Fit to Flatter: Workshop Description - Sat AM
Fit to Flatter: Workshop Description - Sat PM
Biography

AMY HERZOG


Fit to Flatter: Workshop Description
Saturday, October 20, 2012
9:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Class Fee: $75.00
Class Size: 15 Students

In early 2010 I was talking with a good friend about a sweater she'd recently knit that really disappointed her. The thing that struck me about our conversation was her attitude of resignation about the whole experience—as though whether she'd be pleased with the result of months of hard work wasn't even remotely under her control. I recognized this as a pervasive attitude in the knitting community, online and in real life. "Why do we feel this way about something we control from start to finish?" I wondered.  Because of course, this illusion of randomness is just that: an illusion. As knitters, we have the power to create a piece of couture perfectly suited to our figures every single time. If we look dispassionately, acceptingly, at our forms, we gain the ability to turn this theoretical power into the perfect sweater.  So in April 2010, I began writing tutorials on knitting to flatter the body's inherent shape as posts on my knitting blog (http://www.stashknitrepeat.com). Response to the ten-part tutorial series, now completed, has been overwhelmingly positive and there now exists a vibrant online community of knitters who want sweaters that make them look amazing. It quickly became clear that a large portion of this community wanted to tackle this topic in a more hands-on way—and the Fit to Flatter workshops were born!
These workshops are designed for those knitters who want hands-on, personalized instruction of the Fit to Flatter principles. My goals in teaching them are the same as in writing the tutorials: To enable the student to understand her own shape and what will flatter it, and then give her the skills to turn a pattern she loves into a sweater that loves her right back.
Class Overview:
The workshop is structured around three main segments:
- Introducing the basic principles of dressing to flatter the body's inherent shape
- Personalized shape analysis, with in-class photographs of each student
- Application of the principles discussed in the first segment to the students' own shapes
Each of these three segments will feature visual, hands-on lessons. The first segment includes real-life
examples of the principles at work, including me illustrating points to the students by wearing different
sweaters; the second segment involves a camera set-up so that each student gets to take home a printout of her or his own shape; the third incorporates group try-ons and comparisons of hand-knit sweaters followed by walking through some example

Students should come in (or willing to change into) well-fitting clothing because we'll be taking pictures! Students should bring along a tape measure, marker, and (for the longer class) a swatch or three of the fabric/gauge they'd like their custom sweater in. It's appreciated for students to bring patterns they're especially interested in and some of their own hand-knit sweaters, but this is not required.



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Fit to Flatter: Workshop Description
Saturday, October 20, 2012
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Class Fee: $75.00
Class Size: 15 Students

In early 2010 I was talking with a good friend about a sweater she'd recently knit that really disappointed her. The thing that struck me about our conversation was her attitude of resignation about the whole experience—as though whether she'd be pleased with the result of months of hard work wasn't even remotely under her control. I recognized this as a pervasive attitude in the knitting community, online and in real life. "Why do we feel this way about something we control from start to finish?" I wondered.  Because of course, this illusion of randomness is just that: an illusion. As knitters, we have the power to create a piece of couture perfectly suited to our figures every single time. If we look dispassionately, acceptingly, at our forms, we gain the ability to turn this theoretical power into the perfect sweater.  So in April 2010, I began writing tutorials on knitting to flatter the body's inherent shape as posts on my knitting blog (http://www.stashknitrepeat.com). Response to the ten-part tutorial series, now completed, has been overwhelmingly positive and there now exists a vibrant online community of knitters who want sweaters that make them look amazing. It quickly became clear that a large portion of this community wanted to tackle this topic in a more hands-on way—and the Fit to Flatter workshops were born!
These workshops are designed for those knitters who want hands-on, personalized instruction of the Fit to Flatter principles. My goals in teaching them are the same as in writing the tutorials: To enable the student to understand her own shape and what will flatter it, and then give her the skills to turn a pattern she loves into a sweater that loves her right back.
Class Overview:
The workshop is structured around three main segments:
- Introducing the basic principles of dressing to flatter the body's inherent shape
- Personalized shape analysis, with in-class photographs of each student
- Application of the principles discussed in the first segment to the students' own shapes
Each of these three segments will feature visual, hands-on lessons. The first segment includes real-life
examples of the principles at work, including me illustrating points to the students by wearing different
sweaters; the second segment involves a camera set-up so that each student gets to take home a printout of her or his own shape; the third incorporates group try-ons and comparisons of hand-knit sweaters followed by walking through some example

Students should come in (or willing to change into) well-fitting clothing because we'll be taking pictures! Students should bring along a tape measure, marker, and (for the longer class) a swatch or three of the fabric/gauge they'd like their custom sweater in. It's appreciated for students to bring patterns they're especially interested in and some of their own hand-knit sweaters, but this is not required.



Click here to register online.
Click here to print and mail in registration form.


Biography:
Amy has been knitting since she was a small child and is passionate about sweaters that not only fit, but flatter the wearer’s figure as well. She writes about her knitting, modifying patterns to suit your particular body, and her designs at http://www.stashknitrepeat.com and can be found on Ravelry and Flickr as “stashknitrepeat”.