Estonian Roosimine In Person with Aleks Byrd @ Knit With Me, Richmond - Saturday 18th May 2024 11am to 2pm

Roosimine is an Estonian inlay technique that creates the appearance of embroidery through intentional floats in contrasting yarn on the right side of your knitting. It’s the perfect technique to add some embellishment to your knitting that is easier than intarsia. The name Roosimine translates to “decorating with roses”, which comes from a style of short stitch embroidery done on the Estonian island of Muhu. You will learn this technique whilst knitting a small swatch in the round and your guide through tis workshop os the Queen of this technique, Aleks Byrd. Have a look at her gorgeous Seli Sweater in the photos to get an idea of how this technique can look in a pullover. 

SKILL LEVEL: advanced beginner /intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit and purl in the round, cast-on, bind -off

HOMEWORK: You will receive some instructions to cast-on your swatch ready to continue knitting in the workshop

MATERIALS NEEDED:

•US 6 / 4mm needles for knitting small circumference (Double pointed needles/ circular needles for magic loop or small circulars)

•Stitch markers

•Tapestry / darning needle

•DK-weight yarn (preferably nothing slippery—think yarn you would use for colourwork) in the following approx. amounts:-MC (main colour) 20g-CC1 (contrast colour 1) 10g-CC2 (contrast colour 2) 10g

Make sure all yarn is easy to pull from both ends of the ball (for working with two strands at a time.

If you don't have any appropriate stash we recommend our Lore Minis. Perfect mini balls of DK sticky yarn in a range of colours to chose from.

Important information - The workshop takes place upstairs in the store which is accessed via a spiral staircase. Toilers are in the basement which are again, you guessed it, accessed via a spiral staircase. Finally we require a minimum number of bookings for this course to go ahead. If we do not meet the minimum you will be offered a new date or a refund.

A little about your teacher Aleks Byrd

Aleks Byrd is a knitwear designer with roots in Estonia, Canada, and the USA. Her passion is creating modern knitting patterns with a connection to the past using little-known traditional techniques for unique wearable designs that are fun and rewarding to knit for all levels of knitters. Aleks teaches workshops to demystify the deceptively easy techniques used in her patterns all over the world in the UK, Europe, Canada, the United States and Australia. She especially loves sharing traditional knitting techniques from Estonia with knitters around the world to expand their view on what knitting can be. Her latest book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits brings together her designs and teaching as introduction to Estonian knitting, both traditional and traditional-inspired.