CLASSES
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JANUARY:
Knit 101
Dates: Sundays, January 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: Beginner
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $15 per class or $60 per 5 classes
You have always wanted to knit...now's the time! Learn the basics of casting-on, knitting, purling & binding-off. This is designed as a very beginner course, however can be great as a refresher course as well. Class will run every Sunday (unless noted), so you can work at your own pace. Take the full series of 5 or just drop-in for one.
Things you'll need: ...to be ready to learn
Socks 101
Dates: 3 Wednesdays, January 18th, 25th and February 8th
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Celeste
Skill Level: Beginner
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $65
Using a worsted weight yarn, and a basic sock pattern you will embark down the journey of creating your first handknit sock. We will be working in the round on double pointed needles, making short rows and picking up stitches, all wonderful techniques to be used for more socks or in other knitted garments.
Things you'll need: 1 Skein Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted (2 for feet larger than Women's size 10), and a set of US #6 dpns (or needles to obtain gauge), and Knitting Pure and Simple Beginner Sock pattern
Fixing Mistakes
Dates: Tuesday, January 24th
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: N/A
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $35
Learn to find mistakes in your knitting sooner, and fix them without ripping back. Either bring in a project that has mistakes you'd like to learn to fix or practice fixing common mistakes on a swatch.
Things you'll need: An unfinished project with mistakes you'd like to learn to fix or a 5-6" square swatch in stockinette stitch, seed stitch or a ribbed stitch in a worsted weight, light colored yarn.
Bedford Pullover
Dates: 5 Saturdays, January 28th, February 18th, March 10th, 24th and April 7th
Time: 10-11:30am
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Celeste
Skill Level: Intermediate
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $85
This cozy, textured pullover will be a favorite to throw on whether you’re on the way out the door or sitting in front of the fire. The faux-cable detail throughout the body and reverse stockinette in the sleeves beautifully balance each other, and will help you learn how to interpolate a stitch pattern after increases and decreases.
Things you'll need: 1025-1785 yards of worsted weight yarn such as Brooklyn Tweed Shelter, One 32” or 40” and one 24” circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles in size US # 8, one 16” US # 5 circular needle (or size to obtain gauge), a copy of the Bedford pattern
FEBRUARY:
Knit 101
Dates: Sundays, February 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: Beginner
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $15 per class or $60 per 5 classes
You have always wanted to knit...now's the time! Learn the basics of casting-on, knitting, purling & binding-off. This is designed as a very beginner course, however can be great as a refresher course as well. Class will run every Sunday (unless noted), so you can work at your own pace. Take the full series of 5 or just drop-in for one.
Things you'll need: ...to be ready to learn
Colorwork Toddler Hat with Kathleen Taylor
Dates: Wednesday, February 1st
Time: 10am-5pm (1 hr break for lunch)
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Kathleen Taylor
Skill Level: Intermediate
Class Limit: 10
Class Fee: $75
Discover, or improve, your Fair Isle skills by knitting a toddler-size Nordic-Style Snowflake hat in this all-day workshop with author, knitter, and designer Kathleen Taylor. This workshop will cover chart-reading and yarn wrangling, as you work on a two-color hat. Choose to work the folded hem with a Picot edging, or a smooth edge.
Things you'll need: 170-220 yds solid color worsted weight wool yarn, 170-220 yds self-striping worsted weight wool yarn whose colors do not match the color of the solid yarn (high contrast is desired). May substitute 2-100 gr balls of solid color, contrasting worsted weight wool yarn; 16" US # 5 circular needle, Set of 5- US # 5 dpns (or size needed to obtain gauge listed below), safety pin, 3 small stitch markers, 1 large stitch marker, large-eye blunt needle. Note: there will be enough yarn to knit both featured versions of the Snowflake hat.
Featherweight Cardigan
Dates: 3 Fridays, February 3rd, 17th and March 2nd
Time: 10-11:30am
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: Beginner
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $65
This lightweight cardigan is perfect to cover your shoulders with in spring. As a first sweater, you will learn about the importance of gauge, sizing and yarn selection for a garment that must fit. The top-down construction allows you to try on your sweater as you go, helping to get the right size, and it also allows for many easy customizations.
Things you'll need: 940-3000 yards of laceweight yarn such as Jade Sapphire Mongolian Cashmere 2 ply or Punta Yarns Mericash, 32” US # 6 needle, a copy of the Featherweight pattern
Hourglass Throw
Dates: 3 Wednesdays, February 15th, 29th and March 21st
Time: 10-11am
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: Intermediate
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $55
This cozy throw includes instructions for three sizes - a baby blanket, a medium throw or a large coverlet - or customize it to make it the perfect size for you. The pattern is charted and written, but we will be encouraging you to work from the chart (with lots of help, of course). Utilizing cable and lace stitches, you will never get bored!
Things you'll need: 650 (1525, 2800) yards of worsted weight yarn such as Brooklyn Tweed Shelter, one 32 (32, 40)” US # 9 circular needle and one 32 (32, 40)” US # 8 circular needle, a copy of the Hourglass pattern
MARCH:
Knit 101
Dates: Sundays, March 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: Beginner
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $15 per class or $60 per 5 classes
You have always wanted to knit...now's the time! Learn the basics of casting-on, knitting, purling & binding-off. This is designed as a very beginner course, however can be great as a refresher course as well. Class will run every Sunday (unless noted), so you can work at your own pace. Take the full series of 5 or just drop-in for one.
