Classes

Knitting 101

• Cost: $55 for 2 hours including materials
• Teacher: Alison
• Dates: Tuesday April 30th from 6 to 8pm
  Tuesday May 14th from 6 to 8pm
  Thursday May 30th from 6 to 8pm

Get yourself off to the right start, with this motivating two-hour workshop that will prepare you to make your first project. This class teaches students how to cast on, to perform both the knit and purl stitch, and how to bind off. With these skills in hand you can complete a variety of simple projects such as rectangular scarves, head bands, coffee cozies, and more.

Materials for your first project are included in the registration price: one skein of Estelle Chunky in your chosen colour and a matching set of wood circular needles.

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• Skill Level: Absolute Beginner
• Materials Required: Needles and yarn included

My First Knitting Project

• Cost: $75 for 4 hours
• Teacher: Alison
• Dates: Mondays April 22nd & 29th from 6 to 8pm

New to knitting and want to make your first project? Ready to move from knitting back and forth and try knitting in the round? In this class, we’ll make a simple, super-bulky hat and have a chance to practice the techniques that will set you up for the next steps on your knitting journey! We’ll cover casting on and working in the round, practice combining knit and purl stitches, and use decreases to shape the crown of the hat. This class is ideal for newer knitters who want to put their skills to work and come out with a finished project, as well as those who have been practicing their knitting on rectangular projects and are looking for some guidance as they embark on a project in the round.

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• Skill Level: Should be comfortable with knit, purl, cast on, and cast off
• Materials Required: Circular needles, yarn and pattern for your project

Knitting 102

• Cost: $50 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Alison, Amelia or Annabel
• Dates: Monday May 27th from 6 to 8pm

This class is for when you have practiced the basic knit and purl stitches, and you are ready to try something new and more interesting! With assistance from your instructor, you can explore making non-rectangular shapes, playing with texture, and more! Learn to follow a simple written pattern, perform a variety of increases and decreases, and begin to make a more ambitious project with guidance.

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• Skill Level: Should be comfortable with knit, purl, cast on, and cast off
• Materials Required: Student should bring medium-sized needles and matching yarn (such as 5mm and worsted weight), available in store

Online: Short Row Savvy

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Tuesday, October 24th from 7 to 9pm (EDT)

“Wrap & Turn” is not a dance move, it’s a fabulous way to create shapes with your knitting. Short rows are used in some sock heels, in shawls to create curves and in garments for bust shaping. In this class we’ll discuss five common methods of working short rows (and hiding them, just as important!): wrap and turn, yarnover, Japanese, German, and Shadow. We’ll also touch on how to change one method for another in a pattern.

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• Skill Level: Intermediate; suitable for knitters just starting with short rows or those looking for a refresher
• Materials Required: Scrap light-colored medium-weight yarn and 4-5mm/US #6-8 needles, 8 removable stitch markers or small safety pins

Steeking

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday, November 16th from 6 to 8pm

It may well be the scariest thing you can do with your knitting… taking a pair of scissors to it! Steeking – cutting a piece of knitting – is on many knitters’ “bucket lists”, and this class is any easy way to take the fear out of it. We’ll talk about the hows and whys, discussing different methods of reinforcement, edging and finishing. Whether you’re a keen colorwork knitter looking to take your skills to the next level, or just curious what the fuss is about, this class explains it all!

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• Skill Level: Intermediate; colorwork and garment experience helpful but not required.
• Materials Required: Homework required. Instructions will be sent along with your registration confirmation.

Online: No-Pattern Custom Fit Mittens

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Tuesday, November 28th from 7 to 9pm, EST

Winter is coming! It’s never too early in the year to prep for the cold weather. We’ll show you how to create a custom mitten – regular or fingerless! – for any hand, and any yarn. Use up your stash and keep your friends and family warm. Along the way we’ll share tips for making hand-mittens as warm and possible – from yarn choice to lining strategies, and help you deal with problem areas like ill-fitting or holey thumbs.

