Double Knitting Basics

$60.00

Instructor: Mary Jo Harris

Class Time: 1 to 4 pm

Join the Double Knitting Revolution! The Double Knitting technique has been around for centuries with only minor changes but has had a huge increase in popularity in recent years. Come and find out what everyone is talking about.I

n this class you'll learn:

  • What IS double knitting?

  • History of double knitting

  • Double knitting guidelines

  • Double knitting terminology

  • How to double knit

  • How to increase and decrease when double knitting

  • How to double knit inside out

  • How to make a headband using double knitting techniques

Class Details

Minimum Age: 10 years

Skills Required: Know how to cast on, bind off, knit, and purl.

Students should bring:

  • 2 different colors of basic worsted weight yarn (no novelty yarn)

  • Circular needles in a size appropriate for your yarn

  • Paper for taking notes

  • Pen or Pencil

  • Stitch markers appropriate for your needles

  • Scissors (optional)

  • Yarn needle (optional)

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Instructor: Mary Jo Harris

Class Time: 1 to 4 pm

Join the Double Knitting Revolution! The Double Knitting technique has been around for centuries with only minor changes but has had a huge increase in popularity in recent years. Come and find out what everyone is talking about.I

n this class you'll learn:

  • What IS double knitting?

  • History of double knitting

  • Double knitting guidelines

  • Double knitting terminology

  • How to double knit

  • How to increase and decrease when double knitting

  • How to double knit inside out

  • How to make a headband using double knitting techniques

Class Details

Minimum Age: 10 years

Skills Required: Know how to cast on, bind off, knit, and purl.

Students should bring:

  • 2 different colors of basic worsted weight yarn (no novelty yarn)

  • Circular needles in a size appropriate for your yarn

  • Paper for taking notes

  • Pen or Pencil

  • Stitch markers appropriate for your needles

  • Scissors (optional)

  • Yarn needle (optional)

Instructor: Mary Jo Harris

Class Time: 1 to 4 pm

Join the Double Knitting Revolution! The Double Knitting technique has been around for centuries with only minor changes but has had a huge increase in popularity in recent years. Come and find out what everyone is talking about.I

n this class you'll learn:

  • What IS double knitting?

  • History of double knitting

  • Double knitting guidelines

  • Double knitting terminology

  • How to double knit

  • How to increase and decrease when double knitting

  • How to double knit inside out

  • How to make a headband using double knitting techniques

Class Details

Minimum Age: 10 years

Skills Required: Know how to cast on, bind off, knit, and purl.

Students should bring:

  • 2 different colors of basic worsted weight yarn (no novelty yarn)

  • Circular needles in a size appropriate for your yarn

  • Paper for taking notes

  • Pen or Pencil

  • Stitch markers appropriate for your needles

  • Scissors (optional)

  • Yarn needle (optional)

Mary Jo Harris, Minnesota Fiber Festival Instructor

about Mary Jo Harris

Mary Jo Harris lives in Madison, WI. She has been a teacher all of her adult life and has formally taught knitting at various Sheep and Wool Festivals, Fiber Festivals, Knit-In’s throughout the Midwest, and for the Oregon School System, Madison College, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Wisconsin Craft Market, and Sunset Yarn.

Over 10 years ago, she added Chair Caning classes to her teaching repertoire and has taught local classes in addition to classes at places like the WI Sheep and Wool Festival, Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival, Shepherd’s Harvest, Missouri Fiber Retreat, and Michigan Fiber Festival. Under her designer’s name of Jo Harris, Mary Jo designs knitting patterns and has written a book entitled “Double Knitting - Inside Out.”

A member of the Madison (WI) Knitters’ Guild, Mary Jo loves any opportunity to discuss anything and everything knitting or caning related.