Learn to Knit Colorwork
Learn to Knit Colorwork
Scholarship tickets are available to anyone as funds allow! Read more at the bottom of this page.
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Ready to conquer colorwork and create something truly stunning? Join us for a colorwork hat workshop! In this three session class, you'll get hands-on guidance to help you master this intricate skill and knit a cozy, eye-catching hat.
Note: this class has required knitting homework between each session!
In class we'll be using Cleo's own pattern The Good Apple Hat which was designed with beginner colorwork knitters in mind! We'll start on the inside of the brim with a simple pattern, then move on to more complex imagery on the brim, then finally learn to decrease in pattern.
SKILL LEVEL
Advanced Beginner/Intermediate. If you know everything in the required experience section below, you know enough to take this class! You can read about how we determine skill levels here.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
You must be very comfortable casting on, knitting, working in the round, and making simple decreases (knit two together/k2tog). If you have knitted a one color hat (or something similar) before, you have enough experience to take this class!
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Choosing the best yarn for colorwork projects, stranded colorwork techniques for Continental and English knitters, reading colorwork charts, catching floats, adjusting tension, about color dominance, knitting together the seam of a folded brim, decreasing for a hat/working on small circumferences.
LESSON PLAN
Session 1: Choosing yarn & colors, casting on, reading charts, colorwork basics, and troubleshooting tension. Homework: finish underside of brim and be ready for starting the outside brim pattern.
Session 2: Colorwork troubleshooting & Q&A, reading charts, catching floats, and colorwork practice. Homework: knit to where decreases start on the hat!
Session 3: Decreasing in colorwork patterns, methods to complete the top of the hat, weaving in ends, blocking overview.
PATTERN
The Good Apple Hat pattern will be provided in the class for free to all students!
REQUIRED YARN - available for purchase at the shop
220–280 yards total of light DK or sport weight yarn (yardage depends on the size you make, see pattern for details): 140–170 yards of main color, 55–70 yards of the apple/fruit color, and 25–40 yards of the leaf color. We used Germantown DK for the purple hat, and Amano Andes for the green one!
REQUIRED TOOLS - available for purchase at the shop
US 5 / 3.75 mm 16” / 40 cm circular needles & either matching double pointed needles, or matching longer circulars for the magic loop method (we love the FlexiFlips best!)
Class Policies
Wait Lists
If a class is full we are happy to add you to the wait list in case someone cancels. Send an email with the name and date of the class to hello@cleosyarnshop.com to be added.
Cancellations
We are happy to offer you a refund or store credit for any class sign up as long as you give us notice at least 48 hours before the start time of the class.
We cannot offer refunds or store credit for any late cancellations. However, if the situation was out of your control and you want to come to another class instead, we can sign you up for a future class using our Scholarship Fund which is available to everyone!
Many of our classes have a minimum number of sign ups required to run. If a class doesn't get the required number of sign ups to run and we decide to cancel or post-pone the class we will notify those who did sign up via email between 24–48 hours before the class's start time and offer them a seat in the next class, a refund, or store credit.
Photography
When you attend a class at our shop you agree to be recorded and photographed during the class. If you would like to request that your face, hands, or body not be in any photos or videos that we share on social media please send an email requesting so any time prior to the start time of the class to hello@cleosyarnshop.com. You may still be recorded or photographed during the class but we will respect your request that the videos or images of you not be shared online.
Scholarship Fund
Our Scholarship Fund is contributed to by the shop and our community to help those who need it attend our classes and events. You can read about why we started the fund here.
When signing up for a class or event, anyone is welcome to sign up for a Scholarship Fund ticket at a discount as funds allow. When a Scholarship Fund ticket is purchased, the amount discounted is taken from the Scholarship Fund to pay the shop and it's staff the regular ticket price.
If you are considering requesting a Scholarship Fund ticket but aren't sure whether it's for you or not, it probably is! The folks who have contributed to the Scholarship Fund wanted to contribute and want the funds to be used! And the lovely people putting on this class or event are still getting paid the full amount to do it. Please only pay full price if you feel you have enough to do so.
That said, we also ask that you be mindful of the amount and frequency of requests you take from the fund. Making sure funds are available to as many people as possible is a collaborative effort, so we'll check in with you and you check in with us!
If you'd like to use the Scholarship Fund, you can do so by emailing us (hello@cleosyarnshop.com), or coming into the shop and requesting a Scholarship Ticket. We will ask you how much you are able to pay (zero is an acceptable answer!) and the funds available will cover the rest.