FIBER FRIDAY Shetland Lace Coaster with Helen Robertson VIA ZOOM!
Travel via Zoom to Shetland and create this beautiful Shetland Lace coaster using an old shetland lace motif. You will learn this method of creating an attached backing layer leading to huge possibilities for your lace knitting. Helen will share examples of other Shetland Lace to inspire your next Shetland Lace project - the possibilities are endless!!
In class we will knit the lace coaster together and Helen will then demonstrate how to attach the garter stitch backing and I cord edge so you can complete your coaster! These are the perfect item for gifting to the most knit worthy of your friends and family!
This is a Live One Time Zoom event at 6 Eastern, 5 Central, 4 Mountain, 3 Pacific
Your zoom link will be sent the day before the class. If you do not see it please check your spam filter.
This class will be recorded and participants can view the recording for 7 days after the class.
Materials list:
1ply or 2 ply lace weight yarn (Jamieson's of Shetland Ultra Cobweb in White) AND fingering/4ply yarn in a contrasting color (Jamieson's of Shetland in Espresso, Oxford, or Conifer).
The pattern for the Shetland Lace Coaster, which includes 4 different Shetland Lace Motifs is included in your tuition for class and will be sent with your Zoom Link.
US 3 (3.25mm) needles to knit flat.
2 stitches holders
1 tapestry needle
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Skill Details: | Casting on and casting off. You will learn how to create Shetland lace by performing yarn overs and K2tog, picking up stitches and creating an I cord edge. |
| Instructor: | Helen Robertson |
| Instructor Bio: | I was born and grew up in Shetland, knitting since age 3. I am inspired by Shetland’s rich heritage and natural environment and I enjoy developing new knitting techniques and designing knitwear and jewellery. I am known for my innovation in knitting - both in exploring new materials and developing new techniques. My jewellery designs have been described as ‘quirky’ and ‘startlingly original’. I love creating replicas of natural objects and abstracting images to create new designs. I deliver knit workshops in person and online in my various original techniques and I run social online knitting classes aimed at bringing folk across the world together though knitting. . I am also a Shetland Wool Week tutor and teach textiles through the Adult Education program for the Shetland Islands Council. For the past two winters I have travelled around 8 of Shetland’s inhabited outer isles to deliver knitting workshops in two of my original techniques wire knitting and fizzy fair isle knitting as part of Culture Collective. I am very proud of my Shetland Heritage which I love to modernise and share! |
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