Instructor’s Name: Shirley Guenter
 
Workshop Title: Improve Your Knitting/Learn New Techniques/Create a Cup Cozy & Cowl
 
Workshop Description: 
This workshop is for anyone who understands the basics of knit and purl. Everything else will be taught in class. If you are struggling with the basics, there will be many class participants who can coach you as well. We will begin with a provisional cast on and then learn cable stitches in class. All the while, these new techniques will become a mug cozy. The afternoon will be spent incorporating these same techniques to create a larger project --- a no-seam cowl. There is not enough time during the workshop to complete the cowl, so you can finish that at home. Throughout the workshop, Shirley will sprinkle in several tips and tricks to improve your knitting knowledge.       
 
Techniques & Tips:
Provisional Cast On (using scrap yarn & a crochet hook)
Place Markers (use different colors for different purposes)
Cables (left leaning & right leaning)
Lifelines (yarn or dental floss)
Kitchener Stitch (grafting)
Seed Stitch (worked over an odd # of sts means that you knit the same sts on RS and WS)
Purl Stitches next to cables make the cable sts "pop" to the foreground
Creating a Cable without a Cable Needle
Knit Companion
Reading Your Knitting
Reading Charts
Joining Yarn (Russian Join & Spit Splice)
Wet Blocking
 
Materials and Equipment:
4.0mm DPNs x 2
5.0mm circular needles
scissors
measuring tape
pen
lunch
 
Kit fee: $20 payable to instructor on day of workshop
 
Kit:
enough yarn to complete 2 projects (cabled cup cozy & cabled cowl)
scrap yarn
stitch markers (several colors)
cable needle
yarn needle
crochet hook
length of dental floss
2 patterns
 
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner OR Intermediate Knitter
 
About the Instructor:
Shirley is a Certified Knitting Teacher, Level 2, having achieved this designation in 2020 from the Craft Yarn Council.                        
                        
When:
Thursday February 19, 2026
10 am – 2 pm (or longer if needed)
Bring a lunch.
 
Location:  MRAS Hall
 
Maximum capacity: 16
 
Please contact  Shirley if you require further clarification regarding the project or tools required. Shirley Guenter (403) 389-7148 shirley.guenter@gmail.com