We love online learning. Especially when we're able to bring great instructors like Kate Atherley right to you. Using Zoom as our online videoconferencing platform, you can take this class from anywhere.
The Good, The Bad & The Pooling: Working with Multi-Coloured Yarns
This short (60-minute) session with Kate is a discussion of the fun and challenges of working with hand-painted yarns. Kate will review different types of hand-painted colorways, and with help of lots of photos, explain how to figure out what a yarn will look like knitted up. She’ll provide guidance on how to best apply different types of colorways for the most attractive results. Along the way she tells stories about the best, the worst, and the most surprising skeins of variegated yarns she's purchased, and she will encourage you to show off interesting, challenging and problematic skeins so we can figure them out!
We'll be exploring this topic for 60 minutes on Thursday, October 17, starting at 3:00 pm PDT, 4:00 pm MDT, 5:00 pm CDT, 6:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm ADT.
Skill level: everyone is welcome! While Kate will refer in examples to knitted projects, the same principles of assessing yarn will work for crochet.
Have you got any specific questions/photos about multi-coloured yarns that you'd like Kate to address in class? Please send an email to cynthia@rivercityyarns.com and she'll send them in advance.
Kate Atherley
Kate Atherley has been teaching knitting professionally for more than 15 years at stores and events all over Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. Her latest book, Custom-Fit Hats is her ninth, and the fourth in a series on customizing projects for perfect fit and style; it joins works on shawls, socks, and mittens. Her focus in all her work is the empowerment of knitters, illuminating both the methods and mechanics of the craft. The combination of her university degree in mathematics, professional experience in software development and usability, and training in garment and fashion design give her a unique perspective. She also works as a technical editor, helping other designers and authors bring their work into the world. She lives in Toronto with her husband and the family of skunks under their porch. www.kateatherley.com
Read these helpful tips before you register:
- You have to pay the registration fee in advance to hold your seat. You can register online or email info@yarniversity.ca to inquire about making a payment over the phone.
- Time Zones: the class times listed are Mountain Time (MT).
- As this is an online class, you will need to have Zoom downloaded on a computer, tablet or mobile device. If using a computer, make sure you also have a webcam and microphone built in or attached.
- The class session(s) will be recorded and copies of all/segments of the class will be available for you to review for a limited time after the class session(s).
- Refunds? If you cancel 14 days (or more) prior to your workshop date, we will transfer your registration fee to a RCY gift card at no charge or offer a refund less a 10% cancellation fee. The cost of any materials provided to you will be subtracted from any refunds/transfers.
- No refunds will be made if you have to cancel less than 14 days before your class is scheduled to begin. If minimum enrolment is not met we reserve the right to cancel the class. A full refund of your registration fee will be given should this situation arise.
Questions, comments, concerns, suggestions? Please contact cynthia@yarniversity.ca.