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• Skill Level: Intermediate – knitters should ideally have made a pair of mittens or two
• Materials Required: Optional: a swatch worked in the round and washed, tape measure

Lace 101

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Tuesday March 5th from 6 to 8pm

An introduction to the magic of lace knitting. Through swatching, we explore different types of stitch patterns, and how to work them. We also talk about how to read patterns, making sure you’re confident with both written and charted instructions. We’ll also talk about how to identify, fix and prevent mistakes, and provide tips for making lace easier and more fun. If you’ve got a lace project you want to tackle, bring it so we can make sure we work on the skills you need.

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• Skill Level: Advanced beginner; knitters must be comfortable with knit, purl, increasing and decreasing.
• Materials Required: A pair of 4-5mm (US #6-8) needles - straight or short circular - and light-coloured medium weight scrap yarn

Intro to Brioche Knitting

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday, December 14th from 6 to 8pm

Brioche knitting uses a simple and clever technique to create beautiful fabrics – deep ribs and fascinating colourwork. It’s particularly effectively in two colours, and is an excellent way to tame a busy variegated yarn. This class covers the skills for working brioche patterns, including reading the sometimes-complicated instructions, and fixing mistakes. Knitters will leave with a one-of-a-kind shawl or scarf project well underway.

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• Skill Level: Intermediate: no specific skills required, but knitters must be confident with increasing and decreasing
• Materials Required: 16-20 inch circular 4mm/US #6 needle and 2 strongly contrasting colours of scrap worsted weight yarn; 250-300 yards each of two colours of yarn: recommend one variegated, one solid; newer knitters should bring DK or worsted; more experienced knitters can bring fingering or sport.

Blocking & Fiber Care

• Cost: $55 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday January 18th from 7 to 9pm EST

What does “blocking” even mean? Learn how to take care of your finished projects, easy and practical techniques for different fibre types, fabrics, and projects. Find out exactly what you’re supposed to do with those pins and wires, and get some bonus info on hand-knit/crochet storage and moth prevention. There is something new in this class for everyone, so whether you’re a beginner crafter or seasoned yarn connoisseur, join us to find out how to get the longest life out of your projects.

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• Skill Level: All levels welcome
• Materials Required: None, but if you have specific projects you’d like to discuss, have them on hand – Kate will take questions!

Online: Shawl Shapes 101

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday, October 5th from 7 to 9pm, EDT.

This class explains key shawl shapes, and how to make them your own with your choice of yarn and custom design details. We’ll talk about which shapes work best if you want to maximize size, if you want to work with multiple colors, or if you’ve only got a limited amount of yarn to use up. We’ll share some tips for solving key shawl knitting challenges like tidy edges, stretchy bind offs, and how to handle the issue of blocking. Students finish the class with a set of pattern templates and the confidence and knowledge to start customizing and creating their own designs.

An excellent companion to Kate Atherley and Kim McBrien Evans’ new book, Custom Shawls for the Curious and Creative Knitter.

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• Skill Level: Intermediate. Should have some experience with increases, decreases, and pattern reading,
• Materials Required: Scrap light-colored medium-weight yarn and 4-5mm/US #6-8 needles to work through some small swatches

Cables 101

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday February 8th from 6 to 8pm

Cables are a versatile way to level up your knitting, and are featured in a wide variety of knitting styles.  In this class, you will learn the knitter’s dirtiest secret – cables are easy! We’ll address not only how to work cables, but also how to read charts and patterns, and we’ll share expert tips on how to manage the knitting of a complex cable design.

• Skill Level: Advanced beginner - knitters need to be proficient with knit, purl
• Materials Required: Scrap yarn in a light color and a cable needle, both included in class fee. Please bring 4.5mm or 5mm needles, or purchase in-store.

