Hand Dye Your Yarn and Knit a Pair of Cosy Beddy Socks

Ready to hand dye your own bulky weight yarn to create a cuddly pair of bed socks? Now is your chance. With instruction, each participant will acid dye 2 skeins of bulky silk/merino wool yarn the first morning of class using provided materials and equipment in the Local Cloth Dye Lab. The hand dyed yarn will dry overnight and be ready for knitting on the second morning of class. The afternoon of the first class day will be spent making a small "sampler sock" to learn and practice the techniques needed for this project.

The following day it's all about putting it all together and knitting your hand dyed by YOU beddy socks! These beddy socks were designed by Rebecca Glazier of WildWestDye in Vancouver, BC. As her former teacher, Rebecca is honored that Lisa has chosen her pattern and video tutorials to use in her teaching at Local Cloth. This design is for advanced beginners. There is a collection of YouTube videos available to take you through every step and are a wonderful reference throughout this knitting project. If you haven't made socks before these are a great design to learn. Experience with knitting in the round using Magic Loop technique is extremely helpful, but not required. As well as knowing the standard knitting stitches, you will need to know or will learn the following techniques in this toe up design:

• Judy's Magic Cast On
• Right lifted increase and Left lifted increase
• Japanese Short Rows
• Slip, slip knit & p2tog
• *optional tubular bind off (because it is Lisa's new favorite)

Level: Intermediate

Instructor: Lisa Sandberg  (Read Lisa's bio) 

Members: $200

Non members: $240

Materials fee: $50 cash, venmo, paypal, or cashapp (to be collected day of class)

Materials provided by instructor:  2 skeins Bulky Merino/Silk blend and yarn for practicing new techniques.

Materials students should bring: Circular knitting needles appropriate for Magic Loop and Bulky weight yarn. (Multiple needle sizes may be helpful to determine a gauge that you like based on your knitting tension)

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