notes:
 Classes with a picture icon have images on the class detail page
 Crochet-friendly class
levels:
No skill required
Basic Know basic stitches (knit, purl or single crochet, double crochet).
Easy You should know the basics, how to increase and decrease, and have made at least one project.
Intermediate You should have worked with a few stitch patterns and should be familiar wtih basic garment shaping.
Advanced You should have made several garments in various stitch patters and should comfortable making minor changes to patterns. Advanced is fun and challenging for thinking knitters.
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Faina Goberstein
Faina Goberstein finds it irresistible to play with various knitting techniques and stitch patterns. She
writes, teaches, designs knitwear, and blogs. She is the founder and the host of The Designer's Studio at http://fainasdesignersstudio.blogspot.com.
Faina is the co-author of Casual, Elegant Knits and her designs can be found in such publications as Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Knitscene, Knit N’ Style, books by Soho, DRG, and Wiley publishing. She also designs for yarn companies such as Bijou Basin Ranch, Cascade, Classic Elite, and Claudia Hand Painted yarns. In her spare time, she teaches mathematics at the community college.
STITCHES West 2013 Classes
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NEW
Saturday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm SOLD OUT
509-3 Easy The Game of Casting On: Using Cast-On and Bind-Off to Adorn Projects
Discover some new and unusual cast-on and bind-off techniques and review some you may already know. Join in a discussion of their applications, and learn some bind-off techniques to match your cast-on. Projects with Dewdrop cast-on will be demonstrated as an example of how to implement it on a garment. Do you want to tame the stockinette from rolling? Learn a cast-on that does just that. Discover that it is so more to a cast-on than just to begin something to begin your knitting.
NEW
Sunday 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Sunday 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
677-6 Intermediate Nifty Shaping: Stitch Patterns Savvy
We will explore different stitch patterns and see examples of how to use them to shape a garment or any small project without decreasing or increasing stitches. Examples will be shown to illustrate this technique. Hats, cowls, small bags and gloves will be discussed as a potential projects for this innovative technique. During class, make a sampler with stitch patterns and sketch a design in which these stitch patterns will be used. In addition, change of needle sizes will be used to shape even more without making traditional calculations.
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