Knitting Basics

Thursday Evenings
June 4,11,18,25
6:00-7:00 pm
Ages 16+
Join our guest instructor, Wenda Dexter, in the Maker space room to learn the basics of knitting. We recommend you attend all four weeks since lessons build on each other.

Advance registration is required since space is limited. Please use the link below or call the library front desk to signup.

https://forms.gle/kXjMSmVuZJQMbvAY9

Participants are responsible for bringing their own supplies. 

  • a skein or ball of 4 or 5 yarn
  • a pair of size 8,9, or 10 knitting needles

The library has three sets of needles that can be borrowed. 

Tentative Week-by-week overview of class

Week 1: June 4th
Discuss supplies of knitting 
Discuss ways to cast on

Week 2: June 11th
Review casting on if needed
Learn Knit stitch
Learn Purl Stitch

Week 3: June 18th
Review casting on, knit stitch and purl stitch if needed
Learn how to decrease
Learn how to increase
Learn how to pick up dropped stitches and frogging

Week 4: June 25th
Review of things learned in previous weeks
Question and Answer of what was discussed through the lessons and where to go next