Knitting Workshop - Steeking - Thursday 29th May (afternoon)

What is steeking?

Steeking is one of those terms that strikes fear in to the heart of even the most experienced of knitters and there’s a good reason there is an ‘eek’ in the word because it involves cutting your knitting.  Yes, you did read that right, cutting…with scissors.  But fear not, the cut is made vertically so, with some careful preparation, your knitting won’t fall apart.

Why would I do that?

When working a complex Fair Isle pattern, or even if you don't like purling, it's far simpler and more fun to work a sweater in the round and then convert it to a cardigan.  

This workshop shows you how to create the stitches that will later be steeked (cut) and how to secure the edges afterwards.  You'll knit a mug cosy or mat in the round.

Experience required: you will be an intermediate knitter who knows how to knit in the round on DPNs or with a circular needle.

You bring: 3.75 or 4mm DPNs or circular knitting needle, a 3mm crochet hook
We supply: yarn, tea and coffee and the inspiration!

The Small Print:

• We need a minimum of 4 course attendees to make the course fun for you and worthwhile for us.  If less than 4 people have booked this workshop a week beforehand, we will cancel that date and reschedule and/or offer a refund.
  

• If you cancel your booking within one week of the class commencing, we will attempt to fill your place.  If we cannot fill the place, we are sorry, we cannot refund your fee.
  
  

• If your circumstances change and you wish to transfer onto a different workshop, we reserve the right to charge a transfer fee - £10 for a single session workshop, £20 for a longer course. This is to partially compensate us for an empty place on a course that we cannot fill.
  
  

• Crates of Wool Ltd acts as agent for Crates of Wool Training & Services Ltd which provides all our workshops.   Crates of Wool Training & Services Ltd is not registered for VAT therefore no VAT is charged on our workshops.