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.
