Knitting the world together
Workshops offered by Teabreak Knitter
This activity may need a bit of retail therapy! Work through this web page to find out what you need to take part in the tutorial.
Start by downloading the handout for the tutorial. In it you will find the pattern for the waistcoat that you will knit, together with hints and tips on how to knit it. To make it easy to follow, it is divided into the same activities as this tutorial.
Continue reading “Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 0”
Before you start, please make sure that you have done everything in Activity 0. For instance, have you downloaded the handout and have the yarn and tools listed in Activity 0.
Instructions for this activity are on page 6 of the handout. You do not need to swatch for this project because its size does not matter. Instead, you can treat the entire project as a swatch to practice. Then make another one if you want to have a “showcase” to show others.
Continue reading “Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 1”
You should have already completed Activity 1: Vertical stripe knitting and have 3 rounds of vertical stripe ribs.
In this activity you will learn how to read a chart for colour knitting and practice knitting with two colours at a time to create a motif.
Continue reading “Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 2”
You should have already completed Activity 2: Knit stranded colour work in the round and have competed 2 rounds of your motif.
In this activity you will learn how to catch (trap) floats when you are knitting on the public side of stranded colour work. Catching floats helps maintain an even tension. Shorter floats are also less likely to catch in fingers.
The instructions for this activity are on page 9 and 10 of the handout.
Continue reading “Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 3”
Date: Complete before the workshop.
Unit contents:
Use Zoom as a participant.
Reflect on workshops you have given.
Gather materials.
Duration: 10 minutes for reflection.
Continue reading “Running an interactive workshop – preparation”
You have attended the workshop “Running an interactive workshop”. Here are some interactive workshop notes to remind you of what you learned,
Contents of this interactive workshop:
Introductions and welcome.
Planning for your interactive workshop.
Planning your virtual workspace.
Running the interactive workshop.
Summary and actions
Duration: 90 minutes.
Continue reading “Running an interactive workshop – notes”
Date: 11 June 2020. Time 14:00 UTC (15:00 UK time, 10:00 EDT)).
Unit contents: Introductions and welcome. Planning for your workshop. Planning your virtual workspace. Running the workshop. Summary and actions
Duration: 90 minutes.
Continue reading “Delivering workshops by video conference – online workshop notes”
Date: Complete before the workshop on 11 June 2020.
Unit contents: Use Zoom as a participant. Reflect on workshops you have given. Gather materials.
Duration: 10 minutes for reflection.
Continue reading “Delivering a workshop by video conference – homework”
By the end of the workshop and completion of the workshop project participants will have the confidence to plan and execute a project using stranded colour work based on a published pattern.
This is an online interactive workshop with interactive group teleconferencing sessions supported by an email discussion group, web pages and downloads.
This workshop is free.
There are no planned dates for the workshop.
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