Fiber Classes February and March 2016

All classes except for beginning knitting are through Kirkwood and held at R. Rabbit's Fiber Studio
click on the class title and it will take you to a sign up page

Beginning Knitting is through The Create Exchange and  held at the Create Exchange

February:

Crocheted Fingerless Gloves
Beginner Level - some crochet experience helpful

Tuesday Evenings 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

3 sessions starting Feb 9, 2016, thru Feb 23, 2016

Three patterns to choose from - Beginner to Advanced Beginner

Beginning Crochet - 

Beginner Level - No experience needed

Thursday Afternoons 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

5 sessions starting Feb 4, 2016, thru Mar 3, 2016

Beginning Knitting

Sign up thru The Create Exchange

Class held at The Create Exchange 

(319) 693-2043

Feb 10, 2016 thru March 2, 2016

4 sessions – 

Wednesday evenings 6pm – 8pm

Class fee - $39 (payable at sign up)

Materials -$15(payable at sign up))

Learn to knit in a fun and relaxed setting, or use this class to brush up on your basic knitting skills. You’ll be working on several small projects to learn the process of knitting. Skills taught; knit and purl stitches, cast on, bind off, weaving in ends, blocking, and pattern reading. You’ll also be gathering online and community knitting resources so you can continue to knit beyond this class.

Materials fee includes: knitting needles, patterns, yarns, and misc knitting notions.

Entry Level: No knitting skills required

Needle Felted Coasters

Beginning Needle Felting
Beginner Level - No experience needed

Saturday afternoons - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
2 sessions starting Feb 20, 2016 and thru Feb 27, 2016

Beginning Wet Felting

Wet Felted Clutch

Beginner Level - No experience needed

Thursday Evenings 6:00pm - 8:00pm
2 sessions Starting Feb 18, 2016 and thru Feb 25, 2016







March:

Beginning Crochet - 

Beginner Level - No experience needed

Tuesday Evenings 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

5 sessions starting Mar 1, 2016, thru Apr 5, 2016

Crocheted Covered Easter Eggs
Advanced Beginner Level – Some basic crochet skills required

Saturday afternoons - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
2 sessions starting Mar 5, 2016 and thru Mar 19, 2016

Crocheted Stuffed Animal - Amigurumi

Advanced Beginner Level – Some basic crochet skills required

Thursday Evenings 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

3 sessions: Mar 17, 2016 thru Mar 31,  2015

3 patterns to choose from or bring in another animal/toy pattern you want to crochet 

Mosaic Knit Cowl

I do a little bit of knitting. Enough to keep my hand in, so to speak. I like to do something really different if I can with each knitting project to learn a little bit more.

This time I tried some Mosaic knitting.  A couple months ago, Chris Thomson taught this class at R. Rabbit Fiber Studio. 2 sessions and I learned alot.

Somehow though, I missed the instruction that you have to repeat each round 2  times. Oops !!

Almost done !

I'd get a couple inches of the pattern going and think it's just not looking good. The yarn colors were blending together and I wanted that distinct mosaic look.

I thought maybe the yarns did not contrast enough. I took it apart 3 times, changing yarn colors each time.  When I got back to the 2nd class, I found out I needed to repeat each round and THAT gave the colors the boost they needed to stand out more.



So, 4th times a charm and I have a handsome cowl ! The pink yarn is my handspun !!

Finished and Blocked

The Hush of Winter

The Hush of Winter

Finished product - very soft and colorful

I was searching Ravelry for drop spinning groups and came across this rollicking spindle party, the FWAussieSpindles !!!

I decided to join the group and jumped right into their January theme - the Hush of Winter.  I needed some help to keep me focused on spinning so I was ready for the challenge !!

One single ball spun and working on the second

My starting photo was to finish my a couple ounces of Silver Horses roving that came from Fiber Curios and  Sundries 

It's gorgeous stuff made with BFL, Teeswater and recylced Sari Silk.  It was easy to spin and so soft when I was done.

I only had 2oz, so I'll have to find something special to do with it !






I made it through the various stages as we wandered through January. Several really nice prices were given out by random drawing and there is a chance a person could come away with some nice roving or fiber related tool !

Here it is plyed. All done with the spindle !!!