Continental Knitting

• Cost: $65 for two hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday February 22nd from 6 to 8pm

Want to knit faster? Are you ready to tackle colour work? Knitting continental style – with the yarn in your left hand rather than right – is the key to speed, and also helps you enormously with colorwork. It’s also useful for knitters who want to manage and minimize hand-strain. We’ll also demonstrate a magical technique for working ribbing and seed stitch without moving the yarn.

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• Skill Level: Late beginner – must be comfortable with knit, purl, casting on and off
• Materials Required: Scrap medium-weight yarn (included in fee) and 4.5mm/US #7 needles (straight or circular).

Slip Stitch Colourwork

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Tuesday March 26th from 6 to 8pm

Slip-stitch colourwork is a less-known but amazingly easy method for working with multiple colours, a great way to change the appearance of projects worked with variegated yarns, and a clever solution for creating ‘fade effects’ with multiple yarns.

We’ll show you everything you need to know, playing with a few different stitch patterns for one yarn and two, and explain how to interpret the charted instructions as well.”. And I’ll share tips for incorporating these patterns into your projects to customize and get creative.  If you want to dip your toe into colourwork, but aren’t sure where to start, this is a great way to begin.

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• Skill Level: Advanced beginner and up, must be comfortable with knit, purl, casting on and off
• Materials Required: Two contrasting colours of scrap medium-weight yarn and 4-5mm/US #6-8 needles

Introduction to Colourwork: Fair Isle, Intarsia and Slip-Stitch Knitting

• Cost: $65 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Tuesday, November 7th from 6-8pm

Learn how to work with multiple colors in your knitting, in multiple ways. We’ll start with stripes, tackling those frequently asked questions: the issue of the jog when working in the round, whether to cut or carry the yarn, and how to do those both. (And if you cut, what to do about all those ends.) We’ll then progress to Fair Isle, showing you how read the patterns and charts, and to handle two yarns, whether you work English or Continental, one-handed or two. I’ll demonstrate how (and why) to handle long floats, and how to make sure your fabric is tidy and even. We’ll also tackle Intarsia and slipped stitch colorwork, demonstrating the key differences in techniques required for these other colorwork methods. Along the way, we’ll cover chart reading, how to manage your yarns, and the importance of blocking – and how to do it.

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• Skill Level: Advanced beginner and up, must be comfortable with knit, purl, casting on and off
• Materials Required: Two contrasting colours of scrap medium-weight yarn and 4-5mm/US #6-8 needles

Sunday Clinic

• Cost: $15/hr or $20 for two hours
• Teacher: Amelia, Annabel, or Alison
• Dates: Every second Sunday or so. Please check the listing on our online shop for most up-to-date info.

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We are always happy to help our customers with their knitting and crochet projects, but sometimes the question is more involved than we can tackle during a regular shift, yet not complicated enough for a full private lesson. Enter the Sunday Clinic! Got a question that takes more than 10 minutes but less than 60 to answer? Want to work on a new technique with an experienced safety net nearby? Our Sunday clinic is the perfect time to hone a skill or get over a particularly frustrating hurdle.

If you’re not sure if your question is suitable for the Sunday clinic, feel free to send us an email at info@yarnsuntangled.com or give us a call.

Registration remains open until 48 hours in advance of the clinic (unless someone else has already registered).

*Please note: this clinic is not designed to teach knitting or crochet. If you are looking to learn for the first time, check out our Knitting 101 and Crochet 101 schedules.

• Skill Level: Any level
• Materials Required: Bring whatever you're working on!

Granny Squares

• Cost: $50 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Annabel
• Dates: Thursday May 9th from 6 to 8pm

Get ready to live your coziest life with granny squares! This simple and easy to learn technique is the building block of many crocheted patterns. Blankets of course, but also bags, sweaters, hats, toys and accessories galore!

We will introduce you to crocheting in the round, clustered stitches, and how to start your square. A perfect class for newer crocheters who are comfortable with chain stitch, single and double crochet. We will also give an introduction to pattern reading, a useful skill that you will need to go forward!

