STEEKING IN STYLE

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP

Tackle the scary steek and open a whole new world of possibilities with your knitting! Steeking allows you to cut open knitwear knit in the round to make openings for cardigans, armholes and more. This makes knitting a colourwork cardigan or sweater much easier to knit in the round than flat. Together we will explore two different styles of steek edges from the fun of a knotted fringe steek great for a shawl and the all round great reinforcement method with crochet perfect for the Saar vest and cardigans.

This is a virtual workshop held live on Zoom on

May 11th 3-5pm BST (UK time)

A recording of the Zoom workshop will be available for 2 weeks following the live session.

After booking you will have access to a special workshop members area with access to the recording and details for the homework swatch.

  • intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit and purl in the round with two colours knitting easy colourwork, cast-on, bind -off

  • 5mm / US 8 needles for knitting small circumference (Double pointed needles or circular needles for magic loop)

    Stitch markers

    Sharp scissors

    3-5 mm crochet hook

    Worsted weight yarn in 3 contrastingcolours in the following approx. amounts:

    MC (main colour used in homework swatch) 20g

    CC1 (contrast colour 1 used in homework swatch) 20g

    CC2 (contrast colour 2 used for crochet) 10g

  • You will knit a swatch ahead of the workshop to steek. Instructions for knitting the swatch will be available in the workshop member area after booking. The swatch should take approx. 1 hour to knit.