Tackle the scary steek and open a whole new world of possibilities with your knitting! 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. We will finish off with the perfect and super neat steek sandwich band that makes a great finishing touch hiding your steek on a cardigan.

This is a in person workshop at Magpie Fibers Flagship in Frederick, MD, USA.

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

HOMEWORK : students will be sent directions to knit a swatch ahead of the workshop to steek. The swatch should take approx. 1 hour to knit

MATERIALS:

• 2 sets of 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 crochetand steek sandwich band) 10g