CLASS REGISTRATION You can register for any class in person at London Yarns or call the store at 519-474-0403 with your name, phone number and payment information; once payment is received your seat is reserved.
NOTE: We need a minimum of 2 students per class for these classes to run.
CROCHET BASICS & BEYOND CLASS – full & in progress Four 2-hour Sessions Cost: $160 (yarns to be purchased separately, patterns included) Dates & Times Session 1: Thursday, September 18/25 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm Session 2: Thursday, September 25/25 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm Session 3: Thursday, October 2/25 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm Session 4: Thursday, October 9/25 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm Teacher: Cheryl
Join Cheryl with her enthusiastic approach and love of crocheting to learn a new skill! This progressive four session class will start with the basics and advance your crochet skills in each of the following sessions.
Session 1: Intro to Crocheting Learn the basic foundation stitches of crochet, including how to chain, single crochet, and double crochet. Cheryl will talk about tension, choice of yarns, and hook sizes while you practice, hands on, these basic stitches creating a stitch sampler in class to keep for reference.
Session 2: Dishcloth Scrubby Students will learn/review and put into practice the basic crochet skills of chaining and single crochet while creating a useful dishcloth scrubby. Attention will be given to how to keep the project square (a skill that is ever important in almost all crochet projects) and participants will learn to add a second yarn, intarsia style. Borders are crocheted with a single yarn while the middle of the cloth is made with two yarns held together. This gives the middle the “scrubby” effect!
Session 3: Baby Hat This is a great skill building class, as you will learn how to take ‘flat crochet’ stitches and discover how to work them in the round. Cheryl will also be teaching how to measure your gauge, how to join in the round and increase in the round. And as this is a top down pattern, it starts with the great Magic Loop technique, which Cheryl will easily guide you through.
This is a quick project to make up, so students can anticipate completing the project in class. And once you learn these basic skills, you can proceed with any of the variations that the pattern offers, including earflaps, all over flowers, multiple colours or even make the matching Adult version!
Session 4: Granny Square In this ‘next steps’ class, beginner Crocheters with a knowledge of crochet basics, will learn how to make a granny square. It's a small but mighty project that can be used to make blankets, stuffies, bags, shawls and yes, even garments!
Students will learn how to read and identify basic crochet symbols, how to read a crochet chart/schematic, how to change colours and create a colourful granny square using at least 3 different colours. Stitches taught and used in this class will include a basic chain, double crochet and slip stitches.
Rated: Beginner Crocheters Includes: patterns Required: Students will purchase separately 2 balls of Anthem worsted (one ball in each of 2 colours) for intro class and granny square, 1 ball of Peter Pan DK for baby hat, 1 ball of Sugar ‘n Cream and 1 ball of Creative Bubble for the dishcloth. Bring to Class: 4.00 mm and 5.00 mm crochet hooks
MITTEN MAGIC CLASS Three 2-hour Sessions Cost: $120 (pattern & yarn to be purchased separately) Dates & Times Session 1: Saturday, October 25/25 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Session 2: Saturday, November 1/25 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Session 3: Saturday, November 8/25 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Teachers: Judy & Cheryl
Please join Judy & Cheryl to learn all of the techniques needed to knit a pair of these fabulous mittens! Feel free to enjoy wearing them yourself or gift them to someone special.
As shown in the photo below, these mittens consist of 2 layers; the outside of the mitten (left) is knit using a single strand of fingering weight yarn and the extra cozy, warm inside layer (right) is knit holding a strand of fingering weight yarn along with a strand of lace weight mohair.
Students will learn a special type of cast on, a Provisional Cast-On where your stitches remain “live” so that you can collect them later to knit in the other direction without a seam! After choosing and knitting your style of cuff from the 3 options, you will then learn to knit a beautifully shaped gusset for the thumb that fits the natural shape of our palm. Talk about comfortable! The body of the mitten will then be worked and topped off with your choice of finishes for the tip of the mitten. With the inner layer complete, students will then be guided on collecting the live stitches (that have been waiting for you), from that special cast on edge, so you can seamlessly work the outer layer of your mitten! Ingenious!
Rated: All Knitters Pre-Requisite: Knowledge of knit stitch; beneficial to know how to work in the round.
Required: Students will purchase separately the “Mitten Magic” pattern [DP-158] and their choice of Fingering weight yarn (100g) or Sock yarn (100g) and Lace weight Mohair (25g) from London Yarns. There are many options available. Bring to Class: 3.25mm double pointed needle, tape measure, darning needle, scissors, pen, paper.
OOPS! I Made a Mistake One 2-hour Session Cost: $45 (students will be provided with a knitted swatch to work on in class & take home) Date & Time: Saturday, October 4th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm Teachers: Judy & Cheryl
THIS CLASS IS PERFECT FOR ALL BEGINNER KNITTERS & ALSO FOR EXPERIENCED KNITTERS THAT WANT TO IMPROVE UPON THEIR KNITTING, OR SHALL WE SAY “FIXING” SKILLS!
Lately we have had loads of requests to do a workshop on fixing mistakes. Well here it is!
This hands-on class will not only teach you how to deal with all kinds of “knitting disasters” like dropped and twisted stitches, but will also deal with things like:
Un-picking a stitch or several stitches within a row.
Un-Picking one or (eep), many rows.
How do I know what row of my pattern I’m on?
Oh-No! All of the stitches fell off of my needle! What do I do?
Oh-No! The phone rang, I set down my knitting and now I don’t know how to start up again!
So often customers tell us that they unraveled their entire piece of knitting and started over again simply because they didn’t have the skills to fix their mistake. Oh My! Never again after this workshop!
Simply put, ALL knitters can benefit from taking this class.
Rated: All Knitters Pre-Requisite: Knowledge of Knit & Purl Stitches Bring to Class: a Tappet Tool if you have one, otherwise bring one crochet hook anywhere between sizes 4.50 mm - 5.50 mm
TWO-HANDED FAIRISLE KNITTING One 2-hour Session Cost: $45 Date & Time: Saturday, October 18th 1:00 – 3:00 PM Teachers: Cheryl & Judy
Never get your yarns tangled up again! This unique stranding method makes Fair Isle knitting fast and easy with no messy floats on the reverse side. Your Fair Isle fabric will not pucker or pull. You will love to knit in Fairisle and you will never again be intimidated by intricate all-over patterns.
Unlike stranded Fair Isle knitting, the Two-Handed Method automatically eliminates any floats from occurring on the wrong side of the fabric! This is accomplished as the colour not in use is magically woven in with the colour that is in use. Here is the best part….. Your 2 yarns NEVER GET TANGLED UP! Once you have learned the 3 simple steps to this technique, you can use the Two-Handed Fair Isle method on anything Fair Isle; sweaters, yokes, shawls, wraps, cowls, scarves, mittens, hats, you name it!
Rated: All Knitters Pre-Requisite: Knowledge of Knit Stitch
