Rose & Ram Knit Shop & Studio

Winter 2010 Class Schedule

Weekly Happenings

OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, 5:30-7:30 and Sunday, 1:00-3:00

Grab your needles, hooks, spinning wheels, drop spindles and come on
in! Inspire and be inspired by your fellow fiber artists. Needing help
with projects? Check out Studio Walk-In below.

No fee.

STUDIO WALK-IN
Nita Porter, Pat Pennock, or Elise Clason, Instructors
Thursday, 2:00-4:00 (Knitting)
Friday, 5:00-7:00 (Knitting & Crocheting)

Have you knit or crocheted a "problem child" and need some advice?
Then Studio Walk-in is for you! Come in with your questions.

Only $5.00 per session.

FINISH LINE!
Elise Clason, Instructor
Friday, 5:00-7:00

Open shop time especially for fun and for FINISHING those stashed
projects. If it sounds like this might fit in with your fall plans, if you've
been wanting to get back to a particular project, or if you just want to
enjoy an evening with other fiber enthusiasts - come on in! Studio
Walk-In will also be available during this time if you want or need
assistance.

New Classes

EACH WEEK, ONE SQUARE: an afghan at your own pace
Elise Clason, Instructor
Fridays beginning 1/29, 3:00-5:00

Every Friday, Elise will have a featured pattern for an afghan square
and will help you get started knitting it. Come any week or every
week. Bring prepared knitting on needles: 4 rows of garter stitch, 44
stitches per row, on needles suitable for your yarn.

$10.00 plus cost of materials

COLOR - A CRASH COURSE
Pat Pennock, Instructor
Saturday, 1/30, 10:00-3:00 (with lunch break)

This four-hour workshop is an opportunity to gain a basic
understanding of color relationships. Color is magic! Bring supplies: old
magazines, postcards, glue stick, paper and scissors.

$25.00 plus cost of materials

BIRD IN THE HAND FAIR ISLE MITTENS
Helen Burros, Instructor
Sunday, 2/21, 3/7 and 3/21, 1:00-3:00

With the cold weather, it's time to knit mittens! And stranded mittens
are warm, cozy and easy to knit in your choice of colors. Join us as we
knit the Bird in the Hand mitten, a pattern designed by Jorid
Linvik, a noted Norwegian designer. Helen knit her sample with
Cleckheaton's Country 8 Ply. This yarn comes in many wonderful
colors just waiting to be knit into mittens for the whole family! Come
and join the fun as we learn the tricks to warm and cozy mittens.

$36.00 plus cost of materials

CROCHETED SWIRL BAG
Elise Clason, Instructor
Tuesday, 2/23, 3/2 & 3/9, 5:30-7:30

In this free pattern from Interweave Knits, four single crochet sections
swirl around to make a sturdy handwork bag or purse. See sample at
shop. Elise used Cottonwood, a 100% organic cotton from
Fibranatura.

$36.00 plus cost of materials

KNIT ONE BELOW SCARF
Bobbie Dolp, Instructor
Sunday, 2/28, 10:00-12:00

This simple stitch creates wonderful effects with variegated and/or
solid colored combinations. Make a scarf and become confident with
this easy-to-learn technique before going on to exploring its uses in
larger projects. Check out the sample scarf in the shop made with
Poems yarn. Pattern can be downloaded or is available in the
irresistible book of the same name, Knit One Below by Elise Duvekot.
Pattern is free online as Inside Outside Scarf at
www.knittinguniverse.com.

$25.00 plus cost of materials

CREATE YOUR OWN FAIR ISLE VEST
Pat Pennock, Instructor
Friday, 3/12, 3/26, 4/9 & 4/23, 5:30-7:30

Using 7 to 12 colors of yarn, each knitter will design her/his own fair
isle pattern. A graph and 6" swatch are created before garment
construction begins. Taking the 4-hour Color Class may be a help to
your creativity.

$50.00 plus cost of materials

Our Favorites Offered Again!

