The Structure of Shawls Online Workshop

Description

Join Angela as she shares her secrets to creating the perfect shawl in this online workshop. Both beginners and experts will find inspiration in a new shape, decorative decrease, or finishing technique while creating beautiful shawls.

Whether you’re interested in keeping your shoulders warm or creating a piece of wearable art, shawls are the perfect accessory to add a pop of color and elegance to your wardrobe. Instructor and designer Angela Tong guides you every step of the way, from planning your shawl’s shape to blocking and finishing your completed piece.

This workshop also includes a downloadable pattern for Angela’s Colfax Shawl, as well as a downloadable guide to knitting increases and decreases.

In This Online Workshop You’ll Learn:

• Basic shawl shapes and construction methods
• A variety of cast-on methods commonly used in shawl knitting
• Different increases and decreases for shaping shawls
• Edgings and bind offs
• Blocking techniques for a finishing touch

Lesson Outline:

• Intro
• About Your Instructor
• Understanding Shawl Shapes
• Stitch Patterns
• Cast-Ons for Shawls
• Shaping
• Working Shawl Edges
• Bind-Offs
• Blocking
• Additional Shawl-Knitting Resources

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Techniques Covered: Cast-ons; bind-offs; increases & decreases; blocking

Skill Level: Adventurous beginners and up. Students should have basic knitting skills

Materials Needs: Worsted-weight yarn in two colors; Size 7 or 8 knitting needles; crochet hook

This Online Workshop Includes:

• Discussion board: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the Online Workshop. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, and express your inspirations.
• Gallery: Share images of your work where you can give and receive feedback from fellow students.
• Notes: This is a place for you to keep personal notes to help you with your work and the Online Workshop content. Only you will be able to see your notes.
• Video Lessons: Run Time 71 minutes

About the Instructor
Angela is a knitwear designer based in NJ. Her designs have appeared in Interweave Knits, Knitscene, Knit Simple, Noro Knitting Magazine, and many other knitting magazines, books, and pattern collections. Angela is a certified knitting teacher through the Craft Yarn Council of America’s Certified Instructors Program. In addition to designing knits, she teaches classes on rigid heddle and pin-loom weaving. As a lifelong crafter, she has never met a craft she didn’t like.