Stitches East will be November 6-9, 2008, in Baltimore—with perfect sweater weather, I hope!
One of the classes I’ll be teaching is called Seveness Knitting. Seveness stands for Suzann’s
Sensational Similar Shade Scrap Stripe System (the letter s, seven times).
We tend, over the years, to gather yarns in many variations of our favorite colors. Seveness is a way to use those yarns together for a lovely effect. It looks sedimentary, agate-like, interesting to the eye.
So you can use scrap yarns, stash, sale yarns, or all three, to make subtly beautiful color combinations, like the pink samples here. They remind me of the lovely stone rhodochrosite.
Best of all, because you go for an overall gauge, you can use Seveness technique with any printed pattern.
In the workshop, I will show you how to plan ‘random’ color changes and add accent colors. You knit a sample, then learn to measure for an overall gauge.
You’ll see how to incorporate Seveness with other techniques, like the brown Seveness and Fair Isle sample here. I’ll suggest some finishing tips to deal with all the ends. And I have a couple of other tricks up my Seveness Sleeve. Hey, that’s eight esses. Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
The knitting techniques we will use in the class are simple, so an advanced beginner (can do k, p, stockinette st, seed st) will feel comfortable. The more advanced knitter will enjoy the ideas and the possibilities presented by Seveness Knitting.
Here’s the cardigan I made after the pink swatches at the top of the post. It has faded some, but I’ve worn it a lot since 2001.
