The Spinning Room is pleased to announce the following in-person class with Margaret Radcliffe
FIBER TO FABRIC How the underlying fiber informs the knitted fabric and what you can do about it
Description: From dependable sheep’s wool to tricky rayon, every yarn is individual. Each type of fiber, from a specific breed of sheep or other fiber-bearing animal, from plants like bamboo, hemp and flax, manmade or remanufactured, brings its own distinct benefits and challenges to a knitting project. Learn to evaluate the potentials of your particular yarn and techniques for ensuring success in your hand knit garments. We will cover the roles of garment architecture, fit, and borders, ways to prevent sagging and biasing in inelastic fibers, and pattern stitches and seaming techniques to stabilize garments. Class will be a combination of lecture, hands-on work, and discussion. Students will take away an understanding of fiber characteristics, yarn behavior in knitted fabrics, and an arsenal of techniques for best results.
Who Should Attend: Knitters, Weavers, Spinners, Crocheters who are interested in learning how various yarns behave when they are knit and how that affects knitted garments.
Student Proficiency Level: Students should be comfortable casting on, binding off, working simple pattern stitches, increasing & decreasing, and picking up stitches for borders. Students will find this class most helpful if they have already finished several projects.
