Knitting with
Jared Flood
October 13th
Seamless Sweater Workshop, 9 am to 4 pm
This course will cover the foundations of seamless sweater knitting:
construction, percentages, techniques, and yoke variations. We will
be exploring some of Elizabeth Zimmermann’s sweater models and
discussing her percentage system (EPS). The goal of this course is
to familiarize knitters with the seamless method of sweater
construction and design, and give them the confidence to formulate
original garments, without a pattern, to suit their own tastes – or
alter existing patterns into seamless ones.
Experience: Students should know how to knit, purl and work in the round.
October 14th
Introduction to Shetland Colorwork, 9 am
to Noon
This course is designed to give knitters a comprehensive
introduction into the world of stranded colorwork. We will be
discussing the history and techniques behind traditional 2-color
knitting (dominant color technique, value and color theory as they
pertain to planning projects, blocking & left-handed/right- handed
vs. combination style stranding will all be discussed and
demonstrated). We will be working a “Speed Swatch” with 2 colors of
fingering-weight Shetland wool and ending the class with a
discussion and demonstration of steeking (cutting).
Experience: Students should know how to knit, purl and how to yarn over.
October 14th
A Taste of Lace, 1 to 4 pm
This course is designed to introduce knitters to the basic
structures of lace knitting. Topics covered include chart-reading,
hard and soft cast-ons and bind-offs, yarn overs and directional
decreasing, planning lace projects, lace gauges and fabrics, reading
your knit ting, knitted-on edgings, and proper blocking techniques.
We will begin working a lace sampler with simple motifs to accompany
the topics covered in class.
Experience: Students should know how to knit, purl and work in the round.
Jared
Flood is a New York based knitwear designer and photographer who has
recently launched his own line of yarns called "Shelter". Originally
from the Pacific Northwest, Jared has an MFA from the New York
Academy of Art. He has been living and working in Brooklyn since
2005 and travels across the country teaching traditional
handknitting techniques and garment construction. Vogue Knitting,
Interweave Knits, Knit.1 and Spin Off Magazines, have all featured
his designs. His beautiful new yarns are woolen spun by Harrisville
Designs and the wool is produced in the US making it a totally US
made product. He is the creator of
www.brooklyntweed.net and
author of Made in Brooklyn -- a collection of original handknitting
designs with natural fibers.