I’ve been hinting over the last few months about my newest class but now that’s it’s live I can finally tell you all about it – welcome to Sweater Surgery.

It all started last year with a knit along sweater that was worked from the bottom up. Several knitters finished the sweater and were happy with it except for the length of the sleeves. This can be a problem when working from the bottom up, as you can’t make a final judgement call on sleeve length until you are finished! I talking them through the process of shortening the sleeve but I really wished that I could show them on video properly. The process is not difficult but it is daunting the first time!

This got me thinking, so many knitters after spending weeks on a garment are unhappy with it. Some might rip it out, others give it away and others just leave it in the back of the closet. I know because I knit a few beauties myself starting out! Over the years I picked up a few tricks along the way to correct problems as I went. Plus there were several more techniques that I really wanted to experiment with. The idea for a class that takes disasters and creates wearable sweaters out of them is something I haven’t seen before but it’s a class I’d have loved to see when I began knitting! Plus you get the added bonus of using everything you’ve learned in future projects.

If you have a sweater that you only want to make a few minor adjustments to you’ll find the help you need here. But if you have a complete disaster you can also give the class a go and really go crazy with your experimenting!

The basic areas we’ll be covering in the class are:
Sleeves – adjusting the length and the width
Body – again adjusting the length and the width/shaping
Steeking a sweater to turn it into a cardigan
Changing the edging of a garment
Adding pockets
Planning future projects, provisional cast ons and changing patterns.

As you can see there are a lot of different areas covered in this class but the core of the class is interaction, both with me and other students. Analysing the problem is really important. Perhaps you think the sleeve is too long but it is actually possible that the shoulder is the part that’s too wide so it’s allowing the sleeve to slip down. You can post photos of the issues and we’ll all help you to figure out the best way to tackle the garment. Please join me to help make this class fun and productive!

To sign up with a 25% discount off the class price click here.

It’s getting very, very close to the time when my newest Craftsy class goes live.  I just got my first chance to see some of the finished videos yesterday and it should be a whole lot of knitting fun!  I don’t want to spoil the surprise just yet about the class content BUT lets just say that there should be something useful in there for most garment knitters……

Now on to the giveaway, just click through here, either register or sign in for Craftsy and your name will be added to the list for a FREE pass to my newest class.  It will close on Friday at 6pm MST and a winner will be drawn then.  Only one entry per person.

In the meantime if you just can’t wait to find out about the newest class keep an eye on the knitting classes here and my class will come up as a new class within the next day or so, hope you’re as excited as I am!!

I’ve just returned from Denver after my second Craftsy recording. It’s so much fun heading over there for a few days, even if I do have killer jetlag afterwards :-) The lovely Amber and Jaime from Fancy Tiger Crafts took me out for dinner on Sunday night. This was very much appreciated as I was starting to get jittery before my first day of filming and it was really great to have a few hours talking with them.  So glad that they’ll be at TNNA in June, hopefully we’ll find some time for and ice-cream chat :-)

It’s much easier doing something like filming second time round.  You know what to expect and where you’ll run into problems.  I’m really looking forward to sharing this class with you, it’s very different from the last time and was an interesting topic to put together in a class format.  Here are a few photos from the class recording but I bet you won’t be able to guess the class subject from them!