Upcoming Event: 2-Session Lelia Mitts Workshop at The Fiber Gallery!

hosted by

Sundays, March 12th & March 19th (2 sessions)
3 - 5 pm

Class Fee: $50 + supplies
Skill level: Adventurous beginner to intermediate
Skills needed: Long-tail cast-on, knitting & purling, small-circumference
knitting in the round (DPNs or Magic Loop.)

Starts this weekend - stop by, call, or email to sign up!

The Fiber Gallery
8212 Greenwood Avenue North

Seattle, WA 98103

Online Class Schedule

(206) 706-4197
fibergallery@comcast.net

 

Workshop Overview

Local to Seattle and curious about colorwork? Come join me at The Fiber Gallery in a 2-week workshop featuring my Lelia Mitts pattern, and learn the ropes of basic stranded colorwork!

We’ll talk about choosing colors and practice techniques to create beautiful, even stranded colorwork and stripes on your very own Lelia Mitts project. And as we knit, I’ll share some of my favorite little tweaks to make your knitting shine.

In addition to the in-class discussion of color, you'll receive a Color Play! Combining Two Colors handout to take home.

We'll Learn About:

- how to choose a stranding technique that works with your knitting style
- how to work simple stranded colorwork

- how to work a pretty 2-row stripe technique

as well as

- color dominance in stranded knitting
- basics of yarny color theory
- how to create inspired color pairings

 

Please Bring

- Lelia Mitts pattern

available in print or through Ravelry at The Fiber Gallery

 - 125 yards sport weight Main Color

- 95 yards sport weight Contrast Color
- 3 stitch markers

- needles

Recommended yarn:
Main Color - Cascade 220 Sport, 1 skein.
Contrast Color - Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool, 1 skein.

Recommended needles:

Size 2.5 US (3.0 mm) DPNs

Size 3 US (3.25 mm) DPNs

Size 4 US (3.5 mm) 32"+ (81 cm +) circular needles

Or, preferred needles for small-circumference knitting in the round.

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I'm very excited to be working with Megan, our new owner at The Fiber Gallery, to bring you this indie.knits workshop - it's been so cool to be a part of the awesome new ideas and energy she brings to the shop! <3

It should be a really fun time - I hope to see you there!

Love,
Cory

Moar Teaching, and an FO Too: Lelia Mitts!

A quick note for Seattle-local folks - I'll be teaching the Lelia Mitts workshop locally, this upcoming Sunday at The Fiber Gallery! This workshop will be two weekend sessions, October 16th and 23rd, from 3-5 pm.

Interested in joining? Give the shop a call to sign up.

Materials requirements are listed on the Lelia Mitts Ravelry page; needles, Spincycle-y goodness and print copies of the pattern are all available at the shop. Hope to see some of y'all there! <3

 - and now, onto the post!

  

Oh hai there, friends! It's been a while, hasn't it? The fall season has arrived - and with it, a plethora of fiber festivals, classes, and other flagrant knit-wearing opportunities. I have to admit that my brain is a little scrambled from all the fun, as well as with preparations for this year's Knit Fit!, where I'll be a vendor.

I'm hoping to come back to the blog a bit more than I have for the last six months - I've really been missing it, and you all!

In the meantime, here's my most recent pair of Lelia Mitts. I've been jamming hard on orange and turquoise lately, and these mitts are a prime example of that.

I worked them up in three yarns: Swans' Island All-American Collection Sport, a delightfully crunchy domestically-produced Rambouillet yarn, as my main color; and a skein of Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool - which was a special edition color, and a little skinnier than its usual sport weight - held double with Jade Sapphire 2-ply Cashmere, as my contrast color.

Dreamy, right?

More details are on my project page on Ravelry, over hmeah.

Happy fall, friends, and happy Tuesday!

<3
Cory

The Fiber Gallery KAL: Sweet Root in Print

Just wanted to pop in and mention that the Sweet Root pattern is hot off the presses and available for purchase exclusively at The Fiber Gallery! This pattern has been a labor of love for me, and I hope that you like it as much as I enjoyed creating it. <3

Local to Seattle and interested in joining the KAL? Here's the full details:

Kickoff: Saturday, September 19th, from 4-6 pm

Support sessions: Saturday, October 10th, 3:30-5:30 pm

& Saturday, November 7th, 1-3 pm

Finale Party: Saturday, December 5th, 5-6 pm

hosted at

The Fiber Gallery
5212 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103

Not local, but still interested in Sweet Root? Hooray, I'm so glad to hear it! Please feel free to join us over at the indie.knits Ravelry group, where I'll keep you updated on its release in November.

Happy Wednesday, friends!
Cory