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• Skill Level: Advanced Beginner, crocheters must be comfortable with chain, single and double crochet
• Materials Required: Medium weight yarn in two colours included in your registration fee. Please bring a crochet hook in either 6mm, 6.5mm or 7mm

March Break Crochet Camp!

• Cost: $110 for 6 hours (three two-hour classes), including materials
• Teacher: Annabel
• Dates: Monday, Wednesday and Friday March 11th, 13th and 15th

Welcome to our 2024 March Break Crochet Club!

Learn the joy of crocheting! Join us for three mornings of crochet sessions and learn everything you need to make your very own scarf. Crochet is a wonderful skill for children to learn. It teaches hand-eye coordination, dexterity, patience and independence, and it rewards you with beautiful clothing, accessories and toys!

Open to children ages nine through twelve with no crochet experience, this class is taught by Annabel, a Registered Early Childhood Educator and our resident crochet expert. Students will leave with all the skills necessary to start their crochet journey.

Details:
Ages: 9-12
Dates: Monday March 11th, Wednesday March 13th, Friday March 15th
Times: 9:30am to 11:30am each day

What we’ll learn:
Chain stitch, single crochet, double crochet, and pattern reading. Each student will leave with a completed or mostly completed scarf for themselves in their chosen colour.

Registration fee includes all tools and materials needed for the entire course as well as a small snack each day.

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• Skill Level: Absolute Beginner, ages 9-12
• Materials Required: All materials included

Crochet 101

• Cost: $55 for 2 hours, including materials
• Teacher: Annabel
• Dates: Monday April 15th from 6 to 8pm
  Monday May 13th from 6 to 8pm
  Wednesday May 29th from 6 to 8pm
  

For those who are uninitiated, crochet is faster than knitting, boasts extremely versatile design possibilities, and is so rich in texture. This workshop, aimed at absolute beginners, is a perfect way to learn the basics of crochet. Learn to make a chain, single crochet, double crochet, and more advanced techniques as time allows.

Materials for your first project are included in the registration price: one skein of Estelle Chunky in your chosen colour and a matching hook.

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• Skill Level: Absolute Beginner
• Materials Required: Hook and yarn included

Sunday Clinic

• Cost: $15/hr or $20 for two hours
• Teacher: Amelia, Annabel, or Alison
• Dates: Every second Sunday or so. Please check the listing on our online shop for most up-to-date info.

Register here

We are always happy to help our customers with their knitting and crochet projects, but sometimes the question is more involved than we can tackle during a regular shift, yet not complicated enough for a full private lesson. Enter the Sunday Clinic! Got a question that takes more than 10 minutes but less than 60 to answer? Want to work on a new technique with an experienced safety net nearby? Our Sunday clinic is the perfect time to hone a skill or get over a particularly frustrating hurdle.

If you’re not sure if your question is suitable for the Sunday clinic, feel free to send us an email at info@yarnsuntangled.com or give us a call.

Registration remains open until 48 hours in advance of the clinic (unless someone else has already registered).

*Please note: this clinic is not designed to teach knitting or crochet. If you are looking to learn for the first time, check out our Knitting 101 and Crochet 101 schedules.

• Skill Level: Any level
• Materials Required: Bring whatever you're working on!

Blocking & Fiber Care

• Cost: $55 for 2 hours
• Teacher: Kate
• Dates: Thursday January 18th from 7 to 9pm EST

What does “blocking” even mean? Learn how to take care of your finished projects, easy and practical techniques for different fibre types, fabrics, and projects. Find out exactly what you’re supposed to do with those pins and wires, and get some bonus info on hand-knit/crochet storage and moth prevention. There is something new in this class for everyone, so whether you’re a beginner crafter or seasoned yarn connoisseur, join us to find out how to get the longest life out of your projects.

Sign up here!

• Skill Level: All levels welcome
• Materials Required: None, but if you have specific projects you’d like to discuss, have them on hand – Kate will take questions!