PURL DIVA CLASSES AND EVENTS
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EVENTS
We're looking for local design talent for the second annual "Show Us Your Wears" Fashion Show! Click HERE and HERE for more information about last year's show.
Social Groups:
Commu-Knitty Night, social knitting/crocheting club every Wednesday night from 6-8 pm
Couch Potato Widows Club (F.K.A. the Football Widows Club), social knitting/crocheting club every Sunday afternoon from 1-3 pm
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PURL DIVA CLASS SCHEDULE
Please review our policies before registering for classes:
1) We book classes on a first-come, first-pay basis. Please come to the Purl Diva shop in person or call us with a credit card number to reserve your spot. Contact details are HERE, and directions to the shop are available HERE.
2) We will keep a waiting list for classes and will notify you if a space becomes available.
3) If you are not able to take a class for which you have registered, please give us fourteen days advance notice for a full refund. For cancellations closer to the class date, we will provide refunds based on whether or not we are able to fill your spot in the class (i.e., if we are unable to fill your spot, we will not provide a refund.) Please note that you are NOT officially registered until you have paid for the class.
4) Most of our classes are modular, one-off classes, so generally it won't be necessary to commit to multiple classes. However, in cases where classes ARE held on multiple days, there is no refund or make-up if you miss individual classes.
5) Class cancellations due to inclement weather will be at the discretion of Purl Diva. If a class is cancelled, we will schedule make-up classes.
6) We will start and end classes on schedule, so please be respectful of others’ time and be punctual.
7) Please note that some classes require pre-work or purchase of specific materials.
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CLASS: CASTING ON FOR TOE-UP SOCKS
Objectives:
If you get nervous about whether that skein of sock yarn will get you through that second toe, or if you just want to expand your sock horizons, this is the class for you. We’ll show you how to get started with various cast on techniques.
Pre-requisites: Students should have knitted basic socks from the cuff down.
Date: Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 PM.
Fee: $25
Class Size: Maximum of 4.
Materials: Plain, light-colored worsted weight yarn, DPNs size 6.
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CLASS: HOW TO FIX MISTAKES
Objectives:
Learn some fix-it tricks, and how to evaluate whether frogging (ripping it, ripping it, ripping it...) is necessary.
Pre-requisites: Students must have made some knitting mistakes.....
Date: Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Fee: $25
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: Plain, light-colored worsted-weight yarn, size 6-8 US needles.
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CLASS: LET’S DO IT CONTINENTAL STYLE (OR, HOW TO BE A HOOKER)
Objectives:
Hookers do it faster, so the saying goes. If you are a Thrower (English-style knitter) we’ll broaden your horizons and teach you this more energy-efficient method of knitting. With some practice, you’ll be knitting faster, and hungering for some colorwork so you can show off your ambidexterity.
Pre-requisites: Advanced beginner knitting skills
Date: Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Fee: $20.
Class Size: Maximum of 4.
Materials: Plain, light-colored worsted-weight yarn, knitting needles – size 6-8 US.
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CLASS: KNITTING FOR NEWBIES
Objectives:
Cast On (Knit-on Cast On Method)
Knit stitch
Bind off
One garter stitch swatch, and the beginnings of a scarf.
After this class, you will have the skills to make your first garter stitch scarf.
Pre-requisites: No previous knitting experience
Date: Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 PM, plus a ten-minute follow-up at a later time if you need additional guidance (e.g., how to bind off) as you work on your KFN I project.
Fee: $25.
Class Size: Maximum of 4.
Materials: Plain, light-colored worsted-weight yarn, size 8 (US) straight needles.
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CLASS: YOUR GRANNY IS SO SQUARE, OR, CROCHET FOR BEGINNERS
Objectives: Learn the basics of crochet and leave the class knowing how to make a granny square.
Pre-requisites: None
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008
Time: 4-6 PM
Fee: $30.
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: Worsted weight yarn in various colors, crochet hook in size G or H.
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CLASS: INTRO TO SEAMING
Objectives:
Most people hate seaming, but it is largely because they don’t know how to do it right. We’ll show you how it is done and take the pain out of the finishing process.
Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Fee: $20
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: Seaming needle (e.g. Chibi), scrap yarn. PRE-WORK:
PLEASE BRING 4 STOCKINETTE-STITCH SWATCHES, EACH 4"x4" IN SIZE,
PREFERABLY IN LIGHT-COLORED YARN.
