Fair Isle & Colourwork Knitting with Tash
Fair Isle & Colourwork Knitting with Tash
Fair Isle & Colourwork Knitting with Tash

Highlights

Knitting
3 hrs
Intermediate
Homework

Required

Skein Sisters Workshops

Fair Isle & Colourwork Knitting with Tash

$115.00

Highlights

Knitting
3 hrs
Intermediate
Homework

Required

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Why you'll love it

Have you been admiring all the wonderful stranded colourwork and fair isle projects on Ravelry and dreamed of making one yourself? Come along to a class with Tash and get started!

Colourwork Confidence: Knit Fair Isle in the Round with Tash

Ready to dive into the colourful world of Fair Isle knitting? This hands-on workshop with Tash is the perfect place to start. You'll learn the essential skills of stranded colourwork while knitting a cosy winter hat—your first project in two colours, worked in the round.

Fair Isle can feel a little daunting at first, but Tash will guide you every step of the way. You’ll learn how to hold two yarns comfortably, manage your floats, master colour dominance, and choose yarns that make your patterns pop.

Whether you’ve admired colourwork from afar or tried it once and got tangled up—this class will give you the confidence and techniques to make multi-colour knitting a joy, not a juggle.

What You’ll Learn:
•   How to hold and tension two yarns—choose the method that works for you
•   Float management: how to carry unused yarn neatly across the back
•   Catching floats and spacing stitches evenly
•   Understanding colour dominance and how it affects your pattern
•   Choosing colours with contrast for bold, beautiful results

Class Highlights:
•   Start knitting a warm winter hat featuring traditional stranded colourwork
•   Tash’s expert tips for tension, technique and finishing
•   Leave with a partially completed project and the confidence to finish it—and make many more!
Skills Needed

Confident beginner. You should be comfortable with knit and purl stitches, casting on, and knitting in the round.

What To Bring

•   3.75mm circular needle (40cm length)
•   4.5mm circular needle (40cm length)
•   4.5mm circular needle (80cm length)
•   Darning needle
•   Two shades of 10ply wool or wool-blend yarn (approx. 50g of main colour, 30g of contrast)
  – Choose two high-contrast colours for best results
  – Suggested yarns: Skein Sisters Poet, Malabrigo Rios, Fiddlesticks Peppin 10, Grange 10, Dooish, Linden

Class Prep

You'll begin your hat at home and bring your work with you to class on the day.

Using your 3.75mm (40cm) needle and main colour, cast on 86 stitches.
•   Join in the round (being careful not to twist) and place a marker for the beginning of the round
•   Work K1, P1 rib for 6 rounds
•   Switch to 4.5mm (40cm) needle
  – Round 1: K20, Kfb, K21, Kfb, repeat twice (you’ll have 90 stitches total)
  – Round 2: Knit all stitches

([Kfb = knit into front and back of the same stitch])

Leave your work on your needles and bring it with you to the class.

By the end of class, you'll have a great start on your hat and all the skills you need to finish it – and to tackle future Fair Isle projects with confidence.

If you need to purchase materials on the day of your class please arrive 20 minutes early and we’ll help you with your selection.

You’ll receive a 10% discount on any yarn, notions and book purchases you make in store on the day.

Class Location

721 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill, NSW 2203

(Get Directions)

Store Accessibility

  • The main shop is accessible to all.
  • The double doors on New Canterbury Road allow for flat access to the shop.

Parking

  • There is plenty of all-day and two-hour parking around Skein Sisters. 
  • Parking along New Canterbury Road, directly outside the shop, allows for access to the shop for those using wheelchairs or disability scooters. 

Public Transport

  • We are a 10-minute walk from Hurlstone Park train station, as well as Dulwich Grove Light Rail station. Buses also run along New Canterbury Road past the shop.
  • See our Contact Us page for more information. 
Cancellation

You can cancel a class booking...

  • Up to 7 days before the class – you are able to cancel and receive a full refund.
  • 7 days – 72 hours before the class – we are able to offer a credit but we cannot guarantee a full refund unless another booking fills your spot.
  • Less than 72 hours before the class – no credit or refund available.

Class Terms & Conditions

Full payment is required prior to the start of the class to confirm your spot.

Minimum numbers – All classes require a minimum of three people in order to go ahead and, depending on the class, a maximum of ten. If your class or workshop does not have the minimum number of students, the class will be postponed and you will be notified within three days of the class date if it has been cancelled or changed. We cannot be held liable for travel or any other costs in the event of a cancellation.

If your class is postponed or cancelled you can use the amount paid to transfer to another event/activity, use it as a store credit, or be issued a full refund.
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Tash Childers

Tash has been knitting ever since her grandmother taught her at 8 years of age. She was always a fearless knitter, tackling an all-over intarsia vest for her mum as her first garment when she was 12.

While taking time off from Mathematics teaching to raise her children, she taught many of her friends to knit and co-ordinated a mothers’ group for knitters. She is passionate about sharing the joy of knitting with others and helping knitters to improve their skills, so they have the confidence to tackle any project.