Knitting Silk
with Kitty Bryan
Have you ever been tempted to purchase a beautiful skein of silk, but
• wondered what you would knit with it,
• wondered how you would care for it,
• wondered why this fine, strong, soft, lustrous fiber has been prized for centuries, and
• wondered why successful wool knitting techniques do not work?
Designed to expand your fiber experience, students will use a workbook to explore silk; its • History • Behavior • Varieties • Characteristics • Blends • Production.
Class activities include knitting “successful and set-to-fail” samples; critiquing published patterns and discussing considerations in purchasing silk fiber and yarn.
A shawl pattern is included in the workbook.
SKILL LEVEL: This class is geared for beginner - intermediate knitters who can cast on, cast off, knit and purl.
WHAT TO BRING: One skein of fingering silk yarn wound onto a toilet paper tube, scissors, pencil.
MATERIALS INCLUDED: Class Workbook.
MATERIALS FEE: $10 payable to the instructor.
Register for [SAMKS]
$95
Meet your instructor…
Kitty Bryan travels the United States and Canada to teach knitting design where students learn to create their own fabrics showcasing a fiber’s unique fiber, color, and stitch behavior. She is captivated by Gestalt principles and incorporates visual perception effects into her designs. Her class experience culminated in the publication of Knitting Variegated Yarn – Gestalt Techniques.
Married with two sons, she lives on the Washington coast where she enjoys botanical dyeing and spinning. Her designs have featured The Yarns of Rhichard Devrieze, Absolute Qiviut, Alexandra – The Art of Yarn, Apple Tree Knits, Ranching Tradition Fiber, Round Mountain Fibers, and Tangled Poets. She is one of five international designers showcased in the 2019 Year of Knitting Dangerously and her work has appeared in the Stitches United 2018 Fashion Show in Hartford, CT.
Website: kittybryan.com
Email: kittybryandesigns@gmail.com