CLASSES

ONGOING CLASSES

(open knitting)

KNITTING AT YOUR OWN PACE

Knit at your own pace with instructor Mildred Schumacher. From beginning to advanced.

Come for help with a project, learn a new technique or just hang out & knit. Pay as you come. No pre-registration required.

$5 per session.

Tuesdays 10am -12pm
Tuesdays 6pm - 8pm
Thursdays 6pm - 8pm

CURRENT SCHEDULE

SUMMER 2010

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Class sizes limited. Advance registration required. Stop in for a supply list & to see knitted class samples. Enjoy 10% off all class project materials.

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	SHORT ROW, MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SCARF Wednesdays, May 19 & 26, 6-8pm $35. Use a striping yarn like Noro's Silk Garden or Shirakaba to showcase this multi-directional scarf by Ann Norling. Up for a challenge? Try it in a striping sock yarn for truly exquisite results. Zauberball from Skacel, with its subtle color changes, is especially beautiful.

	SPOTTED DOUBLE KNIT HOT PAD Wednesdays, June 2 & 9, 6-8pm, $35. Learn to double knit with our fun hot pad pattern worked up in chunky Nature Wool by Araucania. Once you've got the technique down, switch to a finer yarn and lengthen for an extra warm, reversible scarf! Grafton Yarn Store pattern.

	LET'S "AMIGURUMI" ANTS! Wednesdays, June 16 & 30, 6-8pm, $35. In honor of summer we're tackling ants... just one of the many creepy, cute and crawly animals featured in the Amigurumi Knits book. Perfect to set on a picnic table this summer!

	LITTLE GIRL'S TULIP SKIRT Wednesdays, July 7 & 14, 6-8pm, $35. Learn short rows with this adorable, ruffled edge skirt knit up in Noro Silk Garden. Knit it from tot-size up. A Grafton Yarn Store Original Pattern.

	THE "SUMMIT SHAWL" Wednesdays, July 21 & 28, 6-8pm, $35. As featured in Knitty Spring/Summer 2010, this is our top pick for summer. Worked up in sock weight yarn this shawl's unique wave pattern is open and airy. Students must download their own pattern from Knitty website prior to class.

	BEGINNING KNITTING Saturdays, 3 sessions, 1-3pm, $55. Formal beginning knitting lessons for the new knitter. We'll cover casting on, all the basic stitches, binding off...everything you need to get started in knitting. Instructional book included. Call to set up class.

	FREE! "CHRISTMAS IN JULY" KNIT ALONG Saturdays in July, 1-3pm . Get started on FREE! "CHRISTMAS IN JULY" KNIT ALONG Saturdays in July, 1-3pm .Ice scraper

FACILITY

The Grafton Yarn Store acommodates a standard class of six to eight students for our project classes. But when things get "knitty," as they often do on a busy evening of open knitting, students spill into our sitting area which features a couch and several comfy chairs. Whether you are in the shop for a class or stopping by for some one-on-one instruction, we have all the comforts of home.

INSTRUCTORS

ANN SCHANTZ	Grafton Yarn Store owner Ann learned to knit from her brother at age 5. In addition to running the store, she teaches most of the Wednesday night project classes. She loves to design her own patterns for the shop, one of which was recently published in the book "One Skein Wonders."

MILDRED SCHUMACHER	Mildred Schumacher has been a big part of the Grafton Yarn Store for many years. She worked here as a young woman over 50 years ago when the building still functioned as a woolen mill. She continues to teach our ongoing knitting classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

JAN STEPHENS	Jan Stephens joined us last year and acts as our resident expert sock knitter.

EDY STANLICK	Edy has over 40 years knitting experience and will be running most of our beginning knitting and crochet classes.