Introduction to Fission Knitting via Zoom
Introduction to Fission Knitting
Dates/Times: Saturday, October 14, 10 am - noon CT
Location: Online via Zoom
Mary Martin is a knitwear designer based in Toronto, Canada, focusing on reversible fabrics. She has developed two reversible techniques: Fission Knitting and Fusion Knitting. Mary will be joining us to teach an introduction to Fission Knitting.
Fission Knitting is a reversible colourwork technique where the fabric is worked with two yarns held in a marl. The design elements are slipped stitches placed on both sides of the fabric. The marl is broken apart to work these stitches. The resultant fabric has a marled middle layer and an overlaid design on each side. Creating a different cabled design on each side of the fabric is possible.
In class, you will work a small Fission Knit swatch to learn the most used stitches and cables. The emphasis will be on reading your knitting and applying the 3 Rules of Fission Knitting. You will learn the properties of Fission Knit fabric, why the technique works, how to manage your yarn and choosing suitable yarn/projects.
This is a 2 hour class. There is no homework for the class.
Supplies to bring to class:
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Yarn: small amounts of 2 solid coloured contrasting yarn in sock/fingering to DK weights. Smooth/not textured yarn is recommended. Leftovers of sock yarn are perfect.
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Needles: 4.5mm/ US7 needles for fingering weight yarn; 5.5mm/US9 needles for DK weight yarn.
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Other: cable needle, removable stitch marker, hair or regular elastic, small bag (eg. a plastic sandwich bag that holds both balls of yarn)
Registered students receive 10% off class supply purchases, excluding patterns.
| Instructor: | Mary W. Martin |
| Instructor Bio: | Mary Martin is a knitwear designer based in Toronto, Canada, focusing on reversible fabrics. She has developed two reversible techniques: Fission Knitting and Fusion Knitting. She draws on her engineering background as she ?builds? her fabric. Her computer experience was applied to creating reversible knitting notation. When Mary designs it feels surprisingly like her work building financial structures on Wall Street. Mary started designing when she was knitting chemo caps for a friend with breast cancer. She wanted to make a reversible hat for her friend but was unable. This sparked her curiosity about if it was possible to place cabled motifs on both sides of the fabric. Her designs reflect what she has learned about creating reversible fabrics. |
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