BEGINNING KNITTING
Pat Pennock, Instructor
Friday, 2/5, 2/12 & 2/26, 10:00-12:00 or
Saturday, 2/20, 2/27 & 3/6, 1:00-3:00 or
Thursday, 4/8, 4/15 & 4/22, 10:00-12:00

Hand-knit sweaters sell for hundreds of dollars - an incentive to learn
how to knit your own! Knitting basically uses only two stitches - the
knit stitch and the purl stitch. Once you learn these, the possibilities
are endless! In addition to basic knitting, topics such as utilizing
different knitting techniques, correcting mistakes, and how to read
patterns will be covered. Needed supplies will be discussed at first class.

$36.00 for three 2-hour classes plus cost of materials.

BEYOND BEGINNING KNITTING
Pat Pennock, Instructor
Saturday, 5/1, 5/8 & 5/22, 1:00-3:00

Continue a project started in beginning class, develop new skills, or
receive help with one of those unfinished projects.

$36.00 plus cost of materials

BEGINNING CROCHET
Elise Clason, Instructor
Tuesday, 2/2, 2/9 & 2/16, 5:30-7:30

It is the newest - and the oldest! - hip thing!!
Crochet builds a whole fabric on a basic single loop stitch. Class will
cover the various stitches that can be created and how to read crochet
patterns.

$36.00 for three 2-hour classes plus cost of materials.

TOE-UP SPIRAL TUBE SOCKS
Nita Porter, Instructor
Saturday, 1/30, 1:00-3:00 or
Saturday, 3/6, 12:00-2:00

This class is a great one for those of you who fear the "turning of the
heel!" If you're just not ready to take on a heel, we have the sock class
just for you. This sock begins at the toe and ends at the cuff - what
could be more simple? Nita knit her sample with Raggi, a worsted
weight yarn from Swedish Yarn.

$15.00 plus cost of materials

ENTRELAC SCARF
Rachael Harms, Instructor
Thursday, 2/4 & 2/25, 5:30-7:30 or
Sunday, 4/11 & 4/25, 1:00-3:00

A series of building blocks, textured diamonds, or trellis patterns are
terms used to describe this technique, which involves knitting and
purling a series of short rows. See Rachael's sample scarf, knit from
Poems, a multi-colored wool at the Rose & Ram.

$25.00 plus cost of materials

BABY SURPRISE JACKET
Bobbie Dolp, Instructor
First class Monday, 2/8, 6:00-8:00
Time for second class to be decided by participants

Curious? This intriguing design produces a one-piece all garter stitch
sweater whose structure is not revealed until the very end - hence the
title. The pattern incorporates several basic techniques as well as the
possibility of embellishments so it is perfect for knitters with all levels
of expertise. Size varies with the weight of yarn and size of needle. See
display items at the Rose & Ram. Sign up soon - our last class was a
big success!

$25,00 plus cost of materials

MARIPOSA SHAWL
Rachael Harms, Instructor
Saturday, 2/20, 3/13, 4/3 & 4/24, 10:00-12:00

This beautiful openwork shawl, designed by Merrilee Parker for
Southwest Trading Company, is an intermediate level lace project.

$48.00 plus cost of materials

FAIR ISLE BERET
Bobbie Dolp, Instructor
First class Monday, 2/22, 6:00-8:00
Time of second class to be decided by participants

Have you ever been riveted by those glorious Fair Isle sweaters? A
great place to gain confidence is to try your hand by knitting a beret.
A seemingly complex way to knit, there are only two colors in any
row. Make a beret as a first project and learn to carry those colors! See
samples at the Rose & Ram. Kits come in 5 different colorways.

$36.00 plus cost of materials

ARAN FROM THE TOP DOWN
Bobbie Dolp, Instructor
First class Monday, 3/1, 6:00-8:00
Times for classes 2-4 to be decided by participants

Learn how to create a sweater that fits, requires no gauge, needs no
sewing and is uniquely yours! Skills taught include
knitting-in-the-round, cabling, picking up stitches and design
calculations. You will select your own combination of stitch patterns,
thereby producing a one-of-a-kind garment. A smooth worsted weight
yarn in a light, solid color will produce the best results in your class
project.

