FULL ON FAIR ISLE with Pru Raymond

FULL ON FAIR ISLE with Pru Raymond

Time: 12:30PM to 3:30PM
Location:Skein Machine Yarn Store
3/276 Shepherds Hill Rd, Eden Hills, Adelaide, 5050

Get full on with Fair Isle in this intensive workshop with Pru
Raymond. Learn to slice your knitting open like a pro, and
add bands and cuffs. Develop techniques to make your
colourwork stitches pop, and your floats so beautiful, youll
want to wear your sweaters inside out. You will leave with
a new level of confidence to knit any Fair Isle / stranded
colourwork pattern.

Students Should Bring

• 4 mm circular knitting needle with 80cm circumference or DPNs
• 2 x 50 balls/cakes of 8ply/DK non-superwash wool yarn in solid/ semi solid colours:one in a very light (or white) and the other in a medium to dark colour.
• Notions: wool needle, stitch markers, scissors.

SKILL LEVEL:

This class is designed for knitters to improve and extend their stranded colourwork
skills to include better yarn management strategies, consistent colour dominance,
catching floats (how, why and when), and steeking (unfinished method).

ABOUT THE TUTOR:
Pru Raymond has sold out knitting workshops and stackable
retreats in yarn stores and community centres Australia-
wide, and in yarn stores on the east and west coast of USA.
Pru combines her expertise as a professional educator and
her lifelong passion for knitting to develop original,
engaging knitting workshops. As a qualified teacher with
almost 20 years’ experience, Pru’s workshops are supportive,
engaging and inclusive of all learners. Pru has an in-depth
knowledge of diverse styles and techniques and
demonstrates new skills in English, Combination and
Continental Styles.
Pru also designs and publishes knitting patterns, freelances
for knitting magazines and has produced a range of knitting
themed books which are available on Amazon globally,
and stocked in select yarn stores. Learn more at
dearpru.com

(refreshments provided, please let us know in advance if you have any allergies or dietary requirements).

(NOTE: Pru is a qualified teacher with 18 years experience and a current SA teacher’s registration which includes a Working With Children Check and police clearance)