Fascinating Finishes: Embroidering Your Knits

Amy Snell

Saturday PM

What's better than a finished object? A fascinatingly-finished object! Learn to take your knits to the next level with these arresting embroidery finishes.

Simple to execute but stunning to see, you'll come away from this class with boundless ideas for really finishing off your finished knits by adding amazing touches to borders, hems, cuffs, or even entire pieces.

No harder than weaving in ends, but so much more satisfying — in this class you'll learn and practice multiple embroidery finishes to elevate your hand-knits or enliven store-bought knits. We'll explore how simple geometric stitches can elevate existing stitchwork and highlight knitted motifs.

Skill Level:
Any knitting level; non-knitters are also welcome.

Material fee:

$4 - Color handout with embroidery illustrations

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Student Supplies:
Your homework swatch, scraps of smooth yarn in a similar weight in various contrasting colors that are at least 3 yards long, a tapestry needle big enough to work with your yarn scraps, a crochet hook in the 3.5mm to 4.5 mm range, scissors.

Homework:

Knit and bind off a swatch using a smooth, light-colored, worsted- weight yarn in stockinette stitch, knit flat, that is approximately 6x6". Alternatively, you may bring a similarly-sized piece of store-bought or machine-knitting, as long as the color is light enough to see well and the stitches are large (5 or fewer stitches to the inch).