Knitting and Fitting Toe-up Socks
$90.00
Instructor: Kerry Maas
Time: Friday, 1–4 and 5–8 (6 hours)
Location: Classroom 2
Class fee: $90
Materials fee: None
Class size: min 2/max 10
Skill level: Intermediate. Students must be able to knit on double-pointed needles, be familiar with short rows (we will use two different kinds), and know how to make the crochet provisional cast on and M1 increases.
Participants should bring:
1 yard of waste yarn (preferably not feltable wool) close to the same size as the main yarn
5 yards of yarn in a size between fingering and worsted weight
A set of double-pointed needles that work best with the chosen yarn
A crochet hook sized to work with that yarn
10 in stock
Description
We will be doing two things in this class: (1) knitting a miniature toe-up sock, so that participants can experience all the parts of toe-up sock knitting; and (2) using our foot measurements, knitting gauge, and math to work out the recipe for knitting socks to fit our feet. Students will leave the class with a miniature toe-up sock and a personal recipe for knitting their own full-sized toe-up socks.