$50.00 plus cost of materials

'RETRO' BABY BOOTIES
Nita Porter, Instructor
Friday, 3/19, 5:30-7:30 and Saturday, 3/27, 1:00-3:00

This class reintroduces the retro baby booties from generations ago. It's
designer wished this pattern not to be lost so here it is again! The
booties knit up in either fingering, sport or DK weight yarn. See Nita's
sample knit with Mandarin Petit, a 100% cotton yarn.

$25.00 plus cost of materials

SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
Pat Pennock, Instructor
Saturday, 3/20, 4/3 & 4/17, 10:00-12:00

This class is all about knitting in the round with 5 double pointed
needles. Turning the heel, decreasing, and the kitchener stitch are
covered. Pattern included with class gives instruction for knitting
socks with all weights of yarn.

$36.00 plus cost of materials

DIAGONAL SCARF
Nita Porter, Instructor
Thursday, 4/8, 5:30-7:30 or
Thursday, 4/22, 5:30-7:30

If you missed it before, we are offering the diagonal scarf class again!
It's really fun to see this project grow. A self-striping or multiple fiber
yarn is great for this project. Techniques covered include short row
knitting.

$15.00 plus cost of materials

BEGINNING LACE:
BRANCHING OUT SCARF
Elise Clason, Instructor
Tuesday, 4/13, 4/20 & 4/27, 5:00-7:00

This lovely scarf pattern (found on Knitty.com) for beginning lace has
decreases with "branching" to the right and the left. Shop sample is
knit with Terra, a bamboo/cotton blend from Southwest Trading
Company.

$36.00 plus cost of materials

SOCKS ON CIRCS
Jan Johnson, Instructor
Dates and times to be announced

This is a brilliant technique which you may well have heard! Two
circular needles are used to knit a sock. One half of the sock is worked
off the points of one circular needle, while the other needle "rests",
which creates just enough of a bend to give the working needles the
angle they need. This technique can also be used for cuffs, hats and
any other project calling for double-pointed needles.

$36.00 plus cost of materials.

SPINNING CLASSES

BEGINNING SPINDLE SPINNING
Frances Buckovic, Instructor
Call or email the Rose & Ram to set up a time

Learn to spin balanced singles on a drop spindle. Cost of beginning
spindle kit is $21.00. We also have spindle kits available for $38.00
without a class (written instructions included).

$18.00 plus cost of spindle kit.

PLYING ON THE DROP SPINDLE
Frances Buckovic, Instructor
Call or email the Rose & Ram to set up a time

Learn to make 2-ply yarn from one or two singles. This is a follow-up to
Beginning Spindle Spinning so you will need you drop spindle already
full with single spun fiber.

$18.00

BEGINNING SPINNING WITH YOUR WHEEL
- a two part class
Frances Buckovic, Instructor
Call or email the Rose & Ram to set up a time

Part I - Learn to spin balanced singles on your wheel. Your wheel will
need to be in good working order. Wool fiber available for spinning at
the time of the class.

Part II - Learn to make balanced 2-ply yarn from the singles you have
spun. You will need 2 bobbins filled with singles and/or 2 center-pull
balls of single spun yarn and 1 empty bobbin.

$40.00 plus cost of fiber and equipment if needed.

HOW TO REGISTER

To register for classes, send us an email at
roseandram@msn.com
or call (503) 838-KNIT (5648).

Payment to be made at time of registration.

A minimum of 3 students per class is
required to ensure that classes are not
cancelled, so call your friends!

TO REQUEST A SPECIFIC CLASS

Call the Rose & Ram Knit Shop at (503)
838-KNIT (5648) or
email at roseandram@msn.com

Our teachers are flexible - please let us know
if you'd like to take a class but need to
schedule an alternate time!

SHOP HOURS

Wednesday 11;00-4:00
Thursday 11:00-7:30
Friday 11:00-7:30
Saturday 11:00-4:00
Sunday 12:00-4:00
Closed Monday and Tuesday