the blue blog archives: knitting lessons

I've just started teaching a beginning knitting class at my LYS. I really enjoyed the first session. (I guess I've missed teaching!) I've got a little group of advanced beginners and we've got four weeks to work our way through a clear, basic baby sweater pattern (Yankee Knitter #30). I'm not actually making the baby sweater, but instead I'll be spacing my projects out a bit so that I always have something at the same stage as the group to use as an example. Last night's agenda was swatching, reading through the pattern (always a good lesson!), and casting on for the back.

Between demonstrations, I swatched up some fun variegated Classic Elite Waterspun that I'm planning on using for the front of my redesigned Phildar knitalong project.

Recipe: take one Phildar summer top, nix the sleeves, add a dash of Phildar funky cardigan and (fingers crossed), I'll get a funky vest. We'll see! I guess there's a lesson in there for me as well. Project ressurection - how to design your way out of the project blahs.

Homework: finish the back (all those tiny stitches, oh my) and get ready to start the funk, um, I mean front!

posted by alison at 8:11 am | in phildar filly

Comments

I'm os glad your first teaching session went well. I'm sure all your students had a great time! I also love that varigated yarn, the tank is going to look great..

Posted by: kerrie at October 1, 2003 7:49 AM

What fun! I just started teaching beginning knitting at the LYS too, kinda neat, creating new knitters, isn't it?

Posted by: Kristine at October 1, 2003 8:06 AM

Teaching new knitters is a very, very good thing. You are creating a bunch of alison-wannabes!!

Posted by: claudia at October 1, 2003 8:50 AM

How cool that you are teaching knitting! Your students are fortunate, indeed :-)

Posted by: Becky at October 1, 2003 9:11 AM

Gee, I'd like to be in your class! Hey, the poncho's posted, so paint me brown. And I just ordered some Elann yarn for a ribby cardie, doggone it. Not sure when I'll start, so I don't think I'll ask to be in the -along list, expecting it to be long-gone by the time I get going. At least I did Smooch and poncho!

Posted by: Maggi at October 1, 2003 2:41 PM

Can I attend your class? I, uh, forgot how to cast on. And bind off is still very, very tricky for me. ;) That's cool, A!!!! Way to go! Are you adding a dash of philosophy for good measure?

Posted by: Kerstin at October 1, 2003 7:31 PM