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FIBER FRIDAY with Ann Weaver: THE AFTERTHOUGHT HEEL or Pocket via ZOOM!
It also enables you to fit the sock perfectly to the intended wearer’s foot, eliminating the need to try on the sock while you are knitting it or have the recipient’s foot measurements handy. In this workshop, we’ll work afterthought heels on worsted-weight tubes to learn the skill before you apply it to a pair of socks you’ve knit. Also, you can use this method to make other alterations to hand knits, such as adding a pocket to a finished garment. You can afterthought anything!
Skills needed:
• Sock knitting experience of any kind (toe-up or top-down)
• Comfort with picking up stitches
Techniques covered:
• Afterthought heels—the no-waste-yarn method
• Kitchener stitch
• Other technical details of knitting socks
Materials needed:
• US Size 7, set of 4 double-pointed needles or 32-inch circular needle for magic loop
• Removable stitch marker
• Tapestry needle
• Tape measure
• Small, sharp scissors
• Small amount (20 grams is plenty) of worsted-weight yarn in each of two colors: one color for knitting the practice tube and one color for knitting the heel. I recommend smooth yarn in light, solid colors.
Homework:
Knit your practice tube as follows:
Using US Size 7 needles and worsted weight yarn, CO 32 sts. Knit in the round until tube measures
approximately 6 inches. Bind off.
This is a a LIVE ZOOM event. Your ZOOM link and any handouts from the instructor will be emailed to you the evening before class. If you do not see the link please check your spam filter.
Class Start Time: 6PM Eastern, 5PM Central, 4PM MTN, 3 PM Pacific 
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Skill Details: | Student needs sock knitting skills of any kind and experience picking up stitches |
| Instructor: | Ann Weaver |
| Instructor Bio: | Ann Weaver combines her love of knitting, her passion for creative reuse and thrifting, and her love of mending to provide us with techniques for saving or repurposing our beloved handmade and ready-wear knitwear. With the current trend to use what you already have and fix what?s broken, all the while rejecting the notion that newer is better, Ann will share examples of her altered and mended knits and demonstrate two methods of darning holes using simple tools. Darning can keep your beloved knitwear in service for years to come, and Ann hopes to inspire you to give new life to worn or thrifted textiles, perhaps in the form of a pincushion, a pillow, or some other use! |
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