At a Glance
12 HD Video Lessons
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Instructor
Laura Nelkin
Laura is a knitwear, lace and jewelry designer, who has contributed to Knitty.com and Creative Knitting. She has a degree in apparel design, but took to knitting years ago and hasn't looked back since. View profile »
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Mastering Lace Shawls
Knit This
with Laura Nelkin
Laura Nelkin teaches you how to knit lace shawls with step-by-step instructions for two elegant lace shawls in this information-rich class.
With her years of experience in textile and apparel design, Laura brings a unique understanding of lace knitwear designs to this course. She will not only teach you how to knit triangular and semicircular lace shawls, but will also demonstrate how to fix your knitting mistakes. An active knitwear designer, blogger, and workshop leader, Laura is the ideal guide for every stage of your lace knitting adventure, from learning to choose yarn and knit borders and edges, to reading multiple charts at once.
With the included knitted lace shawl patterns, Skywalker and Clarus, you will learn many forms of increases and decreases. Laura will also share her tips and secrets for everything from placing lifelines and markers in your work to the best ways to wear your newly knitted lace shawls.
Embrace the art of knit lace. Enroll today in Knit This: Mastering Lace Shawls!
What You’ll Learn
- How to choose yarn
- Techniques for knitting lace shawls
- How to read a knitting chart
- How to make increases and decreases
- How to slip a stitch
What You’ll Make
- A Clarus lace shawl
- A Skywalker lace shawl
What You'll Need:
- Approx. 400 yards of fingering or lace weight yarn
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Introduction | 7:13 |
| 2 | Learning to Love Lace | 21:55 |
| 3 | Working With Lace | 22:49 |
| 4 | Skywalker: Jedi Training | 45:21 |
| 5 | Skywalker: Jedi Warrior | 42:01 |
| 6 | Skywalker: Jedi Master | 57:06 |
| 7 | Skywalker: You are Yoda | 34:41 |
| 8 | Blocking Skywalker | 8:19 |
| 9 | Meet Clarus | 41:15 |
| 10 | Two Charts Are Better Than One | 19:29 |
| 11 | Completing Clarus | 39:01 |
| 12 | How to Wear a Shawl | 4:34 |
Skills you should have:
- Bind off
- Work increases and decreases
- Cast on
- Knit and purl
- Knit to gauge
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
Just fantastic
I absolutely love this class. Laura Nelkin is a great instructor. The video's and patterns are very clear and easy to follow.
I hadn't knitted in more than 5 years and never knitted anything close to Lace! I don't think I could have made this shawl without this class!
Thanks Laura!
Love it!!
I just love this class! I am learning so much...which really surprised me. It's hard to stop to cook and everything...I just want to keep going. I will be taking more of Laura's classes. She is a wonderful instructor and is easy to follow her instructions in the video.
Fantastic course/instructor
oh my, what a super course! Laura is a fantastic instructor who takes lace intimidation right otr of the equation through her patient teaching. She not only transmits her passion for lace knitting, but makes learning to knit lace a fun thing! imagine that! I thoroughly enjoyed this course, learned sooo many techniques and better work methods. As a 30+ year knitter, I loved learning some of the more technical aspects of the craft. What fun.
fell like i have knited for ever
yes i feel like i have knitte forever,, but i now feel i may have only just began to take on a challenge of new ways and new patterns
thank you i have nearly finished , i yes i make a few mistakes re the patterns but then i watched and rewatched the video and it all came together
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