THESE CLASSES ARE DESIGNED FOR YOU TO LEARN A NUMBER OF MORE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL KNITTING TECHNIQUES WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO PRACTISE AND EXPERIMENT. THE INTERMEDIATE CLASS BUILDS UPON THE BASE KNOWLEDGE LEARNT IN THE BEGINNERS CLASS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL CLASSES:
- JACQUARD (PATTERNS)
HOW THE JACQUARD TECHNIQUE WORKS ON A KNITTING MACHINE
PUNCHCARD PATTERNS
DISTORTING AND CREATING IRREGULAR DESIGNS
VERTICAL STRIPES AND CHECK PATTERNS
CREATING YOUR OWN PUNCHCARD DESIGN
FREEHAND LETTERS AND WORDS (NOT USING PUNCHCARD)
USING FUN MATERIALS
- 3D STRUCTURES (TUCKS, CABLES, HEMS & 3D STITCHES)
HOW THE TUCK TECHNIQUE WORKS ON A KNITTING MACHINE
TUCK PUNCHCARD PATTERNS
EXPERIMENTAL FREEHAND TUCK PATTERNS BY STRIPING AND HOLDING
CABLING AND RIBBING (SINGLE BED)
HOOKING UP TO CREATE HEMS AND EDGES
HONEY COMB STRUCTURE AND PLEATS
POPCORN, LOOP AND 3D STITCHES
- WEAVING (WOVEN KNITS & FRINGING ON A KNITTING MACHINE)
HOW THE WEAVING TECHNIQUE WORKS ON A KNITTING MACHINE
WEAVE PUNCHCARD PATTERNS
FREEHAND WEAVE TECHNIQUES
EXPERIMENTAL WEAVING WITH DIFFERENT YARNS AND MATERIALS
WEAVING AND STRIPING TO CREATE CHECK PATTERNS
WEAVING INTARSIA
EXOTIC FRINGING
I-CORDING/CREATING CHUNKY YARNS
3D PATTERNING AND FRINGING
- HOLDING (SPIKES, FRILLS AND ORGANIC SHAPES ON A KNITTING MACHINE)
HOW THE HOLDING TECHNIQUE WORKS ON A KNITTING MACHINE
KNITTING IN A CIRCLE
CREATING FRILLS
3D SPIKES AND SHORT ROW KNITTING
LOOPS, BUBBLES AND ORGANIC SHAPES
HOLDING LACE
WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL CLASS YOU WILL CREATE A RANGE OF SAMPLES TO TAKE AWAY WITH YOU AND LEARN FROM.
FOR THE INTERMEDIATE CLASSES, LEARNERS NEED TO HAVE ATTENDED THE BEGINNERS CLASS OR HAVE SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE IN USING THE KNITTING MACHINE, ITS OPERATIONS AND WANT TO LEARN MORE.
THE MACHINES USED FOR THE CLASSES WILL BE BROTHER KNITTING MACHINES. ALL EQUIPMENT AND YARNS WILL BE PROVIDED, ALONG WITH TECHNICAL NOTES WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO GO WITH YOUR CLASS.
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