INTRODUCTION TO KNITTING
Instructor: Gryphon Perkins
Wednesdays • May 14 - June 18
9 - 10:30 A.M.
Investment: $135 • Members: $125
Donors: $160 • Scholarship: $95
(Includes materials)
Learn to knit!
This 6-session class will cover all the basics you need to be
off and running as a knitter. You’ll learn to knit and purl,
increase and decrease,
read a pattern, seam, and
find correct gauge. A class
project of a hat will help
you practice these
skills. Needles and
yarn provided,
just bring pen,
paper, and hands
ready to knit!
GRYPHON PERKINS is a knitwear
designer whose work has been published in
a variety of knitting books and magazines.
She also hand spins yarns, hand dyes yarns
and spinning fiber, and teaches spinning and
knitting at all levels from beginner to
advanced.
KNITTING BEYOND THE BASICS:
INTRODUCTION TO LACE KNITTING
Instructor: Gryphon Perkins
Wednesdays, May 14 - June 11
11 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Investment: $130, Members: $120
Donors: $140, Scholarship: $90
(includes materials)
If you can knit and purl, increase and
decrease,
and cast on and off, you’re ready for this class.
From traditional Victorian shawls to funky modern designs, lacework is one of the most exciting and versatile knitting techniques. In this class you'll learn the stitches used to knit lace, how to read lace charts, various styles of lace cast-ons, construction of lace pieces, and a variety of lace patterns. The class project will be a lace sampler scarf on which to practice all you have learned. It's not as intimidating as it sounds!
5 sessions.
GRYPHON PERKINS is a knitwear
designer whose work has been published in
a variety of knitting books and magazines.
She also hand spins yarns, hand dyes yarns
and spinning fiber, and teaches spinning and knitting at all levels from beginner to
advanced.
YARN DYEING WORKSHOP
Instructor: Gryphon Perkins
Sunday, August 3 10 A.M.-3 P.M.
Investment: $115, Members: $105
Donors: $130, Scholarship: $90
(includes materials)
Come play with color in this one day yarn-dyeing workshop!
Using safe acid dyes and superwash wool yarn, you'll learn some color theory and a variety of methods for dyeing solid yarns, self-striping yarns, and other variegated effects. Materials fee includes 5 skeins to dye and take home with you.
Please bring a bag lunch.
GRYPHON PERKINS is a knitwear designer whose work has been is published in a variety of knitting books and magazines. She also hand spins yarns, hand dyes yarns and spinning fiber, and teaches spinning and knitting at all levels from beginner to advanced.
