Instructor: Nancy Cavender

Saturdays: Nov. 22 & Dec. 13, 2025, Jan. 10 & Feb. 7, 2026; 11 am - 1 pm

This class is for knitters with a bit of colorwork experience looking to hone their skills and take on a larger project. Nancy will guide you through the lovely "Rosie Sweater," by Lene Holme Samsøe. This top-down seamless pullover features a mock turtleneck, large scale floral motif, and a mix of drop shoulder and raglan shaping at the yoke. Nancy will teach German short rows that make the slanted European shoulder construction, share tips for catching floats, and demonstrate the Italian tubular bind-off for a tidy finish. Knit with a soft and cozy combination of fingering weight wool and lace weight mohair, "Rosie Sweater" will be a pleasure to wear as well as to knit.

Experience: Students should have some experience with stranded colorwork, and be comfortable working in the round and making basic increase/decrease stitches. Experience with sweater knitting will be helpful, but isn't required.

Materials needed:

• Pattern: "Rosie Sweater," by Lene Holme Samsøe - pattern available to purchase from Ravelry
• Yarn: fingering weight wool and lace weight mohair held together throughout, two colors each. See pattern for size and yardage details.
  • Nancy is using Biches & Bûches Le Petit Lambswool held together with Sandnes Garn Tynn Silk Mohair
  • We also recommend Sandnes Garn Sunday, Isager Highland, Retrosaria Rosa Pomar Mondim, Isager Silk Mohair, Kelbourne Woolens Harmony, Fyberspates Cumulus, and more! Come by the shop to browse the full selection - we're happy to help calculate yardage, too.
  • If managing 4 balls of yarn in colorwork sounds daunting, a single strand of DK weight yarn may be substituted - consider Kelbourne Woolens Scout
• Needles:
  • Circular needles US 2.5 (3mm) 16”
  • Circular needles US 4 (3.5mm) and US 6 (4mm) 16 and 32”
  • Circular needles US 7 (4.5mm) 16 and 32” for the colorwork
  • Double pointed needles US 4 (3.5mm), unless you use the magic loop method
• Notions: stitch markers, tapestry needle

Class Policy -

• Masks are optional in the classroom and in the shop.
• Refunds or store credits for pre-paid class registrations can be made only if we are notified at least two weeks in advance of the beginning of class.
• Missed classes will not be made up unless the instructor was unable to teach or the shop was unexpectedly closed.
• Refunds or store credits for missed classes cannot be made.