Things you'll need: ...to be ready to learn
Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Baby Surprise Jacket
Dates: 3 Tuesdays, March 6th, 13th and 20th
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Celeste
Skill Level: Beginner-Intermediate
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $65
This pattern was created in 1968 and has been a fun, popular project since. Enjoy knitting an amorphous piece of fabric which will magically transform to a baby jacket. Surprise!
Things you'll need: Approximately 400 yards DK weight yarn such as Indulgence DK, 24” US # 6 needles, a copy of the Baby Surprise Jacket pattern
Permafrost Shawl
Dates: 3 Saturdays, March 3rd, 17th and 31st
Time: 10-11:30am
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Celeste
Skill Level: Intermediate-Advanced
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $65
Knit in the round from the center out, this large, lightweight shawl will be a joy to knit. You will alternate between a lace round and a simple knit round, so you will have easy knitting breaks throughout the shawl, and the knitted-on edge ensures that there will be no chance of binding off too tightly.
Things you'll need: 1300 yards of fingering weight yarn such as Brooklyn Tweed Loft, one set of DPNs, one 32”, and one 40” circular (optional) in US # 6 needles, a copy of the Permafrost pattern
Rock Island Shawl
Dates: 3 Thursdays, March 22nd, 29th and April 5th
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Celeste
Skill Level: Intermediate
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $65
Worked from the bottom-up, this delicate lace shawl will feel like it is knitting up faster and faster as you decrease away your stitches. This shawl begins with a lace strip, then the stitches for the body are picked up from this strip. Working the lace on both sides of the fabric can be a challenge, but the garter stitch will provide a nice relief.
Things you'll need: 600 - 680 yards of lace weight yarn such as Habu A-169 cashmere, 32” US # 6 needle, a copy of the Rock Island pattern
APRIL:
Knit 101
Dates: Sundays, April 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Elaine
Skill Level: Beginner
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $15 per class or $60 per 5 classes
You have always wanted to knit...now's the time! Learn the basics of casting-on, knitting, purling & binding-off. This is designed as a very beginner course, however can be great as a refresher course as well. Class will run every Sunday (unless noted), so you can work at your own pace. Take the full series of 5 or just drop-in for one.
Things you'll need: ...to be ready to learn
Teknika Gloves
Dates: 3 Wednesdays, April 4th, 11th and 18th
Time: 10-11:30am
Location: 536 Brinkerhoff Ave. Santa Barbara, 93101
Instructor: Celeste
Skill Level: Intermediate
Class Limit: 8
Class Fee: $65
These gloves are not only a very lovely pattern, but use a conductive thread in the fingertips so that you are able to use your touch screen phone and electronics while wearing them! Though it looks like a complicated pattern, only two colors are ever used - the self-striping yarn gives the illusion that you’ve changed colors multiple times.
Things you'll need: 1 skein of a solid fingering weight yarn such as The Fibre Company Canopy Fingering, 1 skein of a self-striping fingering weight yarn such as Noro Silk Garden Sock, a small amount of a Habu Stainless Steel blended yarn, US #0 needles for working in the round and US #1.5 needles for working in the round, a copy of the Teknika pattern, available for free on Knitty.com
Knit/Crochet Coaching
Would you like to learn to knit or crochet in a private session with a nurturing teacher? Would you like to build your knitting confidence or learn a new skill in a personal supportive setting? Loop & Leaf offers private knitting sessions taught by Brecia Kralovic-Logan. Please contact Brecia at breciakl@gmail.com or call 683-0848 for an appointment. All sessions held at Loop & Leaf during business hours, Tuesday - Saturday.
About the Instructors:
Celeste Varner
When a friend first taught Celeste to crochet about five years ago, she had no idea what she would be getting into. After a few hats in crochet, Celeste was eager to expand her fiber techniques to include knitting. Over the past five years, Celeste's portfolio has grown to include, mittens, gloves, socks, sweaters, toys, and (thanks to the birth of her daughter 1 1/2 years ago) numerous baby clothes. As owner of Loop & Leaf, Celeste is asked for help on a wide range of projects and patterns, and she is now excited to share tips and tricks in her classes.
Brecia Kralovic-Logan
Brecia is a fiber artist in Santa Barbara, CA where she is the director of Pebble in the Pond Art Studio. Creativity, color and texture have been her life long joys, and she has taught over 2,000 art workshops for guilds, and at conferences, schools, shops, museums, and at her studio. Brecia writes, lectures and exhibits her work nationally. She is currently writing a book about creativity and knitting.
Brook Rademacher
Brook learned how to knit in April of 2003 after a lifetime of waiting for the needles. She fell in love at first stitch and has continued to expand her knowledge of knitting, crocheting and other fiber arts. Brook designs for her blossoming business, and has an ongoing love affair with cashmere. Brook's passion for knitting and crochet is contagious and inspires those around her to play using two sticks and some string.