Classes
We love to spread the love and fascination that come with being a fiber enthusiast. From the basics of knitting, crochet, spinning and weaving to more advanced technique and sweater construction classes, we offer instruction for every level of crafter. We offer private and group lessons as well as birthday parties. We also from time to time offer special events and classes, such as our class featuring Sharon McMahon of Three Irish Girls on Harnessing Hand Dyed Yarns. Please learn with us!
Open Stitch
We love to have people come sit and craft with us, but we do have three organized “open stitch” times:
- Sundays 2 – 4 pm
- Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
from 6 – 8 pm
Upcoming Classes, Events and KALs!
New buds, New yarns, New skills! Come join us for an event, a class, or just to sit n' stitch. Registration details: Payment due at the time of registration. If a class is not held due to class size issues, we will refund your payment in full. Registration also gives you a 10% discount on materials for class projects. Peruse our wide selection of classes and events and register now to be sure you save your place. You can register by phone (301-933-9550) or email: info@theyarnspot.com, but please come in or call with payment information.
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- Beginning Knitting – with Victoria or Marianne
Cast on, Bind off, knit and purl...learn the building blocks of all knitted projects so you can begin your knitting journey. All beginning knitting classes will discuss materials as part of the class. Size 8 needles and worsted weight wool yarn are suggested.
Date: Monday, March 26th & April 2nd Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm Cost: $60 RSVP by Wednesday, March 21st Class Size: 4-6 students Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]
- Beginning Knitting – with Victoria or Marianne
Date: Friday, April 6th & April 13th Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm Cost: $60
RSVP: By Tuesday, April 3rd
Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]!
- Beginning Knitting – with Victoria or Marianne
Date: Thursday, April 19th & April 26th Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm Cost: $60 RSVP by Monday, April 16th Class Size: 4-6 students Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Down Socks with Heel Flap & