Modular Knitting/Universal Mitered Bag
Cable Mania & Embellishments
Backyard Leaves
Combimation Knitting - SOLD OUT
Wavy Lace Scarf
Increases & Decreases

Biography
 
ANNIE MODESITT

Modular Knitting/Universal Mitered Bag

Thursday October 15, 2009
9:00am - 4:30pm
Cost: $150
Class Size:20 Students
 
We’ll cover the basics of Mitered - or Domino - Knitting, learn ways to visualize mitered patterns through charts, and begin The Universal Mitered Bag, which can be completed at the knitters own pace after the class.
 
Modular Knitting is a general term that embraces several ways of creating multi-directional knit fabric.  Two of the most popular modular knitting methods are Entrelec & Mitered - or Domino - knitting.
 
Student Should Bring: At least 3 balls of worsted or sport weight yarn (variegated is fine), circular needles of any length to work well with your chosen yarn.

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Cable Mania & Embellishments

 Friday October 16, 2009
9:00am - 12:00 noon
Cost: $75
Class Size: 20 Students
 

Overcome your fear of cabling and at the same time learn a technique that is faster and easier than the standard technique which uses an extra needle to twist the yarn.  And accentuate your lovely items with knit embellishments such as flowers, leaves, knots, knit fringes, several types of cord and knit buttons!
 
Student Should Bring: Light colored worsted weight yarn, needles to work well with yarn

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Backyard Leaves

Friday October 16, 2009
1:00pm - 4:30pm
Cost: $75
Class Size: 20 Students

By working through what appears to be a complex chart, and breaking it down simply row by row, the knitter will achieve a feeling of mastery over what may have seemed incomprehensible before.  Oh, and they'll end up with the start of a beautiful scarf!

Students must bring:

Worsted Weigth Yarn, approx 400 yards for entire scarf, less for an in-class swatch.  Aurora 8 was used in the original.

Stitch Markers

Size 7/4.5mm needles (or size that works well with your yarn)

Post it Notes

Pen or pencil

Special insrtuctions:  The chart for Backyard Leaves will be provided in class, but copyright forbids me from making copies of the entire pattern for class.  The scarf is available in the wonderful book Scarf Style by Pam Allen (Interweave Press, 2004).

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Combination Knitting SOLD OUT

Saturday October 17, 2009
9:00am - 12:00 noon
Cost: $75
Class Size: 20 Students
 
Christened “Combination Knitting" by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts (Fall 2000 Interweave Knits magazine), this combination of Western and Eastern style knitting is faster, creates a nicer tension with less "rowing out" and less wrist strain.  Established knitters may enjoy this different method, new knitters can mistress this right away!
 
Student Should Bring: Light colored worsted weight yarn, needles to work well with yarn

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Wavy Lace Scarf

Saturday October 17, 2009
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Cost: $75
Class Size: 20 Students

Learn the basic theory behind knitting lace, and perfect your lace chart reading skills.  With a chart what you see is what you get, which is why it’s the best option for knitters who want to “see” what their lace will look like before they take up their needles.  In this class we’ll get a start on the Wavy Lace Scarf featured in Romantic Hand Knits (2007, Potter Craft)

 
Student should bring: Light colored worsted weight yarn, needles to work well with yarn.  300 yds of yarn will be required to complete the scarf, but for the class we’ll only use a small amount.

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Increases & Decreases

Sunday October 18, 2009
9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Cost: $75
Class Size: 20 Students
 
In the class the students will tackle the different types of increases and decreases used in knitting with special emphasis placed on determining whether a left or right slanting decrease/increase is most useful in a specific project.

 
We'll also learn about slanting increases, and several ways to make a centered increase, as well as the old favorite, the VDD (Vertical Double Decrease)

 
Student should bring: Light colored worsted weight yarn, needles to work well with yarn

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Biography:

A native of Ohio, Annie taught herself to knit at age 25 before a move from NYC to Texas.  The Texas tenure didn't last, but knitting did, and upon her return to the NY area Annie began knitting for other designers and designing for major knitting magazines.  Her work has appeared in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, Knitters Magazine, Cast On, Family Circle Easy Knitting, McCalls Needlework and several family oriented magazines.

Author of Confessions of a Knitting Heretic, Knitting Millinery and editor of the 2006 Accord Crochet Pattern A Day Calendar and the collection of fiber essays, Cheaper Than Therapy, Annie has contributed to many knitting books including Stich N' Bitch, Scarf Style, Wrap Style, the Vogue Knitting Book, and Weekend Knitting and Holiday Handknits.  Twist & Loop (Potter Craft, 2006) and Men Who Knit And The Dogs Who Love Them (Lark, Jan 2007)  Annie's the inventor of the astoundingly clever Flip Knit, a low tech, portable alternative to knitting videos.

Annie knits using the Combination Method and believes that there truly is no wrong way to knit.  She lives in St Paul, MN with her husband, kids and assorted pets.