The instructor teaches the fundamentals of knitting, including casting on, basic knit and purl stitches, increasing, decreasing, and binding off. Students learn by practice, and may start a knitting project during class.

Join an instructor and other knitters to start a project, get help on a project-in-progress, and learn tips to improve your knitting skills. There is no set curriculum; instead, students themselves decide what techniques they would like to learn about and practice.

The technique presented in this workshop is for log cabin designs made with a small tuck and with the strips sewn to backing fabric. Because of the thickness and weight created by the tuck, these covers are not layered with batting, nor are they quilted. Easy techniques for finishing the blocks make this a great project for those new to quilting as well as experienced quilters.

In traditional quiltmaking, pen-and-ink was used most notably on mid-19th century friendship and album quilts. Blocks were made by individuals and then sewn together into the top of the quilt. In this introductory workshop, students learn to create a small design in pen and ink on fabric, using saved and pressed elements from nature, and to embellish their designs with hand applique and decorative whip stitch.

Applique work was common in Old World cultures. European and African traditions of decorative applique date back centuries. Participants in this workshop explore a variety of techniques for hand sewing applique. Students sew samples of both onlay and reverse applique using the conventional invisible, running, whip, and embroidery stitches. Methods of preparing fabric with facings and turned seams and rawedge technique are demonstrated and discussed using many classroom samples.