Master Six Knit Stitch Patterns: 12pm to 3pm
Knit & Purl
Why stop at plain when you can purl with a little pizzazz? With just two basic moves (knit and purl), you’ll be whipping up scarves, dishcloths, blankets, and all kinds of cozy fabulousness. Who knew simple stitches could serve such serious looks?
Think knitting is just knit one, purl two, and call it a day? Think again. With just these two humble stitches, you can whip up six chic patterns that’ll turn your beginner projects into ‘wait, you made that?’ moments. Scarves, dishcloths, blankets—the world is your yarn ball.
Learn: linen, sand, double moss, flag stitch, brocade & seersucker stitch. (Must be able to knit & purl. This is not a learn to knit class)
Supplies:
Medium Weight Yarn (1 skein or more)
Appropriate Needles
Skill Level: Beginner (Must be able to knit and purl)
Ages 16+ (or with permission from teacher)
Price: $30
Teacher: Tim Cardy
Tim Cardy: Lifelong fiber obsessive, unapologetic thread hoarder, and the mildly overqualified founder of a handmade empire built one stitch—and one questionable impulse buy—at a time
Tim has been tangled up in thread and fiber for over 50 years—and teaching for more than 30, from kitchen tables to institutions that should’ve known better. He has racked up ribbons in everything from felting to fashion design, built Victorian costumes that could legally qualify as architecture, and once made a doll so detailed it creeped people out (that was a win, by the way).
He has even earned two advanced degrees in Historical Fashion designs and late 19th- and early 20th-century decorative handcrafts—because when you go in - go all the way!
Tim’s résumé reads like a fiber arts fever dream: yarn mills, upholstery sourcing, fashion costing at Levi-Strauss, R&D at DuPont, and textile restoration work at the Met and the V&A. Basically, he’s done it all—except take up golf ( - who has the time to chase little balls around on a giant lawn? )
Tim take fiber seriously. But himself? Not even a little. Every yarn in the shop has been hand-picked, every vendor side-eyed for quality and ethics. Whether you’re nervously knitting your first garter stitch or hiding skeins in your laundry basket—he sees you. And he approves.