Helen has more than 30 years experience producing hand-knitted garments in her workshop in Peru for individual customers, boutiques, specialty stores and mail order catalogues around the globe.  She has mastered these techniques producing garments of exceptional quality and workmanship.  Now, she brings her knowledge and expertise to yarn stores and their customers in a fascinating workshop: Finishing as a Professional, by far her most popular workshop.  Here is a summary of some of the topics covered during the workshop.

Finishing Techniques

 

Casting on

Long tail CO

Provisional CO

Cable CO

 

Binding off

Sewn BO

Tubular BO

 

Buttonholes

 

Decreases

Single decreases

S2kp2 – 2sl tog knitwise, k1, psso

Sspp2 – sl2 sts separately knitwise; slip back to left needle as they are; insert right needle through their ‘back loops,’ into the second st and then the irs, and sl the 2 sts to right needle; p next st; psso

 

PU sts

On sts

On rows – 3 sts on set of 4 rows

 

Fair Isle Weaving

 

Grafting

In stockinette

In garter stitch

            On side has to be a purl row and the other a knit row.

 

Increases

K1f&b

Kok (k1, yo, k1 on same st)

M1

 

Mitered Corners

Formula – dec/inc on 3 consecutive rows, none on the 4th row

 

Pockets

 

Shaping with Short Rows

Shoulders

Necklines

Darts

Gussets

Skirts

 

Tucks

 

Washing Instructions