Leader: Emma Vining
Craft: Hand Knitting
Experience: Suitable for all
Summary: Knitting a multi-shade shawl involves creatively blending colour, pattern and texture to create a unique design. Join Emma to explore designing and knitting shawls with stripes, fades and gradients.
Description
The Multi-Shade Shawl Workshop will include:
- a short talk about using stripes, fades and gradients in shawl projects
- a discussion about techniques for colour blending
- the option to create a yarn wrap for project planning and/ or knit a small swatch to test stripe ideas
Participants should bring at least 2 – 3 or more shades of yarn for the yarn wraps and appropriate knitting needles if they wish to knit a small swatch.
Emma will bring shawl samples showing a wide variety of stripes, fades and gradients and card with double sided tape for the yarn wraps.
About the leader
I am a widely published knitting designer and am known for my creative use of knitted textures and cables. I love working on projects which combine multiple knitting techniques and I have a strong interest in the design and technical aspects of knitting.
My original hand knitting patterns can be found in publications such as The Knitter and Knitting magazines, Making Stories and The Journal of Scottish Yarns.
I am the author of A Knitter’s Guide to Shawl Design and A Knitter’s Sketchbook, both published by the Crowood Press (members can buy this at a discount – see the Benefits listing).
instagram: purlemma
Ravelry: purlemma
Internet: www.emmavining.com
Email: purlemma@btinternet.com
Skills required
An interest in exploring knitted stripes.
Preparation
None.
What to bring
Participants should bring at least 2 – 3 or more shades of yarn for the yarn wraps and appropriate knitting needles if they wish to knit a small swatch.
Additional material
Emma will bring shawl samples showing a wide variety of stripes, fades and gradients and card with double sided tape for the yarn wraps.
