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Last spring Sheep’s Clothing customers enjoyed making Fair Isle sampler cowls. We got a lot of great practice in stranded color knitting, enjoyed the color and pattern therapy, cheered our hearts and kept our necks warm in the changeable weather of spring. We’re going to repeat the project this spring incorporating the good lessons we learned last year. If you are new to stranded knitting this is your chance to jump in. If you made a cowl last year, join us and make a new one incorporating some new charts and ideas.

$10 plus supplies

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swatch their choices. As we continue, we will create charts for intarsia, discuss yarn handling strategies, and knit a small project of our own design. Please bring needles in sizes from US 3 to 5.$95 includes color wheel yarn

SUNDAYAPRIL 12, 9:30 AM TO 4:30 PM

STRUCTUREBEFORE LUNCH: HAPPY LITTLE SLEEVE CAPS The most universally flattering interface between sweater sleeve and sweater body is also the most evasive. In this class, students will become key masters to an elegant join and able to customize sleeve caps for untraditional sizes. Students will need to bring yarn and matching needles, scratch paper and pencil, and some form of calculator if they don’t have one on their phone.AFTER LUNCH: SEAMS AND OTHER FINISHING TOUCHES As a Shogun of the double pointy sticks, do you cower before you pick up a single needle with a hole in one end? Seamless sweaters are all the rage, but which came first? The fear or the rage? Join me in this adventure all about (you guessed it) joining, and see if I can convince you that a good mattress stitch isevery bit as satisfying (and fun) as a yo k2tog, and that some sweaters benefit from the framework of a stable edge (and how to recognize them). We’ll also look at button bands and play with different types of button holes. Students will need to come prepared with 4 blocked swatches, 15 stitches wide by 4 inches long, worked in stockinette in the same smooth yarn. Other materials needed for class include a darning or yarn needle, yarn and needles for swatching, and a couple of different buttons you might use for a cardigan.$95

GUEST TEACHERWEEKENDJULIA FARWELLCLAY

FRIDAYAPRIL 10 7PM

MEET THEDESIGNER Julia will share her recent book of patterns, From Folly Cove, published by Classic Elite Yarns. Along with a trunk show of the collection’s samples, Julia has prepared for us an informal slide show about her development as a designer, her design inspirations, and the story of Virginia Lee Burton and the Folly Cove Designers, textile artists from Gloucester, Massachusetts who were a national sensation in the 1950s and 60s.There is no charge for this presentation, but registration is required. SATURDAYAPRIL 11, 9:30 AM TO 4:30 PM

COLOR Color is one of the custom elements of knitting that makes a project truly personal. But many knitters are intimidated by technique and seemingly unlimited choices. Everything from simple stripes or more complex patterns involve confidence in handling yarn, reading your knitting, and finishing techniques that ensure the project looks tidy and professionally done. Step by step, we will demystify the process, and begin with rational and intuitive approaches to choosing pleasing combinations for our color work. Terms like Hue and Tone will be discussed, and students will assemble a yarn color wheel, and then


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Liberty Wool Afghan Club 2015Classic Elite will be sending us two brand new colorways of Liberty Wool a month for 6 months. We’ll be making a diamond within a square and learning to do extended double crochets in the process. The squares will be crocheted together with a picot edging and outer borders added as desired. Make 1 square a month for a small afghan. Two squares a month will make a larger afghan. Club membership fee of $20 entitles you to 10% discount on yarn, pattern, and all the help you need along the way.

Classic Elite Spring Knit a LongThis will be our 5th spring participating in CEY’s spring event. Choose a pattern from any one of CEY’s monthly pattern books released January through May. Your project must use at least 3 balls of Classic Elite yarn purchased this year. Finish your project and drop your name in the jar for the big prize drawing the evening of Friday, July 31. Your name will be in the jar one time for each 100 yards of yarn in your completed project. Prizes include a $100 gift basket from Classic Elite, downtown Valparaiso restaurant gift certificates, and knitting related good things from Sheep’s Clothing.

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Hitofude CardieHitofude (pronounced HE-TOE-FOO-DAY) means “a single stroke of the paint brush.” It’s designed to be worked in one continuous strand from beginning to end. If you enjoy knitting lace, but don’t fancy wearing a shawl, this design is for you. This design will be enjoyable for seasoned lace knitters but is also accessible for less experienced lace knitters. The garment shape is a hybrid of a sweater, shawl, and shrug. Heidi, our lace expert, declares this to be as close to a perfect pattern as you can get. You’ll be able to choose from a selection of fingering weight yarns to create your own Hitofude Cardie.