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CLASS: DYE YOUR OWN YARN
Objectives:
Cherylyn Brubaker of Hooked Treasures will guide you on how to dye your own sock yarn with Kool Aid!
Date: Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Time: 4:15 – 6:15 PM
Fee: $45 (includes cost of materials)
Class Size: Maximum of 6
Location: Due to the messiness of the dyeing process, this class will be taught at Cherylyn’s studio, located at 6 Iroquois Circle, Brunswick, ME 04011. (Telephone: 729-1380).
Materials: Yarn and dye materials will be provided.
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CLASS: HOW TO FIX MISTAKES
Objectives:
One of our most popular classes! Learn some fix-it tricks, and how to evaluate whether frogging (ripping it, ripping it, ripping it...) is necessary.
Pre-requisites: Students must have made some knitting mistakes.....
Date: Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Fee: $25
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: Plain, light-colored worsted-weight yarn, size 6-8 US needles.
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QUICKIE CLASS: INTRO TO COLORWORK - INTARSIA
Objectives:
Learn how to "paint pictures" with yarn when you knit, without the common pitfalls of gaping holes and excessive yarn tails.
Pre-requisites: Cast on, knit, purl.
Date: Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Fee: $20
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: Plain, light colored AND dark colored worsted weight yarn, size 6-8 US needles.
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CLASS: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SOCKS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Objectives:
Conquer the most intimidating parts of knitting socks: Turning your first heel and performing kitchener-stitch toe-surgery. You will be making a mini-sock so you can get all the kinks out before you start your first real pair.
Pre-requisites: Some experience knitting in the round with double pointed needles (DPNs)
Date: Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Fee: $30.
Class Size: Maximum of 4.
Materials: Plain, light-colored worsted weight yarn, DPNs size 6.
NOTE – PRE-WORK REQUIRED: Cast on 32 sts onto DPNs. Divide stitches on three needles as follows: 8, 8 and 16. Join stitches, being careful not to twist them. Work K2P2 rib stitch for 2.5”.
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CLASS: INTRO TO COLORWORK: FAIR ISLE (STRANDED KNITTING)
Objectives:
Learn how to include various colors in your knitted work. We will work on the Center Square Beanie from www.knitty.com.
Pre-requisites: Cast on, knit, and purl. It would be very helpful- but not absolutely necessary - to know how to knit both continental and English style.
Date: Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Time: 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Fee: $35
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: See materials list HERE.
NOTE - PRE-WORK REQUIRED: Using circular needle and 2 strands of main
color (MC) held together, cast on 64 sts. Place marker and join to begin
working in the round, being careful not to twist.
Work 5 rounds in 1x1 Rib.
K 1 round.
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CLASS: EASY BABY SWEATER
Objectives:
This is the perfect class for those who want to move on from scarves. In this class, we will be making a baby sweater and you will learn casting on, binding off, buttonholes, and seaming.
Date: Sunday, November 2nd AND November 9th 2008
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Fee: $50 (includes class, yarn, and needles)
Class Size: Maximum of 4
Materials: Class fee includes a kit of yarn, pattern, and needles.
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If you would like to schedule private lessons (whether on an individual basis or group basis), please contact us at 207-373-0373.
I live in Bowdoin and just found your website . Please send me fall class schedule if you have one I'm interested in the contiental knitting technique.
Posted by:Gaby Black | July 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Hi, I have still not made it to your
store, but now that we are losing
another yarn store locally (in
Damariscotta) I would like to come.
I am wondering when you might have
another colorwork class. I knit both
continental and English and have never learned colorwork, through I
have books about it, I just don't sit
down and teach myself !
I am a fulltime teacher in Bath
(sigh..)but have some time on
Tues, and esp Thurs nights....
Maybe I'll make it in to Purl Diva
on Friday !!!! Yay for school vacation week. Have a great
rest of the week and stay warm.
My husband says the ice is frozen for skating on our swamp pond !
ciao bellas, Margot
Posted by:Margot | February 21, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Hi! I literally just started to try to knit last night and am stuck on the basic knit stitch. I would do better with seeing someone do it. Do you have any more beginner classes coming up? Thanks, Sarah
Posted by:Sarah Swanson | January 22, 2008 at 12:22 PM