Get a taste of Estonian knitting making a wristlet showcasing four traditional techniques. This workshop is an introduction to Estonian knitting exploring knit fringe, knit braids, bobbles, and roosimine inlay knitting. We will travel across Estonia learning these different techniques that are much easier than they look. A great way to get to grips with many of the techniques covered in Aleks Byrd’s book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits and Kindred Knits – Patterns from my Estonian Family Archive.
This is an in-person workshop at Fibre Space, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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Intermediate - Students should be comfortable knitting and purling in the round, working with more than one colour, reading charts.
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• US 6 / 4mm needles for knitting small circumference (Double pointed needles or 32” / 80 cm circular needles for magic loop)
• Stitch markers
• Scissors
• Knit Fringe tool (available from Aleks Byrd) or flat stick or card approx 0.5” / 1.5 cm wide for wrapping fringe yarn loops
• DK yarn in 3 contrasting colours in the following approx. amounts:
- MC (main colour) 20g
- CC1 (contrast colour 1 used for fringe) 10g
- CC2 (contrast colour 2 used for fringe) 10g
Make sure the yarn for CC1 and CC2 is easy to pull from both ends of the ball for working with two strands at a time