I can't believe how quickly time has passed by this month! In fact, I just realized that I need to prep for the classes that I will be teaching at Gauge Knits! Gauge is one of my favorite LYS in Austin, Tx. I used to frequent them quite often. ;o) Last year, in April, I did a class with them for Aviary, and it was a blast! I am *so excited* to be getting to teach again this year; this year, it's not just one class, but two!
I will be there Feb 6 and 7 (so close!!), and will be doing a project classes for Marika and Viola on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. If you are local to Austin, I'd love to see you there! Please learn more here.
For the Marika Class, I will be talking a bit about my inspiration for the shawl, as well as help you get started on your shawl. This lace panel is very simple, and this could easily be a first time lace project! I will also teach you how to get a nice and clean edging on garter stitch. :o) This shawl, as mentioned before, is the perfect comfort knitting. Ideal for this time of year, and I hope everyone enjoys making it along with me.
For the Viola Class, there are a number of skills I can help you obtain. While, I would encourage you to be comfortable with doing cables already, I can definitely help you learn how to do cables for the first time! In addition, this is a charted pattern, and so if learning how to read charts is something you'd like to learn, that could be a fun, new technique, as well! Lastly, I will be teaching how to make this hat by doing a cabled swatch done in the round. This was definitely something that took me awhile to learn (heck, learning that swatching was important to do was a skill that took me a number of years), and so I can't wait to help everyone learn this skill. This class is really filled with all the arsenals that you will need to take on this hat! :o)
I'm excited to see familiar faces and new ones, too! As always, I'm also super psyched about getting great food, and getting together with friends from my last home. I'm betting for a good number of food related instagram posts in the not too far future. ;op