Have you ever wished you have a pocket or two after you finished your sweater? Or maybe even on a scarf, on your hat, or just about anything. In this class, we are going to learn how to make afterthought pockets that you can add to your knitwear without planning ahead or ripping back.
knit/purl, cast on/bind off, working in the round, have knit a few accessories, basic finishing techniques, how to pick up stitches, how to work in the round with small circumferences
Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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Requirements: | Materials: 2 removable markers, 2 double pointed needles of the same size or smaller than the needles for the knitwear, 1 circular needle for the pocket yarn, yarn for pockets (can be same color or different color.), scissors |
Instructor: | Connie Peng |
Instructor Bio: | Connie, aka yellowcosmo, designs a wide range of sweaters and accessories designs using colorwork, cables and lace. Coming from a studio art background, she often starts her designs with original motifs of her own. Her first love is designing with colorwork, but she also enjoys working with unique combination of cables and lace in her designs. Born in Taipei, she moved with her family to San Francisco when she was in 12. The experience of learning a new language, living in a new culture in a vibrant city built a foundation of curiosity in her. She studied art at University of California at Santa Cruz and later earned her MFA in painting at American University in Washington, DC. She moved to Lake Tahoe for snowboarding and found a job teaching art at a local college; meanwhile she started designing knit patterns. She takes her sense of adventure and her artistic sensibility into her knitwear design, making each design unique and fresh. Connie has published over 100 designs in the past 10 years and her designs appeared in Amirisu magazine in 2014 and 2015. |
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