Join us for this special in-store event where Aleks Byrd teaches us about Ladderback Jacquard.

Create beautiful stranded colorwork, not just from the right side, but also the wrong side, with this game changing float management skill. Ladderback jacquard will help you manage floats by keeping them short to avoid any snagging, while also opening up the possibility of knitting patterns with require longer gaps between colors. 

In this workshop, you will explore two ways of using ladderback jacquard; the first by adding a ladderback stitch while knitting stranded colorwork and the second by creating the ladderback stitch after you've finished knitting colorwork.

Skill Level

Intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit with two colors doing simple stranded colorwork / Fair Isle knitting in the round.

Materials needed:

• US 6 / 4mm needles for knitting small cirmuference (DPNs or circluar needles for magic loop)
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry / darning needle
• DK-weight yarn (preferably nothing slippery - think yarn you would use for colorwork) in the following approx. amounts:
  • MC (main color) 20g
  • CC (contrast color) 20g

Homework

Have your swatch cast as written below:

Using US 6 / 4mm needles with MC, CO 57 sts. Join in the round and PM for BOR.

Rnds 1-2: Work 1x1 rib as follows: [k1,p1] repeat [-] to last st, k1.

Instructor

Aleks Byrd is a knitwear designer with roots in Estonia, Canada, and the USA. Aleks’ passion is creating modern patterns with a connection to the past using little-known traditional techniques for unique wearable designs that are fun and rewarding to knit for all levels of knitters. Her portfolio of designs includes individual patterns as well as those published in The Knitter magazine and Laine Magazine. Her latest book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits brings together her designs and teaching as an introduction to Estonian knitting, both traditional and traditional-inspired.

Aleks teaches workshops to demystify the deceptively easy techniques used in her patterns all over the world in the UK, Europe, Canada, the United States and Australia. Most notably with sold out workshops at Vogue Knitting Live in New York.

Aleks especially loves sharing traditional knitting techniques from Estonia with knitters around the world to expand their view on what knitting can be. She works with yarn shops and knitting event organizers to bring engaging workshops to your knitting community.

Cancellation Policy

Classes require a minimum of 4 students. An emailed notification of cancellation will be sent 2 days before the class if the minimum is not met. In the case of shop cancellation, all registered students will be refunded the class fee. Any additional fees including materials and the shipping of materials are non-refundable. Student cancellations, missed classes or no-shows can not be refunded, exchanged or transferred.

**CLASS IS IN PERSON AT OUR STORE ON 1117 SE DIVISION ST, PORTLAND, OR**