Knitting Masterclass: Fitting Your Knits
Join Carol on a knitting journey! Lets start with garment fit and modification and see where our journey takes us?
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Do you want to come on a knitting journey with Carol? This class will help you master garment fitting and modification. We will begin with measuring and checking your gauge. From there we will examine different construction types and how to modify a pattern to fit your body. Each section of the pattern, from shoulder shaping through to body shaping and sleeve shaping will be deconstructed and examined with suggestions on how to get the fit you want.
Your Instructor
As with many Irish children she learned to knit while still in primary school and spent many years knitting cardigans for her dolls and occasionally herself. There is a strong history of crafting in her family; her mother sewed much of her clothes, her grandmother was an expert knitter and her aunt ran a knitting shop in Dublin.
Carol trained initially as a textile artist and then as a structural engineer. While both of these backgrounds are very different the influences can be seen in her design work which is well-shaped, flattering to wear and enjoyable to knit. She strives to design clothing with a difference: not overly complex, but still giving a very unique end product. She likes to work with different construction methods, so long as they enhance the knitting experience and make for a more intuitively put-together knitted item.
Carol has been widely published in books and magazine and travels the world teaching in yarn shops and fibre festivals. The classes she teaches cover a wide range of subjects from cables and chart reading, through garment shaping and customisation right through to short rows and colourwork. In her classes you'll move from learning the basics to refining your knitting skills and fixing problems.