Julie Weisenberger, the California-based designer and founder of Cocoknits, will be visiting Retrosaria in November and we are delighted to host her workshop for the Cocoknits Method. This method for top-down and seamless knitting has many advantages for knitting and shaping cardigans, sweaters and vests, and has been hugely influential to many other knitwear designers, including Rosa Pomar.
Teacher: Julie Weisenberger (Cocoknits)
Date: THURSDAY 21 November 2024 (10am-1pm)
Objectives: In this workshop, you will cast on and knit top-down and seamlessly the yoke of a small practice cardigan (roughly the size for a one-year old baby) following the Cocoknits method, created by Julie Weisenberger. You’ll be guided by Julie through the basics of this technique and how to use the Cocoknits worksheet, a support material created to keep track of the knitting construction. After the class you will take the instructions with you to finish the lower half of the cardigan at home, in your own time. This workshop will give you the tools and knowledge you need to apply this method to your own future knitting projects.
Contents:
introduction to the advantages of the Cocoknits method for sweater and cardigan construction;
cast on the upper back for a sample cardigan;
create shoulders following the Cocoknits method;
join and create sleeves;
finish yoke following the Cocoknits worksheet.
Requirements: participants must be over 14 years old. This workshop is an intermediate level knitting workshop: participants must know how to cast on, bind off, work basic stitch patterns (knit and purl), increases and decreases. This workshop is taught in English, and the method is taught in continental/English style knitting.Materials: participants must bring: 275-365 m | 300-400 yards of worsted weight yarn (we suggest Brusca or Mungo); a circular needle in a size appropriate to the yarn (usually 4-5 mm | US 6-8) and a minimum 80 cm | 30” length; extra circular needles or stitch holders to hold stitches; a skinny 2-2.75 mm | US 0-2 circular needle of DPN for picking up stitches.
The workshop includes the cardigan pattern and Cocoknits worksheet.
Withdrawals/refunds: the registration fee will be refunded to students who for some reason cannot participate in the workshop and communicate their withdrawal up to ten days before the workshop date.Location: Rua Maria Andrade, 50A (Lisbon)
Please note: The workshop will only take place if a minimum of three people sign up to participate. In the event that we don’t reach minimum attendance of three participants until five days before the date of the workshop, the workshop will be cancelled and any participants who had signed up will be contacted for a refund, rescheduling (if possible) or shop voucher to be arranged. In the event that the workshop is cancelled by the tutor due to unforeseen circumstances, we will apply the same procedure: refund of the fee, exchange for a shop voucher or, should another workshop date already be booked, a rescheduling of the workshop.
