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Learn to Knit
This will be a busy class, learning to cast on, knit, purl, two kinds of increase and decrease, and bind off. Yarn and needles will be included in this session.
This class is for those who don’t have any experience in knitting, or need a refresher.
Cost $40 for this week and next week. $30 for just this class. Includes yarn and needles.
Learn to Read a Pattern
This pattern offers a lot for a small project! Learn how to make this little chicken in a row-by-row pattern using the skills covered in last week’s Learn to Knit class. That is not a prerequisite for this class, but you do need to be confident in the knit stitch.
Since this Little Spring Hen will be knit flat, we will learn to sew it together, stuff it, and embellish some details. You may not need a little hen in your life, but it can’t hurt. The skills you learn in pattern reading will lead you in your next project.
This class only $30 yarn and needles provided; $40 total for last week’s Learn To Knit class and this one.
Little Spring Hen by Celine Clement, free on Ravelry
Learn to Crochet a Granny Square
Are you brand new to crochet, or need a refresher? This class will teach basic granny square construction including magic loop, single and double crochet, chain, changing colors, reading patterns and working in the round.
You will learn at least one and maybe two different squares.
Hook and wool in lots of colors will be provided.
Cost $45
Turn a Heel - Cuff Down
Most would agree the tricky part of knitting a sock is making sense of the heel.
We will make a traditional heel from the cuff down during this class. Come prepared with as much of a leg knit as you’d like. And yes, it can be an anklet!
We will make a heel flap, turn the heel, and pick up and decrease gusset stitches. Any size, any gauge is fine, but be aware that if you have very thin yarn you might not get through the whole heel. Maybe this is a good class for some thicker house socks?
If you’d like some help getting started just reach out for a pattern.
Cost $25
Contiguous Yoke Yoke
A contiguous yoke style is one that has a set-in sleeve but is topdown and seamless; set-in sleeves are often knit in pieces and then sewn together.
A set-in sleeve has a tailored fit and is just plain fun to do!
For this class we will simply be making a yoke. I don’t know how far we’ll get, but we will definitely get through the challenging bits. We will be using the Cognac Sweater pattern by Atelier Castin, which is included in the class (Ravelry: Cognac Sweater pattern by Atelier Castin). If you just want to learn the technique, you can use any yarn you might already have. You’'ll probably need about 100 yds. If you’d like to keep going on your own and make a sweater that fits you, you’ll need yarn that gets you 4 sts/inch.
Cost $30
Needle Felt a Jellyfish!
Check out this beginner friendly needle felting class to make these magical jellyfish!
Ayelet Parker will be leading this class and cover the basics of needlefelting to make a 3D sculpture.
Cost $40
Preregister at info@ewetopiafibershop.com
Learn to Crochet and Make a Granny Square!
Are you brand new to crochet, or need a refresher? This class will teach basic granny square construction including magic loop, single and double crochet, chain, changing colors, and working in the round.
Supplies will be provided.
Cost $45
Needle Felted Moth, class 1
In this two-day class you will learn how to make a needle-felted Oak Eggar moth using reference pictures and templates. Not only will you create a lovely moth but, you will be leaving with a greater understanding of various advanced felting techniques. These techniques include leg wrapping, creating controlled fluff and basic wool blending, among other skills. This class will be small, with only eight students, giving you personal support and instruction along with templates for both visual learners and experiential ones. Perfect for advanced beginners and intermediate felters. Taught by Ayelet Parker, whose felted creations have won the Wisconsin State Fair and the Vernon County Fair.
This is a perfect class if you want to learn how to get a high level of detail into your needle felting!
Cost $95 for both classes
UPDATE ***** If you’d love to make a different colored moth or even a butterfly, you are definitely encouraged to choose your own palette! Bring your inspiration photo and use the techniques that Ayelet teaches to make your own creation!
Spring Fiber Mill Open House
Join us for mill tours on the hour, demonstrations, unique yarns and mill ends!
Fiber Destash and Rehoming
Bring in your unwanted quality fiber items and offer them for sale! All proceeds are collected separately, matched by Ewetopia, and donated to the Cashton Food Pantry. Prices may be set by the buyer in some cases or donate what you can in others.
Wound or partial skeins are fine! Also needles, hooks, notions.
Don’t have a stash? Come and get some great deals on great yarn.
We will accept items through the week before.
Beginner Weaving on a Rigid Heddle
Learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom. This technique is a nice way to get into weaving without getting really technical. The direct warping method streamlines this process and you’ll get to the weaving part sooner.
Make a pretty table runner or placemat. You are welcome to take the loom home for the week and continue working on the project, and then meet the following Saturday afternoon, March 22, to take the project off the loom.
Cost $75.
Call for more details 608-637-3443 This class fill up fast!
Techniques Crash Course 2
The first Crash Course was so much fun we thought we’d come up with another one! Knitting is full of surprises and ideas isn’t it?
You’ll need to bring a 1” stockinette swatch on a 16” circular needles knit in the round (60 sts), a second ball of yarn about the same weight, and a spare needle/yarn for learning the cast ons.
A non superwash worsted weight yarn is ideal but use whatever you have.
We will have supplies to use if needed. You need to be solid at knitting for this class to be most useful. There will be a limit of 10 to this class.
