with the project cast on and the ribbing complete, so that we can jump right into the colourwork section.

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