Portuguese Purling
Portuguese Purling
Instructor: Lisa Ellis
Day: Saturday
Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Hours required: 3
Minimum number of students: 6
Maximum number of students: 10
Minimum age of student: Ages 16 and up (no parent required)
Total Class Fee (includes $14 materials fee): $86
Location: 4-H Building
Description: Portuguese knitting is a smooth, easy and fast technique involving only a flick of the thumb! With minimal hand movement, this style of knitting is ergonomically gentle on the hands and wrists. Portuguese knitting is also an ideal method when working in color. We’ll start tensioning the yarn around our neck the traditional way then adding a portuguese knitting pin or 2! We start with a new way to hold the yarn, a Portuguese cast on and then practice both knitting and purling our project inside out! For those wishing to advance into colorworks, we’ll practice Fair Isle using 2 knitting pins and 2 colors - this is a game changer!
Required Skills: Able to knit in the round comfortably. Have completed 1 hat project.
Students Should Bring to Class:
- 1 skein heavy worsted or Aran weight yarn (main color)
- 1 partial skein heavy worsted or Aran weight yarn (contrasting color if doing colorworks)
- US# 9, 16-inch circular needle tip to tip, please no 2 sets of circs or Magic loop
- Basic knitting supplies
Supplies Provided by Instructor: 2 imported Portuguese knitting pins, hat pattern