Description

Learn the entrelac knitting technique and make these sweet mittens in tiny bite-sized pieces. Entrelac is a wonderful way to knit small, joined sections that work up into a textural, woven look. It’s great for stashbusting, self-striping yarns, gradients cakes, and colour play. As a side bonus, you’ll learn how to “knit back” — knitting in the opposite direction so you’ll never have to turn your work — a useful technique for knitting any small section when it’s better to see it from the right side on every row.

What You Will Learn

1. 1. 1. The entrelac technique: Make a knit fabric that resembles a basketweave but is actually made from small squares, picked up and knit from the squares below.
      2. Shaping within entrelac: How to increase and decrease while maintaining the entrelac pattern evenly.
      3. Making a thumb hole in an entrelac mitten: How and wear to make a hole that keeps the entrelac pattern going but sets you up to knit a thumb later.
      4. Entrelac knitting in the round (versus entrelac knitting flat, like you’d do for a scarf): how to switch from flat to in-the-round knitting with entrelac.
      5. Knitting back: Learning to knit in the opposite direction instead of turning and purling the work.
      6. How to keep track of entrelac rows and tiers: Tips and tricks for finding your landmarks so you don’t lose your place.

Class Details

• • • Date & Time: 
      • May 26th, June 2nd, and 9th, 2026
      • 2 time slots
        • @2:00-4:00pm
        • @6:00-8:00pm
    • Location:
      • Maker Savvy Classroom
    • Skill Level: Intermediate
      • If you’re comfortable with basic knitting techniques and interested in adding new skills, this class is for you
    • Instructor & Qualifications:
      • Amanda Schwabe has been teaching knitting classes for over a decade and designing knitting patterns for even longer. She focuses on teaching you the skills you’ll need to take charge of your own knitting — recognizing and fixing mistakes, looking for patterns that link techniques, and learning how to modify and shift knitting shapes to suit your own goals.

Special Information & Preparation

• Pre-Class Prep: Choose your yarn and bring it wound and ready to knit. If you’re stash busting and not sure about colour choices, bring everything, and you’ll learn a few tricks to help you make sense of a messy stash.
• Yarn Suggestions: Fibrelya Sock Star matching gradient set, Malabrigo Metamorphosis Collection Sock cake, Koigu Paint Cans, Sweet Georgia Sock Yarn Blank
• What’s Included in Registration:
  • Pattern: entrelac mittens pattern and technique handout by Amanda Schwabe

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