If you like your Chibi, you'll love this one with a clear case. Makes you wonder why they didn't think of this before, but we're just glad that they've come up with them now. No more guessing about what you've put inside.

Two days of progressive workshops focus on techniques for project success through hands-on learning creating swatches and samplers. Jill and Susan Wolcott bring a wealth of knitting experience—each sharing their point-of-view and techniques, so you can pick two brains!

Friday, March 31
10:00-12:00
Learn three methods to cast on and their application; tips for reading and understanding stitch patterns as you work with two shifting stitch patterns; and how to count stitches and rows and why gauge matters.

1:30-4:30
First learn how to execute and use paired increases and decreases; move on to yarn overs and manipulating stitches as you learn how to work basic cables and simple lace patterns; end the day with three methods to bind off.

Saturday, April 1
10:00-12:00
Learn how to do basic slip stitches and to work color into your knitting with 2-color slip stitches, which don’t involve complicated color changes and yarn tangles. We’ll also cover techniques for knitting in the round, including working slip stitch patterns in circular knitting.

1:30-4:30
The icing on the cake is finishing techniques. Learn basic seaming techniques, how to pick up stitches, edgings (including the wonders of I-cord), and joining without seaming. Finish with how to handle ends smoothly.

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Where's Funkstown? 65 miles from Washington, DC or Baltimore, near Hagerstown, MD. It's an easy drive on major highways--or choose scenic backroads. Workshops are held at the Funkstown Town Hall, 2 doors away from the Y2Knit Yarn Shop.

When you register, you'll be sent information for our online forum, Knit2Gether and details about pre- event knitting (pieces for a child-size sweater). The Knit2Gether forum will have paced instructions with knitting goals each month, beginning in June, to assure that your sweater pieces will be ready for the finishing and embellishment applications in Vermont. By joining the forum you can learn as-you-go with Jill and Susan and become part of a group of knitting friends who will finish their project in October! Y2Knit will put on just one spectacular event for 2006: The Y2Knit Knit2Gether Event, October 25 – 29 at Heart of the Village Inn, Shelburne, VT. These workshops will explore basic to fanciful finishing and embellishing techniques, all used to create a child- sized technique sampler sweater. More info below.

Register early for maximum enjoyment of this spectacular knitting experience. If you receive this email newsletter, you'll be notified when registration is open.

April 6 starts the first of what we hope will be many monthly Charity Knitting sessions. Offered on the first Thursday of the month, come from 10-12 in the morning or 7-9 in the evening. Y2Knit will provide yarn (and we're accepting donations of washable yarn in cheerful colors). Bring any ideas and patterns, or just show up with your size 7 and/or 8 needles.

Spring workshops include:

Knit2Gether : : Summer Purses
Pick from popular Y2Knit patterns for a non-felted purse: Smart Deco, Sling Bag, Cable Bag, Fan Bag, Jane’s Bag—we have something for all levels and interests. Learn basic bag construction and special finishing techniques. Three 2-hour sessions. $45
Thu, 10:00-12:00, April 13, 20, 27
Thu, 6:30- 8:30, April 13, 20, 27

Knit2Gether : : Summer Tops
Lightweight knits are perfect for warm weather and you don’t have to knit long sleeves! Choose from Y2Knit patterns Flirty Tank, Joie de Vivre Shell or Two-Way Tee. Sessions are every other week with optional “keep on track knitting” at same day and time on non-class dates (April 18, May 2). Three 2-hour sessions. $45
Tue, 10:00- 12:00, April 11, 25, May 9
Tue, 6:30-8:30, April 11, 25, May 9

YNotKnit
Designed for new or renewing knitters, learn to cast on, to knit and purl Continental style, to bind off, and do basic increases and decreases. Four 2-hour sessions. $50
Wed, 6:30-8:30, April 5, 12, 19, 26