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Confident Beginner Level
2024-03-05 10:00:00
2024-03-05 11:45:00
America/New_York
Let's Knit: Skill Building Squares
Build knitting skills 1 square at a time! This weekly Knit-A-Long will focus on 2 new stitches per month. Come for one or take them all to create beautiful squares, perfect for a sampler blanket.
Winter Garden Branch -
Tuesday, March 05
10:00am - 11:45am
Build knitting skills 1 square at a time! This weekly Knit-A-Long will focus on 2 new stitches per month. Come for one or take them all to create beautiful squares, perfect for a sampler blanket.
This is an open weekly series, designed to help knitters build up knitting skills & techniques. We will work on one stitch for 2 weeks, each week can stand alone, designed for you to make a freestanding block or dishcloth, or combine them all at completion and learn how to stitch your beautiful blocks together into a sampler afghan.
Diamonds are a knitter's best friend....We will learn a basic lace stitch by working simple decreases and yarn overs to create a beautiful block of diamond shapes to take away a handmade dishcloth or a block for your scarf or blanket.
Class Duration: 1 3/4 hours
Age Requirements: 13-Adult
Required Skills: Someone who grasps the most basic stitches and can finish simple patterns with aid.
Materials Fee: None
*Required Materials: Students must bring the following materials to complete the project*:
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Yarn: approx 100 yards of worsted weight yarn (medium/size 4)
- Dishcloth: Cotton or cotton blends work best (wool doesn't work well due to moisture absorption)
- Afghan Square: any medium worsted weight yarn - Needles: Size US 8 (5.0 mm)
- Cable needle
- Ring/round stitch markers
Note: Knitting skills are necessary to be successful in this class. New to knitting? Check out Let's Knit Level 1.
| Level | Description |
| Beginner | Someone who grasps the most basic stitches and can finish simple patterns with aid. |
| Confident Beginner | Someone who easily handles standard stitches and can follow simple patterns. |
| Intermediate | Someone who can follow most patterns with ease, is able to read stitches and charts, and to whom working in the round is no longer a challenge. |
| Advanced | Someone who can adjust patterns to their own preferences, substitute yarn, and produce neat results consistently in flat, round, lace, and three-dimensional projects. |
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Maker/DIY | Arts & Crafting |
TAGS: | tech-fiberarts | tech-creative | tec101 | knit | fiberarts | diy |
Winter Garden Branch
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About the branch
LYNX Bus Link 105 West Colonial
LYNX Bus Link 612 NeighborLink 612 / Winter Garden
Built in 2005, Winter Garden branch sits at the westernmost part of Orange County. This was the last branch opened before the Great Recession of 2008. Interestingly, this is the only branch in the county built on donated land. Two acres were donated by the family of former citrus grove owner, Sylvester C. Battaglia. S.C. Battaglia’s philosophy, as stated by his son, was to “give back to the community.” The branch’s formal name S.C. Battaglia Memorial Branch, honors his contribution.
Winter Garden Branch has all the charm of a small town library plus all of the resources available through Orange County Library System. Noted for friendly and helpful staff, the branch is now serving a third generation of patrons.