Build Your Knitting Skills with the Rebecca Page Knitting Summit

There are lots of ways to learn about knitting and build your skills these days. We can watch videos, read books and blogs and learn from people we know. If you want to learn a lot in a short period of time, a summit is a great way to do that.

I’m one of the teachers for the upcoming Knitting Summit from Rebecca Page, and it looks like it will be a great opportunity to boost your knitting skills quickly.

There are 23 different classes, covering all sorts of topics including colorwork (stranded, mosaic, intarsia), lace knitting, sock knitting, natural dyeing and so much more.

My class is all about knitting fingerless gloves.

I have really small hands (and wrists the same size as my 13-year-old’s) so other people’s patterns for mitts don’t usually fit me well. And my hands are cold pretty much all the time so I have knit myself a lot of fingerless gloves through the years.

This course covers three different methods for making fingerless gloves: working them flat and seaming them, leaving a hole for the thumb; working in the round but working a portion flat to make a hole for the thumb; and working in the round and knitting a thumb gusset so the thumb is covered a little bit, too.

We’ll cover how and where to measure your hand, how to knit and measure a gauge swatch and just a tiny bit of math to ensure your mitts fit you (or anyone else you want to knit them for).

The knitting summit takes place Jan. 23-27 and is totally free to attend. You’ll get an email each morning that gives you access to that day’s classes, which you then have 24 hours to watch.

If you need more time you can also grab a VIP pass, which gives you unlimited playback, plus access to courses no one else gets.

Adding a bit of knitting to your fall decor is a lot of fun, whether it’s knit pumpkins or a bunch of adorable knit ghosts like these.

Knit ghosts can be super simple like this free ghost knitting pattern from Trixie Zynch on Ravelry. Using about 50 yards of worsted weight yarn, they’re worked from the bottom up and are super cute as a pair.

This fuzzy little ghost from Forest Knitting Toys is holding a pumpkin and wearing a witch hat, though of course the accessories are optional, as is the fuzzy yarn. The main yarn is chunky and the ghost measures about 10 cm/4 inches tall. It’s worked in the round.

Another fuzzy ghost in more of a Pacman style is this ghost plushie form South Stitch Girls. It’s worked in the round with bulky yarn and includes a sweet little bow you can make in whatever color you like.

The ghost doll from Edith Grace Designs has little arms and a curl at the top of its head. The body is worked flat using DK weight yarn and you could also work it in glow in the dark yarn for extra fun. The body and head are worked in one piece with the arms knit separately.

The Grim Grinning Ghosts from Susan Claudino are super cute and you can knit them in any yarn and gauge you like to make ghosts of different sizes. These are worked in the round with the body done in one piece and the arms are knit separately. The ghosts shown were knit in sock yarn, DK and worsted weight yarn. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Make a ghost with funny striped legs with this ghost shelf sitter design from Claire Fairall Designs. It’s worked in three colors of DK weight yarn, and the letters spelling out boo are made with strips of garter stitch sewn into shape.

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