Fall 2019 List of Classes
Here are the upcoming classes. To sign up for a class please call the shop or come in: 973-377-5648 (KNIT) If classes are sold out you can leave your name on a waiting list. After approval (to make sure the class is not full) we will send you a link where you can pay by PayPal or please come in before the start of class. Classes must be paid up to 72 hours before they begin - or if canceling up to 72 hours for refund.
If you have a private group of 6 or more and would like your own class please inquire and we’ll try to make it happen!
Basics- Baby Sweater - NEW!
Level: Advanced Beginner
Dates: Nov 19, Dec 3, 10 & 17
Time: 9-10:30AM
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Pattern: Free on Ravelry
Knit seamlessly from the collar to cuffs, Flax is a perfect first sweater project!
This sweater is worked in the round from the top down. You cast on at the collar, the yoke is knit, sleeve sts are placed on hold on waste yarn, the body is completed, then sleeves are knit last.
Cost:$75
Fingerless Gloves
Fingerless Gloves
level: intermediate +
Teacher: Keri Samuels
Pattern Provided
Dates: 3 Fridays
Nov. 15, 22 & Dec.6 - 9AM - 10:30 AM
Cost: $60
These gloves are so practical. Stay warm while texting, knitting on a cold day :), driving, walking the dog….
Skills: Learn to make make small tubes on small circular needles, lifted increase for the thumb gusset, picking up stitches.
Made with 100 gram skein of fingering weight.
call us or email to sign up: 973-377-5648 | info@thebluepurl.com
Free Form Crochet - NEW!
Level: advanced beginner - must know how to crochet
Dates: Thursday's Nov 7, 14, 21: 7-9pm
Teacher Carolyn Hanson
cost: $75
Have you ever just wanted to burst out in song? Be free from rules and guidelines? Use the hook size you want and the yarn you want? Then Freeform Crochet is calling you.
Freeform Crochet is completely free of form and design. Freeform uses multiple yarns, in various colors, weights and texture to make to build odd shapes called “scrumbles”. Scrumbles have no real shape or size…think ameba the size of your outstretched hand. Many scrumbles can woven together to form garments, shawls, scarves, hats or anything you can create with a pattern or simply added as an embellishment to another project. The class will focus on technique. How to build a scrumble from a basic shape. Learn how to make bullions, surface crochet (crochet embroidery), swirls in two colors and more. Students are asked to bring in crochet hooks of all sizes (and knitting needles if you knit) and yarn of any kind.
Carolyn will teach techniques on how to make little shapes, and how to crochet these forms together as in the shawl she made pictured above.
To see more freeform crochet, check out Prudence Mapstone. Her work is featured in museums and workshops around the globe.
call us or email to sign up: 973-377-5648 | info@thebluepurl.com
Basic Series - Beginner Knitting
Felted Change Purse
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Pattern Provide
Dates: 4 Saturdays AM only
Nov. 9, 16, 23 & Dec.7 - 9AM - 10:30 AM
Are you a beginner who's never knitted a stitch but wants to join in the fun? In this four-session class you'll learn the basics of knitting, purling, casting on and binding off, increasing and decreasing, and more, all while creating a simple change purse.
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Class fee: $75 plus supplies
Basic Series - First Sweater - NEW!
Level: Advanced Beginner
One Sweater by Becky Baker - Top down, raglan, unisex sweater by The Fibre Co
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Pattern Available for Purchase on Ravelry
Dates : 5 Mondays - Oct 28, Nov 4, 18, 25 & Dec 9
12 - 2pm & 7 - 9pm
This is a great first adult sweater to knit! - “A timeless gender-inclusive sweater knitted in one piece from the top down, which features short row neck shaping for an improved fit and classic raglan detailing. The pattern is offered over 13 sizes from age 1-2 through to a 56” chest and with the option of a shorter or longer length for the adult sizes.”
Skills: top-down, in-the-round, sizing, short rows
Class fee: $100 plus supplies
Pillow/Blanket Class - NEW!
Level: Advanced beginner
Beaded Cushions & Throw - by Martin Storey
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Pattern Available on Ravelry
Dates: 5 Thursdays AM only
Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21 & Dec 5; 9 - 11 AM
You can choose to knit either a throw or a cushion and there are four cushion options and so you’ll be spoilt for choice! Each design uses combinations of four textured squares. You can add beads to this project if you wish,
Skills: cables, twisted-stitches, textured, motifs,seamed
Class fee: $100 plus supplies
Basic Series - Mittens
Level: Advanced Beginner or having completed Beginner Knitting, assumes confidence and proficiency in basic knitting skills. This would be a great follow up to our beginner class!
The World's Simplest Mittens: by Tin Can Knits
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Pattern Free on Ravelry
Dates: 3 Tuesdays AM or PM
Oct. 29, Nov. 5 & 12; 9 - 11 AM
Oct. 29, Nov. 5 & 12; 7 - 9 PM
Nov. 19, Dec 3, 10 & 17: 7-9 PM
Sometimes winter catches you by surprise and you need a pair of mittens, asap! Don't let that happen this year - get an early start on winter (and holidays?!?) with this class.The World's Simplest Mittens are a perfect introduction to mittens or a blank canvas for mitten fun! Choose your size (baby to adult), yarn (thick or thin) and needles and we will get you started.
Class fee: $75 plus supplies
Tech Class - Stranded Colorwork - NEW!
Botanical Beach by Andrea Rangel
Teacher: Juliet McDonnelll
Pattern Available for Purchase on Ravelry
Dates: 2 Wednesday’s - Oct 30 & Nov 6
9 - 11am & 7 - 9pm
Botanical Beach is a wild place in Port Renfrew, BC on Vancouver Island where the waves crash on slippery rocks and gorgeous evergreen trees jut above the shoreline. Bring the ocean with you wherever you go with this colourwork toque on which waves splash and recede in a mesmerizing stitch pattern - Stranded Color-work
Class fee: $50 plus supplies
Tech Series: Tubular Cast-On NEW
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Level: Intermediate
Date: 1 Class - Nov. 13; 9-11 AM 7-9 PM
Pattern - Based on what’s required for Hats (Kelbourne Woollens Hat series) - see next class listed
The tubular cast-on is very stretchy, useful for socks, mittens, gloves, and hats. The edge looks rolled over; it seems to have no visible beginning, so it’s good for hats and cuffs.
Class fee: $25 plus supplies
Tech Class - Cables & Bobbles NEW
Smilla Shawl - New!
Level: Intermediate
Smilla - by Christin Kimsey
Teacher: Juliet McDonnell
Pattern Available for Purchase on Ravelry
Dates: 3 Mondays Early Afternoon or PM
Nov 11, Dec. 2, 16; noon - 2PM
Nov 11, Dec. 2, 16; 7-9 PM
”This wintery triangular shawl is a quick and fun knit designed for two skeins of fingering weight yarn. The center star is knit in the round, minimizing the use of purl stitches.”
Class fee: $75 plus supplies
General information for classes
Class sizes are limited to allow for personal instruction. Paid reservations are required and class spots are filled on a first come first served basis; we will begin a waiting list if necessary, and add additional classes where possible. Call or stop in to reserve your spot. Please call the shop and speak to us if you have to cancel your reservation; phone messages do not serve as official notice. Students signing up for a multi session class must sign up for the entire session; we do not prorate. A class may be canceled if a minimum number of students have not signed up. In that case you will be contacted and payment will be refunded. If a class session must be canceled due to weather or other unforeseen complication every effort will be made to contact students and to reschedule.