Colorwork Knitting Workshop: Building Confidence with Color

Ready to add color and creativity to your knitting? This hands-on workshop is designed for knitters who want to explore colorwork techniques in a clear, supportive, and approachable way.

Participants will learn the fundamentals of stranded colorwork, including how to read colorwork charts, manage two colors at once, maintain even tension, and prevent common issues like puckering and long floats. We’ll also cover yarn selection, including color contrast.

This class is ideal for adventurous beginners and intermediate knitters who are comfortable knitting and purling and ready to take their skills to the next level.

Skills covered:

• Reading and following colorwork charts

• Managing floats and yarn dominance

• Maintaining consistent tension

• Choosing effective color combinations

Prerequisites: Basic knitting skills (knit and purl)
Materials: Students should bring US 8 needles and two contrasting yarn colors.

Come knit, learn, and play with color!

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Want to knit your first garment but feel overwhelmed? We'll take you on a step-by-step journey of your first sweater from swatch to block! We will be knitting the Lento by Jonna Helin and will guide you through the pattern, starting with a 1 on 1 shopping & yarn selection to help you pick the perfect pair for your garment goals.

For this class, you must know how to cast on, bind off, knit and purl. Meant for adventurous beginners and up. Sign up here!

CLASS DATES: 8/15, 8/29, 9/12, 9/26 at 2pm

FIRST: Purchase your pattern here. You must have enough yarn to complete your sweater based on the sizes below:

MATERIALS
Approx. 703 (800, 852, 912, 976) (1067, 1163, 1220, 1302) yds / 643 (732, 779, 835, 893) (976, 1064, 1116, 1192) m of fingering weight yarn

held with

Approx. 732 (833, 887, 950, 1016) (1111, 1211, 1270, 1356) yds / 670 (762, 811, 869, 929) (1016, 1107, 1162, 1240) m of lace weight yarn.

Needles: US 6 / 4 mm circular needles for ribbing, US 10 / 6 mm circular needles. An extra circular needle for the provisional cast-on for the neckline.

Notions: 5 stitch markers, tapestry needle, scrap yarn.

NEXT: Schedule a 30min slot for 1 on 1 shopping on 8/12, 8/13 or 8/14 - swatch must be made and blocked for class on 8/15. Email kiki@magpiefibers.com to schedule your shopping slot, or if you already have your yarn selected, make sure your swatch is ready to go!

Tunisian crochet, sometimes called Afghan crochet, is a unique fiber craft that shares similarities with both knitting and crochet. Like crochet, it uses a long crochet hook. And, like knitting, it involves working with multiple stitches at a time. Perfect for both crocheters and knitters alike, join us in this beginners class as we expand our fibers skills and explore the wonderful world of Tunisian!

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We've all been there — staring at our knitting wondering where it went wrong and how on earth to fix it. This class is here to change that.

Knitting S.O.S. is a hands-on troubleshooting class designed to empower you to truly read your knitting. You'll learn how to identify common knitting mistakes, understand how and why they happen, and — most importantly — how to fix them with confidence. No more frogging an entire project when one stitch goes sideways.

By the end of class, you'll walk away with the skills and knowledge to catch problems early, correct them efficiently, and feel genuinely in control of your craft.

Recommended for Advanced Beginner/Intermediate.

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Tunisian crochet, sometimes called Afghan crochet, is a unique fiber craft that shares similarities with both knitting and crochet. Like crochet, it uses a long crochet hook. And, like knitting, it involves working with multiple stitches at a time. Perfect for both crocheters and knitters alike, join us in this beginners class as we expand our fibers skills and explore the wonderful world of Tunisian!

Sign up here!

Join Emily as she walks you through some basic embroidery stitches and learn how to use those techniques to embroider and embellish items in your wardrobe! For this class you will embroider onto a zipper pouch. Needles, embroidery thread, and canvas tote will be provided. Excellent class for beginners!

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Heel Yeah! Mastering the Fish Lips Kiss Heel

Take a deep dive into the Fish Lips Kiss Heel in this intermediate sock clinic. We’ll focus on the construction of the FLK short row heel and review how toes, cuffs, heels, and gauge contribute to overall fit and structure. By the end, you’ll have a stronger understanding of the pattern and the skills to execute great fitting socks with confidence.

For an adventurous knitter, this class is best suited for those already comfortable knitting in the round. Comes with a stitch marker from Twin Mountains Handcrafts.

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Fine wool, medium, down, long, primitive - these words are thrown around but what do they mean? With so many breeds of sheep available to us and new ones popping up every day, how do you choose the right one?

We’ll explore spinning wool from these umbrella terms as well as their characteristics and common uses to help you make more informed decisions for your next project. We'll discuss facets like luster, crimp and micron count and do some demonstrations of how to begin tackling these different fibers.

This class comes with a curated fiber sample for experimentation, further study and play.

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We've all been there — staring at our knitting wondering where it went wrong and how on earth to fix it. This class is here to change that.

Knitting S.O.S. is a hands-on troubleshooting class designed to empower you to truly read your knitting. You'll learn how to identify common knitting mistakes, understand how and why they happen, and — most importantly — how to fix them with confidence. No more frogging an entire project when one stitch goes sideways.

By the end of class, you'll walk away with the skills and knowledge to catch problems early, correct them efficiently, and feel genuinely in control of your craft. Recommended for Advanced Beginner/Intermediate.

Sign up here.

Tunisian crochet, sometimes called Afghan crochet, is a unique fiber craft that shares similarities with both knitting and crochet. Like crochet, it uses a long crochet hook. And, like knitting, it involves working with multiple stitches at a time. Perfect for both crocheters and knitters alike, join us in this beginners class as we expand our fibers skills and explore the wonderful world of Tunisian!

Click here to sign up today!

A guided introduction in creating basic embroidery stitches via a stitch sampler. Learn how to make the basic stitches: satin, lazy daisy, straight, seed, chain, French knot, back stitch, and split stitch. Take home the sampler to reference during your at-home practice! All materials will be provided.

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Bring a piece of clothing or cloth accessory and learn how to add some embroidery embellishment! Meant for the beginner, join Emily as she walks you through the process of using basic embroidery stitches to spice up your existing wardrobe. Needles and embroidery thread will be provided, please just bring something (a piece of clothing, a cotton tote, ball cap, etc.) you want to embellish.

Click here to sign up today!

Tunisian crochet, sometimes called Afghan crochet, is a unique fiber craft that shares similarities with both knitting and crochet. Like crochet, it uses a long crochet hook. And, like knitting, it involves working with multiple stitches at a time. Perfect for both crocheters and knitters alike, join us in this beginners class as we expand our fibers skills and explore the wonderful world of Tunisian!

Click here to sign up today!