This is a one session class: Saturday, May 6th from 1:30-4:30pm

This is an intermediate class, you should already know how to cast on, knit, and purl

Description: Your swatch can save you from investing a lot of time in a garment only to realize that the hand isn't right, you're about to run out of yarn, or the dye has run. Learn how to make a swatch that will help you to foresee these problems and overcome them. Learn how to take accurate gauge measurements from your swatch, and what to do with those measurements to insure that your garment will fit. Find out what you can learn from your swatch and make it work for you!

Skills Learned: Ways to examine a swatch; things you should do with your swatch; how to measure a swatch accurately.

Supplies: US 8 (5.0 mm) needles; calculator; 6" ruler; pencil. (Yarn will be supplied in class.)

Ages 13+

Masks are required in class