Cost $20
German Twisted Cast On
Provisional Cast on with Crochet Hook
Italian Tubular Cast On
Mosaic Knitting
Simple Two Color Brioche
Techniques Crash Course
Learn a bunch of new techniques to improve your knitting game. Cost $20 and bring your own circular needles, a tapestry needle, and 2 colors of worsted weight (ish) yarn. Non-superwash is nice for this but all yarns will work! We will have supplies to use if needed. You need to be solid at knitting for this class to be most useful.
Judy’s Magic Cast On
Pinhole Cast On
Cabling without a needle
Trapping yarn while stranding
Sewn Bind Off
FREE Intro to Knitting
In support of the Economic Blackout Day, Ewetopia is excited to show you the basics of knitting for free. All day. Small businesses are a vital part of our community because we do things like this all the time.
If you are in doubt, go to Walmart and ask someone to help you fix your knitting, or bind off more loosely, or choose the right weight of yarn.
Main Street is lined with businesses like ours. We are not asking for your support on this day. We simply want to offer something to remind you of what living in a community that is not owned by billionaires is like.
Learn to Knit (Class 2)
Learn all the things - cast on, knit, increase, decrease, purl, and how to make a simple project. This is part two of a two week class and great for pure beginners, or those needing a refresher.
Cost $45 and includes a 50g skein of nice yarn, needles, and pattern for Sophie Scarf.
Learn to Knit
Learn all the things - cast on, knit, increase, decrease, purl, and how to make a simple project. This is a two week class and great for pure beginners, or those needing a refresher.
Cost $45 and includes a 50g skein of nice yarn, needles, and pattern for Sophie Scarf.
Techniques Crash Course
Learn a bunch of new techniques to improve your knitting game. Cost $20 and bring your own circular needles, a tapestry needle, and 2 colors of worsted weight (ish) yarn. Non-superwash is nice for this but all yarns will work! We will have supplies to use if needed. You need to be solid at knitting for this class to be most useful.
Judy’s Magic Cast On
Pinhole Cast On
Cabling without a needle
Trapping yarn while stranding
Sewn Bind Off
Topdown Sweater KAL
Our annual Knit a Long! Stay tuned for suggestions!
This KAL is free.
Check out the link to our recent newsletter for some pattern ideas from Ravelry!
Two at a Time Anything
Learn to make two sleeves or socks on one circular needle using the Magic Loop method.
Cost $10 Bring along any scrap worsted weight yarn and matching 32” or longer circular needle.
Very Beginner Brioche
Learn the very beginnings of brioche- this kind d of knitting is not necessarily hard but it does take some attention, and a willingness to tear out and restart!
Included is a free Ravelry pattern for a star- you may just want to focus on the straight stitch however and that’s fine.
$10. Bring two small skeins of DK or Worsted weight yarn and size 3 double points or small circumference needle.
Beginner Weaving on a Rigid Heddle
This class is now full, but another will be held in January - let me know if you’re interested!
Learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom. This technique is a nice way to get into weaving without getting really technical! The direct warping method streamlines this process and you’ll get to the weaving part sooner.
Make a pretty table runner or placemat. You are welcome to take the loom home for the week and continue working on the project, and then meet Saturday afternoon, Nov 23, to take the project off the loom.
Cost $75.
Call for more details 608-637-3443
Stranded Mittens, class 1
Learn to knit with two colors per round and make mittens! Stranded mittens are double warm and durable. Charts will be provided.
You need to know how to knit and purl confidently - you will learn the rest in class. This is a three week class.
Pattern is Elja by Skeindeer Knits. You will need 50g of two contrasting colors of DK weight yarn. Our BFL BFF Stranded Mitten Kits are perfect for this, but you can also make up your own. You will also need small circumference needles, dpns, 9” circular, Magic Loop needle, or 2 circulars, probably in sizes US3 and US5 (depends on your individual tension).
An optional modification will be to add a Latvian Braid.
Call for more information or to register!
Cost $45
Shepherd's Chair Pad Braiding
Make a chair pad, or a rug if you’re up for a bigger project, out of 100% wool roving. We’ll braid the roving, and then you’ll take it home to felt your braids. We will reconvene on a second date to sew them together.
Cost - FREE - it is not so much a class as it a grappling through the well laid out instructions in the book The Shepherd’s Rug by Lettie Klein.
You will need approximately 16 oz wool roving for a chair pad. Ewetopia has some natural colored roving for $2/ounce. Wouldn’t it be fun to dye it? If not, Ewetopia has a wide range of dyed and natural colored roving.
Beginner Fingerless Mitts, class 1
So you know how to knit and wonder how to move on? Take this class and learn not only how to purl but also how to knit on double pointed needles, do ribbing, read a pattern, read your knitting, and make useful fingerless mitts. (I will offer an alternate ending for the fingers and the braid, unless you’re feeling particularly spicy and want to try it!)
Cost for 2 weeks is $40. You will need to bring or buy a skein of worsted weight yarn and needles needed for the class.
Toe Up 2-at-a-time Socks Class 2
Get them both done at the same time using Magic Loop!
Cost -
Learn to Purl, class 1
So you know how to knit and wonder how to move on? Take this class and learn not only how to purl but also how to do ribbing, read a pattern, read your knitting, and make a project (tbd)
Cost for 2 weeks is $35. You will need to bring or buy a skein of yarn and needles needed for the class.