50 Shades of Filet & More with Charles!
Charles Voth, Artist Profile
Charles Voth has been crocheting and knitting for decades and started designing at 15. His designs have appeared in many publications and he is a highly sought after technical editor for Interweave, Annie’s, and Taunton. He served as interim editor of UK-based Inside Crochet and is now their technical editor as well as a contributing editor for Vogue Knitting Crochet. www.CharlesVothDesigns.ca
50 Shades of Filet (25) Intermediate
50 Shades of Filet with Charles Voth
Learn how to add depth to filet crochet pieces by adding textures. Filet charts, with their black and white blocks are lovely and fun to transform into lacy fabric, but imagine working subtle gradations in your lace like cross-stitchers do on their fabric? Don’t settle for only two-tone blocks of solid stitches or lacy spaces. You’ll learn several strategies to make gradual transitions in your filet lace. We’ll explore how to take favourite filet motifs and make them more subtle and how to make our own charts with free software to crochet pieces no one has seen before, but will soon become contemporary favourites. Crochet cotton donated by: Knitpix and Universal Yarns. Bring: Steel crochet hooks ranging from 1.25mm to 2mm to determine best gauge, notebook, writing tools & grid paper.
3 Hour Workshop – Fri 1:00 to 4:00
Toss & Tumble Colourwork (25) Intermediate
Toss and Tumble Colour by Charles Voth
Knitters and crocheters alike will enjoy this class as we delve into colour problems and surface with spectacular colour solutions. A great way to use up those half balls and partial skeins that are too precious to throw away, but too small to accomplish anything on their own… until now. Be prepared to uncover new possibilities and astonishing combinations that you never thought of before as we toss and tumble our yarn. Learn about hues and contrast, balance and lift, movement and focus as you get a started on a modular lap blanket for those colourful friends in your life.Supply List
3 Hour Workshop – Fri 5:00 to 8:00
Taking Intarsia Around the Bend (25) Intermediate
Learn Intarsia with Charles Voth
Never say never… it is possible to work intarsia in the round. In fact there is more than one way to bring wide swathes of colour into your in-the-round knitting. As Robert Frost wrote, “The only way round is through”, so we will be making our way through two approaches to this knitting technique. You can choose to work on a tubular swatch of your own design, or follow the provided pattern for some wrist warmers. If you dislike seaming, but want to work some intarsia magic in your knitting, you’ll be glad you took the road less travelled. Pre-requisite: Familiarity with K, P, cast-on, bind-off & working in-the-round. Bring: 100 grams each of worsted weight yarn in three different colours & your preferred needle size for chosen yarn and type for working in-the-round.
3 Hour Workshop – Sat 9:00 to 12:00
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