What are your knitting goals this autumn? If you’ve been thinking of signing up for fall knitting classes, I’d love to help you with your projects.
I’ll be teaching in Ottawa, Kanata, and Spencerville this fall. And I have a new knitting pattern coming out in September that’s giving me all the cozy autumn vibes. I can’t wait to share it with you!
Knit Your Own Project Classes
I host these classes on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday mornings, and anything goes! This is the class for you if you have your own projects on the go and need flexible knitting help.
Here, you can learn a new technique, get help fixing a knitting problem, and ask for tips and tricks on any knitting topic. Bring in your messes, your time-outs, or your next knitting challenge.
Located in Ottawa, at Rideau Park United Church on Alta Vista.
Vineyard Murder Mystery Knitalong Class
We’re hosting six weeks of mystery knitting with a side of whodunnit at Maker Savvy in Kanata! Our kick-off event is at KIN Vineyards in Carp, with wine tasting, gourmet pizza, and … murder. (No yarn shop employees will be harmed in the making of this event.)
Wendy of Maker Savvy is writing the murder mystery story, and I’ve designed a shawl pattern with six clues to accompany it.
We’ll reveal a new clue each week, starting Wednesday, September 4th at KIN and then every following Tuesday, until the murder mystery is solved and the knitting mystery is cast off.
Join us for fun, knitting, and a finished project of a mysteriously cozy, perfect-for-fall shawl.
Sign up through Maker Savvy. Spaces are limited.
Vineyard Mystery Knitalong
If you can’t join us for the in-person knitalong, you can purchase the pattern on Ravelry and knit with us from anywhere in the world.
Buy the pattern any time, and you’ll receive one clue each Wednesday, starting September 4, 2024, as an automatic pattern update in your Ravelry library.
This my first mystery knitalong (MKAL), and I’d be so excited if you joined us! I’ve designed a cozy shawl that’s all about colours and texture. (Oops. I’ve said too much already.)
It features techniques that are appropriate for adventurous beginners and beyond, and detailed instructions to support all skill levels.
There are lots of colours but no complicated colourwork techniques. One yarn at a time! And only two ends to sew in when you’re done. I have some tricks to show you. 🙂
Introduction to Knitting Class
Learn to knit with this foundational 6-week class. Beginning knitters will learn all the important basics and then some. At the end of these weeks, you’ll be familiar with
- knitting’s basic stitches
- combining stitches to make common patterns
- troubleshooting common knitting mistakes
- reading knitting patterns
- sewing knitted pieces together
This knitting class is in Spencerville, ON, at Spencer Street Muse Gallery, September 25th – October 30th, 2024.
Art Workshop: Acrylic Techniques for Achieving Realism
This two-session workshop will be my first art class! I’m so excited.
Expect to learn the methods I’ve collected so far for blending and layering acrylic paints to achieve different effects. If your paints don’t always do what you want them to do, this is the class for you.
In Spencerville, ON, at the Spencer Street Muse Gallery. Sign up via their website. October 5th & 19th, 2024.
Beautiful Brioche Knitting Class
Learn the basics of two-colour brioche knitting in this 3-hour workshop.
You’ll learn how to make the brioche knit and purl stitches, how to read brioche knitting patterns, and how to fix mistakes in brioche knitting. If we have time, we’ll also cover common brioche increases and decreases.
November 2, 2024 at Spencer Street Muse Gallery in Spencerville, ON.
Virtual Knitting Classes
Last but not least, I’ve been thinking of adding an online knitting class over Zoom back into my schedule. Or offering it as an option for a one-on-one help session if you can’t make it to an in-person class.
I ran these in 2020-2021 during the stuck-at-home times, and they worked surprisingly well.
What do you think? Would you be interested in a weekly or monthly virtual knitting class? Or the chance to schedule a private session from anywhere?
If there’s enough interest, I’ll start something up.
Stay tuned for more class announcements coming up in my schedule. There are more things in the works all the time.
Until next time!
Happy knitting,
Amanda