Patty’s Knitting Bag of Tricks: a workshop with Patty Lyons

There are so many excellent knitting tricks that make our lives better. Over the years of knitting and teaching, I’ve accumulated quite a few fantastic tricks.  I love it when I’m teaching a class, and a student declares, “I love that tip!”.  So, I’ve decided to dig into my knitting bag of tricks and put them all in one class.  From how to do a better SSK and make matching size YOs to how to avoid the gap at the end of a bind-off, how to tighten your first stitch, how to make better neck divides, and more. Get ready to find your new favorite knitting tricks!

Skills needed:

Must know how to knit, purl, cast on, bind off, and know simple increases and decreases. Having knit at least one sweater or followed an accessory pattern helpful but not required.

Materials:

• Worsted or chunky weight yarn, LIGHT COLOR
• Size appropriate for yarn

Preparation:
create a swatch with the following directions:

CO 23 stitches
Row 1 *K3, P2 *, rep from * to * to last 3 stitches, K3
Row 2 *P3, k2*, rep from * to * to last 3 stitches, P3.
Repeat Rows 1-2 for a couple of inches, working in K3, P2 rib, do not bind off, we will be working this swatch. End with a WS row (ready to work a RS row)

PATTY LYONS is a nationally recognized knitting teacher and technique expert who is known for teaching the “why” not just the how” in her pursuit of training the “mindful knitter”. She specializes in sweater design and sharing her love of the much-maligned subjects of gauge and blocking.

Patty teaches nationally at guilds & knitting shows around the country such as Vogue Knitting LIVE, STITCHES and her popular classes can also be found online at Interweave, Annie’s and Craftsy where her “Improve Your Knitting Class” was named Craftsy’s most popular class of the year! Patty also runs wildly popular KAL / Sweater classes on her own education platform.

Patty designs and knitting skill articles have been published in Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Knit Purl, Knitter’s Magazine, Cast On, Creative Knitting Twist Collective magazines, and Mason Dixon Knitting, where she also writes a knitter’s advice column called “Ask Patty”. Patty’s designs have also been included in pattern collections from Classic Elite, Noro, Cascade, Sugar Bush, Tahki Stacy Charles and Willow Yarns. Patty is the author of Patty’s Knitting Bag of Tricks: 70+ Sanity Saving Knitting Hacks.