What an opportunity! Dye your own sock blank and then knit it up into two socks at the same time so you have a matching set! This one of a kind opportunity is happening the first three weekends in March at FACTS.
On Saturday March 4th learn how to use ice, dye and heat to create variegated wool on a merino super wash sock blank. Choose whatever colours and design you want to experiment with and watch a one of kind pattern appear on your wool. Once unravelled this sock blank will turn into a unique and beautiful variegated ball of yarn.
Then on March 11th and 18th turn your hand dyed yarn into a pair of matching socks as you learn how to knit two socks at once on a circular needle. In this class, taught by Marijke Wagner, you will learn how to create two socks from the toe up. Marijke’s personal pattern creates a two-marled yarn effect, which in turn, creates a beautiful pair of extremely cozy socks that work up quickly. The socks have a white toe and cuff with variegated lines and flecks of colours in between.
To take this intermediate knitting class, participants must confidently know how to knit a sock on double pointed needles and turn a heel.
Participants will need to bring Size US 6, 4.00 mm 40″ circular needles and 4 removable stitch markers in different colours.
Super wash merino wool and nylon yarn provided.
When: Saturdays, March 4th, 11th & 18th 9am to 12pm
Where: Blyth Trinity Anglican Church, 166 Dinsley Street
Cost: $165
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Jennifer Triemstra-Johnston is a fibre artist and costume designer/ builder. She has taught fibre art, sewing, design, millinery and costume classes at both York and Toronto Metropolitan Universities. She is the owner of Pick a Posie Vintage and the Fashion Arts & Creative Textiles Studio (FACTS) in Blyth.
Marijke Wagner is a knitting enthusiast who works as a tech editor and craft consultant at Wordy Wagner and sells handmade gifts you can feel good about at Voteza.ca. When she is not making something with her hands, she is often reading about what to
make next.
When: Saturdays, March 4th, 11th & 18th 9am to 12pm
Where: Blyth Trinity Anglican Church, 166 Dinsley Street
Cost: $165
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