NAUTICAL KNITTING CRUISE 2022: AMAZING ALASKA

THE PERFECT BLEND

with Casapinka

 The Perfect Blend is a boomerang shaped shawl that is made with 12 different colors (although you can make it in as many or as few colors as you like.) There are a number of fun different stitches for you to try, and each different stitch section is followed by an oasis of garter so you can rest for a bit. You will never be bored when knitting this shawl!

Learn the tips and tricks for knitting this project during the session.

CHOOSING COLORS FOR YOUR KNITS

with Casapinka 

Casapinka (aka Bronwyn) will present a three-hour workshop gleaned from her  years of experience knitting and visiting yarn shops.

Is choosing colors the  hardest part of your knitting projects? If so, this is the class for you! No pesky color wheel, no strict rules, just plenty of demonstrations and techniques to help you gain  confidence when choosing colors for multi-skein  projects. Do variegated yarns fluster you? Do you worry about having enough  color contrast within your project, or are you trying to get out of your comfortable box? Then please  join us--this is the class for you! 

 YOU CAN'T GO WRONG: REVERSIBLE CABLES 

with Melissa Leapman 

In this hands-on workshop, we'll explore cable patterns that look great on both sides.

By the end of class, you'll amaze yourself (and everyone else) with fabrics that have completely different cables on each side!

(Note: Participants should be comfortable knitting typical cables prior to the class.)   

DESIGN-A-GRAM

with Melissa Leapman

Have you always wanted to design your own special sweater? Let me walk you  through the entire design process from beginning to end. 

By the end of this session, you'll be able to  draft the pattern for any sweater with any yarn with any design details you want!

SHARON'S VERY SECRET YARN DESIGN taught by Casapinka but designed by Sharon From Security (who won't be there cos of federal laws relating to cats on ships and also cos she gets seasick.)

In case you don't know, Sharon From Security is Casapinka's employee who also is a pretty good knitwear designer. For this three hour class, Sharon will be designing "something" (you try and pin down a damn cat!) for you hoomanz. Her pattern will also include human-centered self defense tips that exclude hissing and claws, cos hoomanz are sissies.

Any inquiries before she is ready to tell us more (like in Feb or March-- you know cats) will result in a citation and we cannot be responsible for any snarkiness that you receive in response to your questions. Don't worry-- she will let you know needle size etc. before you get on the ship (as long as you send her sushi.)

PLUG 'N' PLAY ASYMMETRICAL SHAWLS

with Melissa Leapman

Mix and match different design elements to customize your own version of this popular silhouette. Choose from lace, mosaic, bubble stitches, and more in this fun, hands-on workshop.

KNITTING TIPS, TRICKS, AND HOW TO STEEK

with Casapinka

Join Bronwyn for a 3 hour class that shows you little tips and tricks that can make your  knitting easier, such as how to pick up and knit stitches, how to make the last BO stitch  tight, how to loosen the edges of your shawls if they are tight, how to make the garter tab CO easier. We will finish the class by knitting a small sample that  you will steek yourself so you can try out one of the scariest things in all of knitting in public along with dozens of your new knitting friends (which isn’t really that scary at all.)