Class Description
Can you knit and purl? Perfect, you can make a sweater. This knit along class is intended for knitters who are ready to make the jump to a sweater. We will be using the free pattern from Two of Wands “Winter League Sweater” which is a unisex style sweater. This simple pattern lends itself well to additional color work if that’s a skill set you want to learn. This three part class will guide you through finding your gauge, set up, neck, yoke, sleeves and body as well as introducing the magic loop method. There will be a little homework between classes but we should be able to do most of the tricky bits in class! While the pattern is free participants will need to provide their own yarn.
Registration:
Please register at least 24 hours in advance at heronsllynfarm.com the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class.
Appropriate for ages 10+
Class cost: $75
Class length: Three 1.5 hour sessions (January 28, February 4, 11, 6pm-7:30pm)
Spots: 4+
Instructor Bio
Aja Ewing (she/her) is a 3rd generation fiber artist who specialises in fiber education and how textiles are connected with our natural resources. She has a BS in Natural Resource Management from Green Mountain College and a MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management from Unity University. She has 20+ experience in spinning and dyeing as well as knitting, crocheting and weaving. She's spent the last 5 years in pollinator studies, including her masters course, Cornell's Master Beekeepers course, as well as working for commercial native plants nurseries and apiaries. Through her education she has focused on ways that our textile industry impacts our natural environment and ways to improve the ways we source, process and market textiles in a method that can reduce harm or even benefit native pollinators. Aja's teaching style is engaging and hands-on and she takes care to create a learning environment that is a safe place for all. She raises sheep and bees as well as sells her handspun yarn out of her farm in Orwell, VT.