Finesse Your Knitting Skills
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Finesse Your Knitting Skills
Over this 10-part Masterclass Series Juliet will direct you to perfect the techniques: explaining different sock heel and toe techniques, double knitting, brioche, continental knitting, steeking, intarsia, short row shaping, cabling without a cable needle and how to recolour a Fair Isle pattern.
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Have you ever wanted to try some intermediate knitting techniques to take your craft to the next level? Finesse Your Knitting Skills with designer Juliet Bernard will take you there.
Over this 10-part Masterclass Series Juliet will direct you to perfect the techniques: explaining different sock heel and toe techniques, double knitting, brioche, continental knitting, steeking, intarsia, short row shaping, cabling without a cable needle and how to recolour a Fair Isle pattern.
This comprehensive series sponsored by Stylecraft and Knit Pro is perfect for those knitters with a good level of experience (or the adventurous beginner) to level-up their knitting skills.
Key Learnings:
Unlock techniques that might seem scary:
- Continental knitting
- Steeking
- Different toes and heels for socks
- Brioche knitting
- Double knitting
- Cabling with and without a needle
- Intarsia
- Short row shaping
- How to recolour a Fair Isle
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Session Overview
Session 1: Continental Knitting
Session 1: Continental Knitting
Dive straight into learning and master the continental knit and purl stitch before progressing to Fair Isle using the two-handed technique. These skills will help your floats lie flatter and means your yarn doesn't get tangled.
Key Learnings:
- Continental knit
- Purl stitch
- Two-handed Fair Isle
Materials:
- DK yarn in contrasting colours
- 4mm needles
Session 2: Steeking - how to cut your knitting safely
Session 2: Steeking - how to cut your knitting safely
This session steers you to master a technique which is particularly useful for knitting items such as cardigans. You’ll be shown how to prepare a knitted mug cosy using the crochet technique and how to ensure it is secure when you come to cut it.
Key Learnings:
- Preparing a steek
- Cutting
- Making a border
Materials & Preparation:
- Ahead of this session, use the mug cosy pattern provided to knit in a DK yarn with wool and 4mm needles.
Session 3: Three different toes for socks
Session 3: Three different toes for socks
Discover different styles of toes for socks to help them fit better for your foot type: normal toe, gored toe and toe up socks using Judy's magic cast on.
Key Learnings:
- Grafting or Kitchener stitch
- Shaping
- Judy's magic cast on
Materials & Preparation:
- 4ply and 2.75mm needles
- Having knitted your heel from the previous workshop, knit to the point in the pattern where the toe starts. In the case of the toe up sock, no preparation is needed.
Session 4: Three different heels for socks
Session 4: Three different heels for socks
Following on from perfecting toe designs, create various styles of heels for socks: heel flap, strong heel and afterthought heel.
Key Learnings:
- Heel flap
- Turning the heel
- Inserting an afterthought heel
Materials & Preparation:
- 4 ply yarn and 2.75mm needles
- Knit a tube to the point the heel starts before the workshop
Session 5: Brioche knitting
Session 5: Brioche knitting
Be introduced to a very popular technique that is easy to master: Brioche Knitting. Juliet will guide you through the two-colour technique in the round, following a ribbed cast on, as well as how to use increases and decreases to add interest to your patterns.
Key Learnings:
- Brioche Knitting using two colours
- Decreasing and increasing in brioche
Materials & Preparation:
- DK in two contrasting colours
- 4mm needles
- You will need to have completed the rib of the cowl before the workshop, using the pattern provided
Session 6: Double Knitting
Session 6: Double Knitting
This next style of knitting is so clever but it does take some concentration. You will ascertain how to cast on, the double knitting technique, as well as how to read a chart in order to complete the lovely washcloth pattern provided.
Key Learnings:
- Casting on
- Foundation rows
- Creating a pattern in double knitting
- Casting off
Materials:
- DK cotton yarn in two contrasting colours
- 4mm needles
Session 7: Cabling with and without a needle
Session 7: Cabling with and without a needle
During this session, Juliet will aide you to be able to cable with a cable needle and then progress to the more convenient technique without a cable needle. A cabled hat pattern is provided to help you learn this technique.
Key Learnings:
- 4 stitch cable
- Cable diamond
- Bobble
Materials:
- DK yarn
- 4mm needles
- A chunky yarn and knitted small squares
Session 8: Intarsia
Session 8: Intarsia
This colour work technique is all the rage at the moment. In Session 8: Intarsia, Juliet will show you how to make an intarsia motif without getting in a tangle!
Key Learnings:
- How to wind a yarn butterfly
- Introducing colours
- How to twist yearns together so you don't get gaos
- Weaving in ends
Materials:
- DK in 3 colours
- 4mm yarn
- Ahead of this session you should knit the moss stitch border and up to row 4 from the pattern provided
Session 9: Short row shaping
Session 9: Short row shaping
Explore two ways of knitting short rows to help shape your knits on both knit and purl stitches - the wrap and turn method and the German short row.
Key Learnings:
- Wrap and turn short rows in knit and purl
- Picking up wraps
- German short rows in knit and purl
- Knitting the double stitches
Materials:
- DK yarn
- 4mm needles
- Ahead of this workshop, knit 8 rows of stocking stitch on 25 stitches
Session 10: Recolour a Fair Isle
Session 10: Recolour a Fair Isle
Have you ever looked at a Fair Isle design but just not liked the colours? In the final session of our series you will be able to successfully change colours to your palette and create balance. Realise what happens if you reverse colours and be able to discern if a colour is dark, light or mid-tone.
Key Learning:
- Changing colours in Fair Isle
Materials:
- Assorted colours of DK yarn
- 4mm needles
Materials & Preparation
Materials You Will Need
Please note these materials are not included with purchase of this class, the following materials will need to be bought separately.
• DK and 4 ply yarn
• 4mm straight or circular needles
• 4mm DPNS
• 2.75mm DPNs
• A chunky yarn and knitted small squares
Preparation:
• Some workshops such as steeking, socks and toes and short row shaping need some knitting to be done before starting
Meet the Master: Juliet Bernard
Juliet Bernard is a teacher, journalist and designer who lives and works in the UK. She was the founding editor of ‘The Knitter’, and now spends her time writing her own blog, designing, and running a company called Planet Handmade. Alongside this, Juliet works to promote brands including Stylecraft and UK Hand Knitting.
In her own time, she enjoys knitting and this personal passion extends to her teaching where she specialises in continental and double knitting, with particular favouritism towards Fair Isle techniques.
Find out more about Juliet Bernard:
Instagram @julietbernard
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/juliet.bernard/
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Lesley B (verified owner – )
Really good clear instructions. I am familiar with some of the techniques but this has been a great refresher. The ones I don’t know are well explained and presented, so I’m looking forward to giving them a try. Would definitely recommend this masterclass if you are looking to improve your knitting skills.