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Saami Mittens
Norwegian Purl
A Weekend
Workshop with
Beth Brown-Reinsel
July 2014
Saturday,19
Sunday, 20
9am to noon &
1:30 to 4:30pm
each day
To register for classes call
219-462-1700
60 West Lincolnway Valparaiso, IN 46383
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Saami Mittens
The Saami are indigeonous European
people that live in the northernmost areas
of the Scandanavian countries. Beth will share with
us their lively mitten knitting
tradition. Well spend 9 class
hours on the project. Most knitters will fnd
that they are able to complete one
mitten and make a start
on the second mitten.
Learn the special details of mitten construction
of the nomadic Saami peoples, by
knitting a mitten in multiple colors, circularly on
double pointed needles. Make a three color braided
cast-on, create the classic afterthought
thumb (without a gusset), work different
bands of patterning, and the
pointed tip shaping at the end of the mitten. Some
of the motifs will require three yarns to be
worked within one round. A simple fnger
braiding technique will be demonstrated for
the traditional cord. Handling multiple
yarns and designing will be discussed.
Skill Level: Must be profcient with
double point needles, Magic Loop, or
working with two circulars. Stranded
color knitting experience helpful.
Supply List:
For Adult Sized pair: 2 oz each of
4 colors of worsted weight yarn
(traditional colors are white, red,
yellow, green and/or blue.)
Yarn kit available for Saami class in
traditional colors at additional cost of
$20.00
One set of dp needles each US sizes
6 or 7 (4.0 or 4.5 mm) Approximate
gauge is 24 sts and 28 rnds/4 inches
or 10 cm.
Tapestry needle, stitch markers, sticky
notes or magnetic board for reading
the charts.
To register for classes call
219-462-1700
60 West Lincolnway Valparaiso, IN 46383
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Homework: None
Norwegian Purl
The Norwegian Purl, a variation
of the conventional
Continental purl, is noted for its
superior tension
control, and ease of
execution. The yarn always stays behind the work,
making ribbing a breeze and two-
color textured knitting a pleasure. A
swatch will be knitted in class to practice this
technique and its applications:
Proper tensioning of the yarn, the conventional Continental
purl and knit stitches, the Norwegian purl, purl garter stitch,
ribbing with the Norwegian purl on the
right side and on the wrong side, the
Scandinavian method of working with two yarns in the left
hand (knitting, purling, and weaving the foats) on the right
side and the wrong side of the work, as well as corrugated
ribbing on the right side and the wrong side of the work.
Well spend 3 hours Sunday
afternoon learning Norwegian Purl.
Skill Level: All. It is helpful to have
the ability to knit Continentalworking
yarn in the left handbut it is not
mandatory.
Class Supplies
Two contrasting colors of the same
weight yarn, either sport or worsted
weight.
A pair of appropriately sized circular or
short straight needles. (Example: Size
4.5 mm or 5 mm for worsted yarn, size
3.75 mm or 4 mm for sport yarn.)
Homework: None.
To register for classes call
219-462-1700
60 West Lincolnway Valparaiso, IN 46383
sheepsclothingvalpo
www.knitdoctor.com
Sheeps Clothing knitting supply
The Instructor:
Beth Brown-Reinsel has been passionately teaching
historic knitting workshops nationally,
as well as internationally, for over 20 years. Her book
Knitting Ganseys has been deemed a classic. She
completed her frst DVD Knitting Ganseys and she
has since made two more on Color Stranding Techniques, and
Scottish Sanquhar Gloves. Her articles and designs have appeared
in Threads, Cast On, Interweave Knits, Knitting Traditions,
Piecework, Shuttle, Spindle, and Dye Pot, Vogue Knitting,
Knitters magazines, as well as The Knitter, a magazine of the UK. She
continues to design for her own pattern line Knitting Traditions. Beths website,
blog, and email newsletter can be found at www.knittingtraditions.com. She lives
in Vermont and loves winter!
This will be Beths 4th summer teaching at Sheeps Clothing. Our
customers have enjoyed her gentle and thorough teaching style. We love how
she inspires us to keep these worthy knitting traditions alive.
Workshop cost: $220.00
Yarn kit available for Saami class in traditional colors at additional cost of $20.00
Call Sheeps Clothing at 219-462-1700 to register.
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