NOTE: This is part of a special weekend with Kristin Spurkland.

Date & Time: Sunday, October 30, 11am-3pm

Location: Westminster College

Cost: $55 for just October 30 (or sign up for both days at $110 and get 15% off on the pattern and yarn for Sunday's Nordic Heartland Hat workshop).

Class Description

Learn the basics of Scandinavian two-color knitting while making a colorful Nordic hat. We will explore 2-color knitting techniques, reading charts, effective color selection and placement, as well as Scandinavian knitting history.

Skill level: intermediate and up

Materials:

For learning techniques: stash yarn (students may use anything from sport to light worsted weight) in at least 2 colors, 16" circular needles, appropriate to yarn weight, straight or dpn needles appropriate to yarn weight

For Hat

• Greeenland Hat pattern (see Ravelry)
• Size 2 (2.75mm) circular needles, 16" long
• Size 3 (3.25mm) circular needles, 16" long
• Size 3 (3.25mm) dpn
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle
• Jamieson's Shetland Spindrift (or equivalent weight yarn); one skein each in 5 colors

(note: students attending the colorworkshop may want to select their colors there)

Homework

With a 16" circular needle, CO sufficient sts to join the work into the round. Knit or rib until work measures about 1".

Optional

Students who wish to may CO for the Greenland hat and work the 2" of k1, p1 rib that form the border.

Kristin Spurkland Bio

After earning her Apparel Design degree from Bassist College in Portland, OR, in 1998, Kristin chose to pursue a path in knitwear design with a focus on hand knitting.

In addition to her work for knitting magazines and yarn companies, she is the author of four books: Knits From the Heart, Crochet From the Heart, and Blankets, Hats, and Booties (published by Martingale & Company); and The Knitting Man(ual) published by Ten Speed Press in 2007.

Kristin is now focusing on developing her own line of patterns.

When not knitting, Kristin volunteers at House of Dreams Cat Shelter, practices yoga and dance (samba, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Brazilian), and African and Brazilian percussion. She also enjoys reading and cooking, and time spent doing nothing at all.