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Introduction to Estonian Knitting at Vogue Knitting Live NYC

  • Vogue Knitting Live at New York Marriott Marquis 1535 Broadway New York, NY, 10036 United States (map)

Get a taste of Estonian knitting making a wristlet showcasing four traditional techniques. This workshop is an introduction to Estonian knitting exploring knit fringe, knit braids, bobbles, and roosimine inlay knitting. We will travel across Estonia learning these different techniques that are much easier than they look. A great way to get to grips with many of the techniques covered in Aleks Byrd’s book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits.

This is a in person workshop at Vogue Knitting Live NYC in New York.

Booking opens September 6, 2023

This workshop is split into two 3 hour sessions on January 26th,2024. First session 9am - 12pm with 2 hour break and second session 2-5pm

SKILL LEVEL:
Intermediate - Students should be comfortable knitting and purling in the round, working with more than one colour, reading charts.

MATERIALS:
• 4mm / US 6 needles for knitting small circumference (Double pointed needles or 32” / 80 cm circular needles for magic loop)

• Stitch markers

• Scissors

Knit Fringe tool (available from Aleks Byrd) or flat stick or card approx 0.5” / 1.5 cm wide for wrapping fringe yarn loops

• DK yarn in 3 contrasting colours in the following approx. amounts:

- MC (main colour) 20g

- CC1 (contrast colour 1 used for fringe) 10g

- CC2 (contrast colour 2 used for fringe) 10g

Make sure the yarn for CC1 and CC2  is easy to pull from both ends of the ball for working with two strands at a time

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Roosimine - Estonian Inlay Knitting at Vogue Knitting Live NYC