3D Knitwear with Slipped Stitch Technique – a workshop with Olga Buraya-Kefelian

Join local designer and 3D knitwear master Olga Buraya-Kefelian for this amazing three hour workshop. Olga will present her 3D design philosophy, to reveal a slightly different angle of knitwear and putting your existing knitting skills into a novel path – while creating a 3D textured accessory that uses a special Slip Stitch technique. Students will learn not just how to make it, but also how to adapt it, combine and shape it to their liking. During this class students can choose to make the KORO-KORO shawl or EWEYE shawl pattern.

Skills required: knowing how to knit, purl, cast on, bind off

Skills learned:

• Working incorporated I-cord, I-cord cast on and bind off
• Working slip stitch patterns in charts and written instruction
• Mirrored invisible increasing
• Customize finished accessory to taste
• Specifics on benefits and drawbacks of this unique stitch pattern and the technique

Materials:

For KORO-KORO shawl:

• approx. 575 yds/526 m color A and 575 yds/526 m color B in sport or DK weight yarn. We recommend: De Rerum Natura Ulysse, Di Gilpin Lalland, Spincycle Dyed in the Wool (as color B), Kelbourne Woolens Scout, Knerd String DK, WoolDreamers Dehesa de Barrera DK or Hazel Knits Lively DK.
• US 7 (4.5 mm) 16-20” circular OR use size to obtain gauge
• Crochet hook size G (4 mm)
• Small length of smooth waste yarn in similar weight
• Tapestry needle
• Purchase KORO-KORO shawl pattern and bring to class.

Gauge: 18-18.5 sts and 28-30 rows=4” / 10cm in St st worked flat, measured once dry after washing and blocking. (This gauge is provided to get the correct yarn weight to create the right fabric for this stitch pattern)

For EWEYE shawl:

• approx. 480 yds / 438 m color A, 480 yds / 438 m color B and 500 yds / 457 m color C in sport or DK weight yarn.
• We recommend: De Rerum Natura Ulysse, Di Gilpin Lalland, Spincycle Dyed in the Wool (as color B or C), Kelbourne Woolens Scout, Knerd String DK, WoolDreamers Dehesa de Barrera DK or Hazel Knits Lively DK.
• US 6 (4mm) circular, 16” / 40 cm and 24” / 61 cm OR use size to obtain gauge
• Crochet hook size F (3.75 mm)
• Small length of smooth waste yarn in similar weight
• Tapestry needle
• Purchase EWEYE shawl pattern and bring to class

Gauge: 22 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in St st worked flat, measured once dry after washing and blocking. (This gauge is provided to get the correct yarn weight to create the right fabric for this stitch pattern)

About Olga

Olgajazzy brand has been established in 2006 by Olga Buraya-Kefelian. As a daughter of a professional tailor, she has acquired her understanding of clothing construction from an early age, which has progressively become more intuitive. This intuition helps her to create imaginative yet versatile knitwear. Conceived as a line for trendy and ultimately wearable knitwear, the brand is ever evolving. Drawing her inspiration from industrial and architectural fields, combined with her passion for European and Japanese design, results in Olga’s knitwear designs infused with innovation. Always seeking to develop new ways to incorporate knitwear in these modern times has prompted for her Transform line to emerge.

Transform – result of a transformation. The essence of this signature knitwear range is versatility and expanded wearability of each garment: these intelligently constructed pieces provide quintessential wardrobe staples that will compliment various outfits, suit multiple occasions, wearable year round and will suit all seasons.
Balancing out love for texture and minimalism presented in numerous accessories and garments, the brand’s pattern range consistently implements technique-driven elements within each pattern for a greater learning experience and impeccably finished knitwear.

As a contributing designer, author and co-author of numerous titles, the professional quality of written patterns is a recognizable feature of the Olgajazzy brand and encapsulates the exceptional standards of excellence applied across all areas of the brand.