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Latvian Braid Knitting (Intermediate) with Deborah Burger
October 1, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Latvian Braid is a decorative horizontal trim, usually worked in 2 or 3 colors. It is useful for neck or sleeve cuff edgings, (or edges of any knitted item), or to highlight the change from one section of a piece to another. By itself, Latvian braid can make a fun bracelet, headband, or purse strap. It is not a difficult technique, but also not a fast one to work– making Latvian Braid is a slow, gentle, zen process. In the class we will make a bracelet consisting of one or more parallel braids worked in the round.
This class is intended for knitters with basic skills, comfortable working around a small circle on your choice of dpn, 2 circs, or magic loop. These techniques will not be taught in the workshop. It is up to each student to use her preferred circular method.
You will need: Two highly contrasting colors of the same yarn. Worsted will yield a chunky “cuff” bracelet, worked on #7 or #8 needles. Sock or Dk yarn worked on #3 or #5 needles will yield a thinner, finer bracelet. Free Pattern will be provided for all gauges.
Maximum Class Size: 8
Artist and designer Deborah Burger is the author of Crochet 101 and How to make 100 Crochet Appliques. She has taught knitting and crochet for more than 20 years through Girl Scouting, various community centers, summer camps, yarn shops, and the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. She is active in the online community Ravelry and has written articles and patterns for Interweave Crochet and the e-zines Crochet Insider and Crochet Uncut. She lives in Belmont, NY.
This project is made possible with funds from the Friends of the Angelica Free Library and from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Arts Council for Wyoming County.