Knit a Little Animal Friend - Cinthia Vallet - Fri. 8/8

Friday, August 8
2:00pm - 5:00pm (3 hours)

About the Class:

This workshop is for people who would like to knit a little animal but think it might be too tricky. You'll discover it's not!

This class is for people who like the idea of crafting their own toys but don't like assembling small pieces. Students will be able to take the jump, start a little animal during the workshop, and learn everything they need to know to complete it at home, with ease and pleasure. This class will offer themselves a little break, a playful digression where they allow they inner child to dream and play. 

We'll cover how to get started on a little animal, how to shape it with short rows, how to finish its face and breathe life into it. We'll discover how it is constructed and the joy of seeing a little woolly friend growing directly on needles and spreading love and joy around. We'll talk about the yarn to use, the materials for stuffing, and all the tips to sail peacefully through this kind of knitting project. 

About the Instructor: Cinthia lives in Nantes with her husband, kids, furry companions and a lot of woolly friends!  
With an aesthetic rooted in her passion for kids literature, she designs knitted animals with an original method that fully reinvigorates the experience of toy knitting and she writes patterns to empower every knitter to make their owns. She’s the author of Mouche & Friends, seamless toys to knit and love, published by Laine Publishing. 

Skill Level: Intermediate

Participants need to be comfortable with a method to knit small circumferences in the round (small as a the thumb of a mitten for example). It can be magic loop, double pointed needles or flexible double pointed needles such as the Addi Crazy trio. They don't need to be an expert, but to have practiced one of these methods. They also need to have a soft spot for small knitting.

Homework: None

Required Materials:

• Wool : a yarn of your choice, about 20 g of fingering weight yarn or sport weight yarn (a yarn between 330 meters & 400 meters per 100 g).
• Knitting needles : depending on the choice of yarn, the needles sizes may vary from 2 mm to 2.75 mm. The idea is to get a tight gauge, a dense fabric, but still comfortable and enjoyable to knit. Depending on the your favorite method to knit small circumferences in the round, these needles should be either a long circular needle, a set of DPNs or a set of three flexible.
• A couple of lockable stitch markers such as bulb pins
• Provided: Pattern & safety eyes. Tapestry and embroidery needles, as well as embroidery threads will be at your disposal during the workshop.

Please note - Marketplace tickets are not included in the class price and will need to be purchased separately. You can find marketplace tickets here.

In order to allow our instructors to prepare for their classes, we are not able to refund class purchases if your plans change. However, we are happy to transfer them if you find someone to take your place!