Desert Blooms Opera Shawl How-To Class
with Laura Ninnemann

Saturday and Sunday,
January 24th-25th

 10:30am-4:30pm

Members: $150
 Non-Members: $180
Ages 16+

Class Minimum: 3 participants
 Class Maximum: 8 participants 

Materials Fee (Paid directly to instructor upon arrival): $20

This class is for: Advanced beginner - intermediate knitters.

Join Laura Ninnemann in creating this exquisitely beautiful, yet simple, fine-gauge hand knit shawl. The design includes seven gracefully curving short-row wedges ending in a total of eighty-four delicate points along the bottom edge.

The shawl is ample enough to wear in a variety of ways, is appropriate for year-round wear, and perfect for crisp opera evenings.

During this twelve-hour class, you will use/learn simple techniques that include backward loop cast-on, basic garter stitch knitting, unwrapped short rows, yarn overs, and one very stretchy bind-off technique. You will practice on a miniature version of the shawl you will later create outside of class so all techniques can be covered during the allotted time.

Students may borrow instructor-provided size 10 needles to complete the cast-on for your sample, or you may bring your own.

During the last hour, you will learn how to wet finish your shawl to emphasize the point design along the bottom edge. Your full-size shawl can then be completed at your leisure using the techniques covered and demonstrated in class.

Fine-gauge yarn to complete a full-size shawl will be available for purchase in a wide variety of colors.

Materials instructor will provide for class:
(Paid directly to the instructor upon arrival: $20)

Shawl sample yarn
Stitch markers
Full-size shawl pattern
US size 10 loaner knitting needles for casting on

Materials students must provide for class:
Note paper and pen
Eye magnification, if needed

About Laura Ninnemann: Laura has been a fiber artist for the past 65+ years and a fiber arts instructor for 35+ of those years. She learned to knit and sew from her mother and grandmother in keeping with her Scandinavian roots. She owned and operated Alamosa Knitworks in the 1990s and is the creative passion behind Lone Raven Studio™ today. Her areas of expertise include weaving, knitting, spinning, dyeing, felting, and nålbinding. She is most passionate about creating high quality Scandinavian fiber arts and helping to preserve and promote ancient fiber art techniques that continue to vanish worldwide.

Class COVID-19 policy: There are no COVID-19 restrictions for this class. Please do not come to class if you are feeling sick, and it is always advised to wear a mask if you are comfortable doing so.

Class cancellation policy:  Please note: All Class cancellations are charged a $15 processing fee in addition to the following policy: Class cancellations 7 days or less prior to first day of class will receive no refund. 8-13 days before beginning of class, students will receive an 80% refund. 14 days or more before beginning of class: Full refund.