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Knitting, Anyone?
May. 31st, 2010 09:11 pmLong, long ago, in a land far, far--ahem, actually it was right around here--I took a beginner crochet class from Informal Classes. It was a good class, but it was clear that the instructor was even more interested in knitting than crochet. She was teaching a beginning knitting class right after our class, and she couldn't help showing off some of the things they would be working on and looking at.
I thought to myself, wow, I never learned all that stuff in my beginning knitting class. I learned how to cast on, knit, perl, switch between knitting and perling both at the end of a row and mid-row, and cast off. I also learned how to change colors at the end of a row. No increasing, decreasing, cables, lacy things.
And so I vowed one day to take her knitting class, sometime when I had time to practice, and I would learn the continental method where you don't keep letting go and so ideally it's more efficient (by which I mean quicker) than the English method that most beginners find to be easier to learn.
Well, my friends, that day has come. Informal Classes is coming to an end, and I have a final opportunity to take this mythical class in beginning knitting.
You can tell what sort of class this is by what you are supposed to bring:
* $4
* size 7 knitting needle
* several skeins of worsted-weight cotton yarn; light colors are easiest to use (none of the cheapo acrylic stuff that pills up right away)
* cable needle
* large-eye tapestry needle
* crochet hook, size F or G, if you have one
* scissors.
I'm going to make time to practice. Those of you in my town can join me (if you can get to the six-pack on campus by 6:00 on Tuesdays for five weeks starting a week from tomorrow)--the website says there are two openings left and six people signed up. (Yes, I did almost wait too long to register. Hush, now.)
This isn't like that Spanish class I tried to talk y'all into. The instructor, Pat Tittizer, is awesome. And if something should happen to her, Informal Classes, a legitimate entity (until the end of the summer anyway), will actually inform us and refund our money.
You, too, can heroically knit in the hot Texas summer.
I thought to myself, wow, I never learned all that stuff in my beginning knitting class. I learned how to cast on, knit, perl, switch between knitting and perling both at the end of a row and mid-row, and cast off. I also learned how to change colors at the end of a row. No increasing, decreasing, cables, lacy things.
And so I vowed one day to take her knitting class, sometime when I had time to practice, and I would learn the continental method where you don't keep letting go and so ideally it's more efficient (by which I mean quicker) than the English method that most beginners find to be easier to learn.
Well, my friends, that day has come. Informal Classes is coming to an end, and I have a final opportunity to take this mythical class in beginning knitting.
You can tell what sort of class this is by what you are supposed to bring:
* $4
* size 7 knitting needle
* several skeins of worsted-weight cotton yarn; light colors are easiest to use (none of the cheapo acrylic stuff that pills up right away)
* cable needle
* large-eye tapestry needle
* crochet hook, size F or G, if you have one
* scissors.
I'm going to make time to practice. Those of you in my town can join me (if you can get to the six-pack on campus by 6:00 on Tuesdays for five weeks starting a week from tomorrow)--the website says there are two openings left and six people signed up. (Yes, I did almost wait too long to register. Hush, now.)
This isn't like that Spanish class I tried to talk y'all into. The instructor, Pat Tittizer, is awesome. And if something should happen to her, Informal Classes, a legitimate entity (until the end of the summer anyway), will actually inform us and refund our money.
You, too, can heroically knit in the hot Texas summer.