Taught by:

Offered:

Sunday, September 12
FULL/CLOSED

Monday, September 13

Experience level: Advanced Beginner

This kicky piece is exactly what you want to throw on when you need that je ne sais quoi to make your outfit sing. It’s the piece someone is bound to walk up to you and ask, where did you get that? The style hit that could be walking down a runway.

Are you ready to knit a custom pattern with Samantha and discover the magic of duplicate stitch in this hands-on workshop? Let’s go!

The Squamlove Poncho celebrates the beauty of adding colorwork without the complexity of traditional stranded knitting. You will be working on practice swatches and then moving on to your poncho base as you bring a beautiful heart design sweater to life.

In this class, you’ll learn all of the key skills needed to make the Squamlove Poncho plus there will be a focus on techniques including:

• proper tension
• picking up stitches for ribbing
• duplicate stitch embroidery

These are skills that you can take with you and apply to any future knitting projects.

By the end of class, you’ll be immersed in the joy of this fabulous poncho with all the confidence to add duplicate stitch embroidery to any future projects.

Kit fee: 0

Materials:

Homework:
Please come to class with a 10″ x 10″ swatch of Color/Yarn A knit on US size 13 needles. This swatch will be your practice canvas for learning duplicate stitch and the key skills needed to make the Squamlove Poncho.

Class Materials:

• Color A: 4 (5) Skeins of Spun Cloud Yarn (sample shown in the color Frosty Green) – 400-500 yards / 366-457m depending on size or similar super bulky weight yarn
• Color B: 1 Skein of Waterfall Yarn (sample shown in the color Andromeda) – 60 yards / 55m or similar bulky weight ribbon yarn
• US 13 (9mm) circular needles, 36″ cord
• Blunt, large-eye sewing needle
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure

Sweater Sizes: S-L and 1X-3X