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Knitting - Mosaic Shawl
For the shawl curious, a workshop to demystify construction and techniques involved in knitting shawls. Spend the day with prolific designer Ambah O'Brien, exploring the beauty and intricacy of lace and mosaic knitting.
Teacher: Ambah O'Brien
Workshop Duration: Full Day
Description: We’ll start our day with a discussion on shawl construction, looking at popular shapes and how they are created. Next we’ll cast on and knit a mini shawl each. This is a hands on workshop to learn a variety of techniques commonly used in shawl knitting including: reading charts for lace and mosaic colourwork knitting, working lace and mosaic stitches, shaping and a fun bind off. A demonstration and discussion of blocking your shawl project will follow.
While we knit together, Ambah will share her favourite tips and insights.
Materials to bring:
- knitting needles 3.75mm or appropriate needle size to match your style of knitting ie. tight or loose
- pen for making notes
- tapestry needle to weave in ends
Takeaway: A mini knitted shawl
Level: Advanced Beginner / Intermediate.
Prerequisites: Ability to cast on, knit and purl and work basic increasing and decreasing. An understanding of basic knitting terminology.
So I wrote last week a post asking “Is my making fast fashion?”. And then I did a video on Instagram discussing similar topics in a slightly different way. And as always, you lovely humans have helped me clarify some of my thinking with your thoughtful, clever commentary.
And while I think there is so much more to discuss, here are four key possibly-more-meta ideas that have come up for me out of those conversations.
In using the quote last week that suggested that there was no single answer, and suggesting that this was freeing, I really did mean that we should sit in the grey. Not that the lack of “an” answer to this question should mean we get to ignore the question but rather that the lack of “an” answer means that we need to keep asking bigger more beautiful questions. And keep asking them.
Is my making fast fashion?
Am I living my values or merely thinking them?
And how can I make those two things a little more aligned in this moment?
These are my big beautiful questions.
Yours might be different.
And importantly this leads to point 2.