Knitting, Discover the Possibilities (Brooklyn Tweed) - Jared Flood

4 Part Workshop

Friday, Nov. 19, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Part 1: Seamless Sweater Class
Here are the foundations of seamless sweater knitting: construction, percentages, techniques, and yoke variations. We will be exploring Elizabeth Zimmermann's seven seamless sweater models and discussing her percentage system (EPS). The goal will be to familiarize knitters with the seamless method of sweater construction and design and give them with the confidence to formulate original garments, without a pattern, to suit their own tastes or alter existing patterns into seamless ones.

Lecture and Wine (Public may Attend) $10 Students FREE
Nov. 19, 2010 Friday Evening 6:30 PM

Saturday, Nov. 20, 9:30 am to Noon
Part 2: Girasole Crashcourse
We will be starting to knit Jared's Girasole Shawl/Blanket. He will cover the piece's general construction/shaping, the basic lace techniques employed, chart reading, circular cast-on, and yarn choices.

Saturday, Nov. 20 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Part 3: Aran Sweater Design
We will cover seamless design for planning an Aran garment. The discussion will include both cardigan and pullover construction. The course will cover swatching, blocking, gauge, and construction techniques as they apply to heavily cabled garments. We will discuss cabling without a cable needle and steeking two of Jared's favorite techniques for Aran Knitting. The last part of the class will be spent working a crocheted steek together with Jared demonstrating and the students working crocheted steeks on their knitted swatches. (Intended audience: intermediate to advanced knitters)

Sunday, Nov. 21, 9:30 am to Noon
Part 4: Koolhaas Crashcourse
We will be working Jared's Koolhaas hat design. In the class, we will be covering the hat's construction/shaping, cabled motif and helpful techniques for working the pattern. He will cover cabling without a cable needle and working traveling stitches.

JARED FLOOD is a New York based knitwear designer and photographer. A Pacific Northwest native, Jared holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art and travels the country teaching traditional handknitting technique and garment construction. He has been living and working in Brooklyn since 2005.

His design work and writings have been featured in Interweave Knits, Vogue Knitting, Knit.1 Magazines, and Spin Off (Interweave Press) as well as various other print and online sources.

Jared's photography has been featured in Good Housekeeping, New York Magazine, NY Spaces, NY Living, Vogue Knitting, Knit.1, The Knitter [UK], Debbie Bliss Magazine, and numerous online and book publications. He is the creator of www.brooklyntweed.net and author of Made in Brooklyn - a collection of original handknitting designs with natural fibers, distributed by Classic Elite Yarns.