2.1.25 Aran Origins with Rachel Bingham Kessler
Regular price
$210.00
Sale
Saturday, February 1st - 11:00am to 5:00pm
Travel to Ireland through stories and stitches. Learn about the lore and the true origin of the Aran knit and how the various stitches came to be. You will choose your own journey during class in what you’d like to focus on. This could be perfecting your left leaning cable, creating the perfect honeycomb or tackling the unassuming, but a bit tricky, blackberry stitch.
Skills Required: comfortable with casting on, binding off, knit stitch, purl stitch.
Cost includes a yarn pack of Ireland’s native wool breed, the Galway. A handmade booklet with comprehensive aran patterns, keys to stitches, resources, & room for taking notes.
Please bring knitting needles (straights or circular) size 6 or 7US and a cable needle to match the sizing, and stitch markers.
- knitting needles (straights or circular) in size US 6 or 7 and a cable needle to match
- stitch markers
- lunch - we'll take a 30-45 minute break for lunch
Rachel Bingham Kessler is a plant dye educator, writer, sewist, and painter with a degree in Art Education. She runs 44Clovers, a small batch yarn company specializing in Maine primitive wool breeds and plant dyes. She’s taught fiber and plant dye workshops at venues such as Squam Art Workshops and The Maine Fiber Frolic. Her work has been published in Taproot Magazine and Northern Journeys Magazine. She will be teaching Natural Dyeing in Ireland this October in collaboration with Knittingtours.com. She lives on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland, Maine with her husband and two kids. You can follow her at 44clovers.com and @44Clovers on Instagram.
Class Cancelation Policy:
If you cancel more than 30 days before the beginning of your class, we will offer you store credit in the amount of your class. Cancelation with 30 days or less notice will result in the forfeiture of your entire course fee. However, if we are able to fill your spot, we will offer store credit in the amount of the class.
If we cancel a class, you can choose to receive a full refund or store credit.