Classes
- Most 2-hour group classes are $20 plus materials (when applicable). Purchase your spot by visiting or calling us at The Yarn Bank.
- We’d love to hear from you! Do you have a group you’d like to reserve a special class or event for? Let us know what looks interesting to you!
- Bootcamp: 1 hour skills classes
- Topic classes: variable length
Call the shop at 802-748-2265 to sign up
Let’s Knit Socks
Tuesday October 20 4-6 PM
Learn the basics of sock knitting with a miniature top-down sock, perfect for decoration or as the first half of a baby gift. We’ll provide you with a basic top-down sock pattern, and you’ll learn how to make a heel flap, turn a heel, and pick up gusset stitches. Speedy knitters may have time to finish the toe with kitchener stitch, but everyone will have a demonstration and an illustrated printout to take home. You can use your preferred method for knitting small circumferences: double pointed needles, two circular needles, or magic loop. Bring or buy worsted weight yarn and needles to match your yarn.
Upcoming Knit and Crochet with a Teacher ($20):
—Tuesdays: Nov 3, Dec 1 4-6 PM
—Saturdays: Nov 7, Dec 5, & 19 4-6 PM
You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers! This general 2-hour class provides whatever help you need for your knitting and crochet.
- Bring a project that has you stuck
- Learn a new technique
- Including those we teach in topic classes
- Work on modifying a pattern for a different yarn or gauge
- Learn how to knit or crochet!
We All Make Mistakes (and How to Fix Them): Knitting
Saturday November 21 4-6 PM
Turns out, really good knitters make lots of mistakes! While they rip out a lot, they also know how to fix smaller mistakes without having to rip. In this class you will learn how to fix a dropped stitch, how to fix mistakes in lace, texture, and cabled patterns, and how to place lifelines. We’ll learn some techniques for dealing with mistakes that occur too far back for a standard fix. Bring your mistakes and/or a swatch still on the knitting needles with a garter section and a stockinette section.
Bring to class (optional):
- Swatch on needle
- Cast on 20 stitches in medium to light-color worsted weight, then do one half the stitches in garter, the other half in stockinette like this:
- Row 1: Knit all stitches
- Row 2: Knit 10, purl 10.
- Repeat these two rows for a couple of inches and leave on the needle.
- Cast on 20 stitches in medium to light-color worsted weight, then do one half the stitches in garter, the other half in stockinette like this:
- Additional supplies to have ready (if you already have them):
- Crochet hook & double pointed needles (size 3.5-4.00 mm/ F or G is good, but anything you have is fine.)
- Yarn needle
- Dental floss (smooth)
- Locking stitch markers
- Projects with mistakes 🙂
Events
October 24 Malabrigo Day