Raglan Sweater Workshop: Monday Sweater with Instructor Cappie Tennant 1/10, 1/24, 2/14, 2/28/27

Raglan Sweater Workshop: Monday Sweater by PetiteKnit

Date: Sundays, 1/10, 1/24, 2/14, and 2/28, 12 - 2pm
Price: $75

Ready to make your first sweater? Or looking to master fit and gauge? A top-down raglan is the perfect place to start or practice. In this class, you’ll learn how a raglan sweater is built and leave with everything you need to knit one that actually fits.

What you’ll learn:

• Choosing the right yarn for your project — how fiber content and yarn weight affect your finished sweater
• Sizing — finding your best fit by understanding the interaction of ease and your individual fit preferences
• Gauge is not a four letter word — evaluating stitch and row gauge for fabric quality and fit, plus how gauge may shift when you’re knitting flat versus in the round and in the round at a smaller circumference
• Tidy shaping — tips and tricks for better looking increases and decreases
• Picking up stitches — including picking up for sleeves to minimize holes and gaps
• German short rows — not at all as intimidating as you may think
• Tubular Bind Off — and when to choose alternatives
• 1x1 rib that behaves — tricks for crisper ribbing
• A beautifully finished neckline — working a double-folded collar that looks (and feels) professionally made and even fits over your head!
• Blocking as a tool, not just a finale — why blocking mid-project can be just as powerful as blocking at the end 

Who it’s for: Knitters who are comfortable with knitting, purling, working in the round, and basic increases and decreases. 

Suggested yarns: Kelborne Woolens Scout, Knitting for Olive Merino + Knitting for Olive Mohair, Kelbourne Woolens Cozy, or Malabrio Arroyo. Also suitable for other DK weight yarns if you’re stash diving or have had your eye on another yarn – we get it!

Meet Your Guide: Cappie Tennant

My teaching philosophy is simple. Knitting is supposed to be fun, and Elizabeth Zimmerman was right: you’re the boss of your own knitting. If I suggest something, and you’d rather do it a different way — skip it! Swap it! Do your own thing! Just be sure to share what you do, so I don’t miss the chance to learn something new. My job is to help you end up with a project you're proud of, not to make you knit it “my way” or, ugh, “the right way.” By the by, I don't believe there is a “right way” in knitting, just your way. 

Expect good company, plenty of laughs, and a friend who is as excited about your project as I am about my own (already dreaming about my next one or three).