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I am so grateful to you, my subscribers and students, for the spirit of creativity that you bring to our Working Hands Fibre Arts Studio community. Thank you for riding on the carousel with me!
Fibres West in March
I taught classes both days and met the best people! We crocheted little bowls, knit some corrugated rib, made new friends, and fell down a
Yoriko Oki rabbit hole together. Yoriko is a beautiful yarn dyer who shares space at the Fibre Art Studio on Granville Island. She had crocheted up and was wearing a gorgeous Expression Fiber Arts jacket in yarn that she dyed especially for that project. She allowed me to take a picture to share with all of you, because the jacket is one of the new classes that will be offered here soon.My new obsession is
Disdero Ranch Farm Yarns, from Tappen, BC. I fell hard in their booth and came away with a sweater quantity of bulky romney and a skein of their perfect sock yarn. Two of the upcoming class offerings will feature their yarns. I have been working a lot of their yarn through my fingers for the past few months!I also discovered
Mud Buttons, an amazing clay artist who had a stunning booth filled with clay creations to honour all of our knitwear. Me? I bought two clay spoons! 
Intarsia Knitting
Knit the Nola Cardigan
designed by Bernice at Yamagara Knits
A great introduction to Intarsia, a colourwork technique that is worked in colour blocks with separate balls of yarn.
The following classes are new and will begin over
the spring and summer:
Textured Knitting
Knit The Texture Vest
designed by Helga Isager
This beautiful textured fabric brings a little extra to a plain wool vest. Worked from charts, this is good learning if you are new to building texture with knit/purl combinations. Loops and toggles instead of buttonholes add a rustic but still a classy touch.
Knitting Cables
Fisherman Knit
designed by Skall Studio
Perfect for layering, this cropped fisherman style cabled pullover can be a great addition for chilly summer mornings and evenings, paired with a long skirt, and over-sized shirt. Crops not your style? No problem. This sweater can also be knit longer.
Fair Isle Knitting
Knit The Keris Vest
designed by Marie Wallin
Are you craving some all-over colourwork? This vest (aka sleeveless – yay!) might be the answer for you. Some slow knitting – we’ll spread it out over several months – knitting with two colours at a time. Maybe you’ll be wearing a beautiful new vest for the winter!
Crochet
The Increscent Jacket
designed by Expression Fiber Arts
Working rows of the Granny Stitch, this garment is created by folding large hexagons into body shapes. Yoriko Oki’s variegated yarns alternating with a base solid all the way through, create a gorgeous cohesive colour palette.
Here are the program details:
a Petiteknit pattern
This program has ended and the Poppy Tees
are out in the wild!
Venessa’s Poppy Tee all set to go!
one pattern – two garments by Caitlin Hunter
This program finished today!
We reinforced our steeks and prepared to cut up the centre front.
Intarsia Knitting
The Nola Cardigan
designed by Yamagara
4 Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Class #2 on June 6
– great introduction to intarsia colourwork and duplicate stitching
– managing multiple small balls of yarn
– top-down knitting
– v-neck shaping
– knitting buttonbands and buttonholes as-you-go, no picking up needed
– working from a chart
– sleeve style can be customized
Texture Vest
by Helga Isager
4 Saturdays from 1 to 4, approximately one class per month
suggested start date: Saturday, July 4, 1 – 4 pm
The following date will be late August
Please bring your calendar to the first class to plan.
image from ravelry
When the body is long enough the fronts and back are divided and worked separately. The shoulders and the back are finished with rib. Short rows are worked at the shoulder area to shape them to fit.
Stitches are picked up around the armholes to work a ribbed edge that is finished off with a sewn bind-off.
– my favourite cast-on for 1 x 1 rib
– knitting textured fabric using a chart
– working short rows to create shaping
– crocheted button loops for toggles
– my pick-up technique for tidy edgings
– sewn bind-off
If you are interested in this class please
email for the registration details. Start dates can be changed, so please let me know in the email, if the date doesn’t work for you. I try to accommodate everyone’s schedules as much as I can.The Fisherman Sweater
designed by Skall Studio
5 Saturdays from 1 to 4 pm, approximately one class per month
suggested start date: Saturday, July 18, 1 – 4 pm
Please bring your calendar to the first class to plan.
image from ravelry
image from Skall website
– knitting cables and braids
– short rows to shape the shoulders
– knitting sleeves from the top down, in the round
– my preferred cast-on method for 1 x 1 rib
– sewn bind-off
If you are interested in this class please
email for the registration details. Start dates can be changed, so please let me know in the email, if the date doesn’t work for you. I try to accommodate everyone’s schedules as much as I can.Increscent
designed by Expression Fiber Arts
5 Saturdays from 1 to 4, approximately one class per month
Suggested start date: September 12
image from ravelry
– for crocheters comfortable with basic stitches and are ready to make a garment
– joining rounds
– optional single crochet decreases
– optional double crochet post stitches
If you are interested in this class please email for the registration details. Start dates can be changed, so please let me know in the email, if the date doesn’t work for you. I try to accommodate everyone’s schedules as much as I can.
converted from knitting flat to knitting in the round
designed by Marie Wallin
5 Saturdays from 1 – 4, approximately one class per month
Suggested start date: August 29
Please bring your calendar to the first class to plan.
Designed to use Marie’s own British Breeds yarn, I will provide a list of colours for shetland yarns to make this a more affordable project. Marie’s yarns are gorgeous, for sure, but are also pricey. I’ll do the research and provide an alternative collection of colours in shetland wool yarn that will match as closely as possible to the pattern suggestions.
This garment would be a great introduction for knitters who want to build on their colour work skills, but also an interesting new knit for experienced knitters.
For advanced knitters who wish to, I’ll provide instructions for steeking the armholes.
If this program interests you, and you would like the details about the yarn and registration, please email for more information using this link. In your email please let me know if the start date works for you. It is sometimes possible to change dates. I try to accommodate everyone’s schedules as much as I can.
