Roosimine – Estonian Inlay Knitting: a workshop with Aleks Byrd
October 12 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
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.
Homework:
Students will be given instructions to have their swatch cast-on to continue knitting in the workshop
Skill level:
Intermediate – Students should be comfortable knitting in the round and reading from charts
Materials:
- US 6 / 4mm / needles for knitting small circumference (Double pointed needles or circular needles for magic loop)
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry / darning needle
- DK-weight yarn (preferably nothing slippery‚ think yarn you would use for colourwork) wound so it is easy to pull from both ends of the ball (for working with 2 strands at a time) in the following approx. amounts:
- MC (main colour) 20g,
- CC1 (contrast colour 1) 10g,
- CC2 (contrast colour 2) 10g
About Aleks Byrd:
Aleks Byrd is a knitwear designer with roots in Estonia, Canada, and the USA. Aleks’ passion is creating modern 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. Her portfolio of designs includes individual patterns as well as those published in The Knitter magazine and Laine Magazine. Her latest book Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits brings together her designs and teaching as an introduction to Estonian knitting, both traditional and traditional-inspired.