No Risk, All Reward STEEKS! with Ann Weaver

About No Risk, All Reward STEEKS! with Ann Weaver

Eyeing colorwork cardigan patterns? Tired of working purl rows on Stockinette cardigans? Afraid to cut your knitting? Overcome your fear with NO RISK!
In this workshop, we’ll steek old or thrifted sweaters (bring your own or purchase one from my collection!). You don’t have to knit anything in preparation. You’ll work through all the steps of steeking a sweater, and you’ll be ready—and excited—to steek your own work.
We’ll be doing crocheted and hand-sewn steeks on our sweaters. I’ll demonstrate and provide examples of both methods and discuss the pros and cons of each. You’ll leave the workshop with a booklet of photo tutorials for all the techniques discussed.

Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class

One or more sweaters to steek OR $15 per sweater you’d like to purchase from me! I’ll have good-quality thrifted wool sweaters in a variety of colors and sizes.
If you bring a sweater to steek, be sure it meets these criteria:
• 100% wool (or comparable fibers, like alpaca, angora, or cashmere) or nearly 100% wool
• Gauge no smaller than 8 stitches per inch
• No fancy texture patterns (simple cables and ribbing are fine, and colorwork is encouraged)
Yarn:
• Yarn to knit your buttonband. I recommend bringing a bunch of options in weights from fingering to worsted. About 50 yards total should be plenty. I'll have a pile of scrap yarn of various weights for students to use, too.
Needles:
• Size B or C crochet hook (I'll have extra, so no need to buy one if you don't have one)
• Knitting needles, size 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . I recommend bringing several sizes so you can experiment and determine which works best for your project. Circular needles of any length will work.
Other:
• Sharp scissors! We are going to cut these sweaters!
• Sharp tapestry needle (large enough to thread with fingering weight yarn and SHARP)
• Safety pins or removable stitch markers

Materials Fee (to be paid directly to the instructor)

None. Instructor will provide non-superwash wool yarn for reinforcing steeks and have small crochet hooks available for student use during class.  She will email a .pdf of the tutorial booklet to students before the workshop.

Pre-class Homework

None