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Friday, April 10, 7:00 pm Trunk show Garments from the Folly Cove collection, designed for Classic Elite Yarns.Slide show of Julia’s inspiration sources. Learn about Virginia Lee Burton and the Folly Cove Designers, textile artists from Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were a national sensation in the 1950s and 60s.No charge--but please call to let us know you are coming. We want to have enough great refreshments for everyone. Saturday, April 11, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Color Julia will touch briefly on all types of color knitting, but our in-class knitting will be intarsia. You’ll leave class with yarn management techniques that will make this elusive form of knitting way more fun and accessible. And you will gain confidence in creating your own color combinations. Julia will demystify terms like hue and tone and help each student with creating a pleasing color combination for her or his knitted sample. We’ll have a complete color wheel selection of yarns from Classic Elite provided for your use in class.

No homework $95

Sunday, April 12, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm StructureSet in sleeves will give your sweaters the best individual fit. Julia will help you see how set in sleeves work and can be customized for individual fit preferences and not so average sizes and bodies. Understand when knitted garments benefit from the structure of seams and how to do seams fearlessly.

A wee bit of homework. $95

Don’t miss this opportunity to take in f resh new approaches for your kni t t ing projects f rom our specia l guest teacher.

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Begin with an INDIV IDUAL MINI LESSON on stranded color knitting. WE HAVE STITCHES CAST ON AND READY TO GO FOR YOUR PRACTICE SESSION. Then

choose your first couple of charts

and your first couple of colors of

yarn. Stop in along the way for more

charts and yarns as desired—and

to give us a chance to admire your

progress. You’ll have a beautiful cowl ready to go next fall and the

EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE to

tackle any stranded color knitting

project you choose.

$10 includes pattern, charts, mini lesson, and 10% yarn discount.

Fair Isle Sampler Cowl

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APRIL 20153

LIBERTY

Crochet AfghanWool Still time to join the group working

on this progressive afghan. EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS NEW COLORWAYS of Liberty Wool Print arrive. You’ll receive a call letting you know that i t ’s t ime to make one more square. In July we’ll show you

how to CROCHET YOUR SQUARES TOGETHER and add edgings if you choose.

Club membership fee of $20 entitles you to pattern,

help along the way, and 10% off on project yarn

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C l a s s i c E l i t e S P R I N G

Join in the fun of our 5th annual spring CEY KAL. The favorite small project so far is the Naushon scarf, done in brand new Santorini.

a summer cotton rich ribbon yarn. The

favorite large project is Jarita, a short sleeve pullover done in

Sandpiper, a marled tweed cotton yarn.

Projects need to be finished in time for the big

prize drawing at 7:00 pm Friday, July 31

Project must use a minimum of 3 balls of CEY

yarn and be chosen from spring 2015 booklets.

You can enter multiple projects.

Your name will be in the drawing once for every

100 yards of yarn used.

Great prizes including $100 gift basket from Classic Elite Yarns.

KNIT A LONG

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Claudie VestSimple chevron lace and eyelets frame the cardigan opening of this cap-sleeved vest. It will be your perfect transition garment as the weather changes. If you are looking for your first sweater project, this could be it. Kate is our first sweater specialist. She loves to help you get the finish-ing details just right so that you can be proud to wear thatvery first sweater.

Thursday4 to 6 pm

April 23, May 7, 14, 21$60 plus supplies

Teacher: Kate

Irish Aran CrewGraduates of our first two Irish Aran classes, the scarf and the hat, are ready to begin their first Aran sweater project, a crew neck pullover. This unisex sweater is done in the Carroll family pattern. Debbie has traveled extensively to Ireland and will teach you the precise ways that all the details are managed as she learned from her Irish knitting mentor, Rosaleen Hegarty.

Monday4 to 6 pm

April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11$60 plus suppliesTeacher: Debbie

Rockefeller ShawlHeidi will be your guide through the knitting of Stephen West’s Rockefeller shawl. This piece can be used as a generous scarf, wrap, or shawl. You’ll use short rows, a bit of easy intarsia, slipped stitches, decorative yarn overs, and multi directional stitching to create color graphics and the gentle crescent shaping. In short--lots of techniques that will keep your knitting interesting and fun.

Friday 4 to 6 pm April 17, May 1, 8, 15 $50 plus supplies Teacher: Heidi

AprilClasses

Socks: Cuff DownBegin your sock at the cuff so you will have plenty of time to get comfortable knitting in the round on small needles before learning how to shape the heel and toe. Finish the sock with kitchener stitch so that there will be no seam at the toe of your socks. Tuesday

4 to 6 pmApril 21, 28, May 5, 12

$50 plus suppliesTeacher: Kate

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TeachersHeidi Yelich

Susan BrobstKate Schroeder

Debbie Teibel Paula Strietelmeier

BJ Licko-KeelDesign

Kristina Rost Artwork

Susan Childress

M-Tu 12 to 7W 10 to 7Th 12 to 9F 12 to 7Sa 10 to 5

LATEHOURS weekdaystill7pm Thursdaystill9pm

Open KnitClasses

Night Owl Knitters

O KN

EVERY Thursday6-9 pm

Early Bird Knitters1st & 3rd Saturday EVERY month 8 amEVERY Wednesday

4- 5 pm

Kid’s Knitting

OPENK N I TEVERY Wednesday

10am to noonEVERY Friday5 to 7 pm

KnittingEvery Friday

4 to 7 pm

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SPINNING4 to 6pm

every 4th FridaySpinners are invited to bring their wheels

and spin.Interested in Spinning?It’s a great opportunity to get your questions

answered.Drop spindle

demonstrations.

Beth Brown-Reinsel will be our guest teacher

the weekend of July 18 and 19.

We’ll be making

Latvian mittens.

Details forthcoming.

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Saturday8 to 10 amApr 18, 25, May 2

ORTuesday7 to 9 pmApril 21, 28, May 5

Knit Beginner ProjectThis hat and scarf combination gives beginners opportunity to practice and polish their basic skills. You’ll learn to use circular and double pointed needles while making the hat. The hat will also be your introduction to multi gauge patterns, which allow you to make the same design in many different kinds of yarn. The scarf combines the cables and other stitches you learned in Knitting for Beginners so that you can keep learning to read your stitches and have something beautiful to wear.

ORWednesday1 to 3 pmApr 22, 29, May 6

$40 plus supplies

Knitting for beginners Learn to knit by making swatches of basic stitches. Emphasis is placed on learning to “read” your stitches so that you can become a confident knitter. Class also includes a taste of lace and cables.Wednesday5:30 to 7:30 pmApril 22, 29, May 6, 13

ORSaturday8:00 to 10:00 amMay 9, 16, 23, June 6

$60 includes all supplies

Crochet for beginnersBegin your crochet future with a set of 3 classes designed to get you comfortable with the basic crochet stitches. You will begin with the classic granny square and a scarf. Basic finishing skills for crochet fabrics will also be included.

Saturday8 to 10 amApril 18, 25, May 2

$60 includes all supplies

April2015

beginners classes