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Knitting - Seamless Hat
This is a full day workshop in which we will skill up on our knitting techniques, ending the day with a completed hat. Kirsten is creating a new pattern especially for this class so please be aware that the images are just representative at this stage.
Teacher: Kirsten Johnstone
Description: Lead by knitwear designer Kirsten Johnstone we will be knitting a seamless hat. This full day class is split into two halves allowing you to work on the body overnight if you want to. Spend a relaxing day with Kirsten while learning techniques such as seamless knitting, provisional cast-on, crown shaping as well as an i-cord bind off (one of my favourite finishes).
Materials: Please bring 150m of a worsted weight yarn of your choice. You would also need a 40cm circular needle in a size at which you can achieve 20 stitches per 10cm - suggested size would be about 5.0mm depending on your yarn and knitting AND one size bigger. You would also need a set of double pointed needles of the same size.
Takeaway: We will finish the day with a completed hat and more knitting skills.
Level: This class would be great for an advanced beginner as well as intermediate knitters.
Workshop Length: Full day.
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.