learn to knit in person

if, like kelis you want to learn to knit with personal help, there's a large range of options available. here's our lot to get you started, with an idea of pricing:

• enquire at your local yarn store (lys) - if they don't have something organised, they'll know someone who does - the pricing is pretty much in line with the pricing of their yarn, and can get expensive with repeat visits. the bonuses are that you get to build up a rapport with a certain store, you meet fellow fibre fiends in your area, and if you run low on supplies, they're just a credit card away... ($$)


• guilds - the handknitters guild and the handspinners and weavers guild both offer knitting classes for absolute beginners, which are incredibly cheap (around $5 an hour) - for that, you may not get someone with a formal teaching qualification, but you will get someone very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the craft ($)


• the victorian tapestry workshop - occasionally, we've heard of them offering classes in colour knitting, and we couldn't think of a better place to do it - hundreds of colours available in fine yarn normally used for weaving.($-$$)


• lincraft - a gamut of options considering where you go. free to charging a certain amount, and we're guessing they're reliant on you buying yarn from them.


• cae - we were initially thinkin'... pricey! but there are worse things you could spend $105 for six hours tuition on, you meet birds of a feather, other classes are offered...($$$)

otherwise, we like the book side of things. but that's another post, for another time.

June 8, 2004 7:34 AM