Monday4 to 6 pm

Mar 23, 30, Apr 6, 13$50 plus supplies

Teacher: Heidi

Irish Aran Cabled HatFinished your Aran cabled scarf? It’s time to take the next step and make an Irish Aran hat to match. You will learn how the size of the diamond motif determines the size of the hat, and how to let the diamond shape guide the decreases for the crown of the hat.

Monday1 to 3 pm

Mar 23, 30$30 plus suppliesTeacher: Debbie

Noro Corded VestKate loves to help people be successful with their first real sweater project. She is always on the lookout for suitable designs and loves to help her students with the finishing details that make all the difference. This vest design worked in Noro Silk Garden meets her high standards. It caught her eye because of the sophisticated touches like the corded edgings and button loops.

Thursday4 to 6 pm

Mar 19, 26, Apr 2, 9$50 plus supplies

Teacher: Kate

Tapestry Crochet BookmarkBJ will be your guide learning the technique of tapestry crochet while creating a bookmark. Crocheters with advanced beginner to intermediate skills will enjoy learning this crochet color work technique where two colors travel the length of the row, but only one color forms the stitch.

Saturday1 to 4 pmMarch 21

$30 plus suppliesTeacher: BJ

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TeachersHeidi Yelich

Susan BrobstKate Schroeder

Debbie Teibel Paula Strietelmeier

BJ Licko-KeelDesign

Kristina Rost Artwork

Susan Childress

M-Tu 12 to 7W 10 to 7Th 12 to 9F 12 to 7Sa 10 to 5

LATEHOURS weekdaystill7pm Thursdaystill9pm

Open KnitClasses

Night Owl Knitters

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EVERY Thursday6-9 pm

Early Bird Knitters1st & 3rd Saturday EVERY month 8 amEVERY Wednesday

4- 5 pm

Kid’s Knitting

OPENK N I TEVERY Wednesday

10am to noonEVERY Friday5 to 7 pm

KnittingEvery Friday

4 to 7 pm

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SPINNING4 to 6pm

every 4th FridaySpinners are invited to bring their wheels

and spin.Interested in Spinning?It’s a great opportunity to get your questions

answered.Drop spindle

demonstrations.

Beth Brown-Reinsel will be our guest teacher

the weekend of July 18 and 19.

We’ll be making

Latvian mittens.

Details forthcoming.


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Saturday8 to 10 amApril 18, 25, May 2

Crochet for BeginnersBegin your crochet future with a set of 3 classes designed to get you comfortable with the basic crochet stitches. You will begin with the classic granny square and a scarf. Basic finishing skills for crochet fabrics will also be included.

$40 plus supplies

Wednesday1 to 3 pmMar 18, 25, Apr 1, 8

ORTuesday7 to 9 pmMar 24, 31, Apr 7, 14

$60 includes yarn, needle, book

Knitting for Beginners Learn to knit by making swatches of basic stitches. Emphasis is placed on learning to “read” your stitches so that you can become a confident knitter. Class also includes a taste of lace and cables.

Beginner Classes

Wednesday5:30 to 7:30 pmMar 18, 25, Apr 1

ORWednesday1 to 3 pmApr 15, 22, 29

Knit Beginner ProjectThis hat and scarf combination gives beginners opportunity to practice and polish their basic skills. You’ll learn to use circular and double pointed needles while making the hat. The hat will also be your introduction to multi gauge patterns, which allow you to make the same design in many different kinds of yarn. The scarf combines the cables and other stitches you learned in Knitting for Beginners so that you can keep learning to read your stitches and have something beautiful to wear.

ORSaturday8 to 10 amApril 18, 25, May 2

Crochet Beginner ProjectThe Crochet Lattice Stitch Scarf is a great fashion accessory and a skill builder all in one. Two lace stitches alternate in this piece that can be made in many different fibers to wear spring, summer, and fall. Skills emphasized will be chart reading, pattern reading, foundation rows, transitions between pattern stitches, and a simple edging that you will be able to use in many future crochet projects.

Friday4 to 6 pm

March 13, 20, April 3

$60 includes all supplies

Knitting Crochet

ORTuesday7 to 9 pmApril 21, 28, May 5

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