Learn how to Knit Portuguese Style with Andrea Wong
Portuguese Style Knitting Basics
Students will learn a different way to knit. It is not the German or English method. The yarn will be fed and tensioned around the neck (or knitting pin), leaving hands free to hold the needles. Stitches are formed by looping tensioned yarn around the needle using the left thumb only. (If the left thumb is a problem, student might use the right thumb instead. It does not matter if student is right or left handed as knitting uses both hands.) This method is much easier in the hands because it takes less maneuvering of needles to accomplish the work, purling is easier than knitting, it is fast and ergonomic.
Once they learn how to knit and purl using the Portuguese Style, we are going to practice all increases and decreases on the swatch the students are working on. As a bonus I will teach a Portuguese cast on and bind off. To reinforce learning of new skills students will receive a pattern to knit a hat.
This workshop is open to students age 16+
Festival Admission Included:
Workshop registration includes free admission to the festival. Just let the gate staff know which class you are attending when you arrive.
Date & Time
Friday June 5, 9am-12pm
Skill Level
Basic skills in knitting: cast on, knit, purl, and bind off preferred.
Materials Fee
$5.00 for a Portuguese Knitting Pin (optional)
Students Should Bring
• 16" circular knitting needles in US sizes 7 or 8
• 4oz of worsted weight wool yarn of your choice in light colors.
I prefer that your yarn color contrast with your needles for easy learning. No novelty yarn, please.
About the Instructor
In the past 23 years Andrea has taught thousands of knitters in the USA and abroad to use the Portuguese Style of Knitting, either personally, through her 3 published DVDs, or her book “Portuguese Style of Knitting – History, Traditions and Techniques”.
As the foremost expert on the subject, she teaches knitting at venues throughout the country and abroad, has been published in a variety of knitting magazines, TV programs, and books and is the lead designer for her business, Andrea Wong Knits. She continues to travel the world researching and developing her style of knitting, and bringing that knowledge to knitters worldwide.
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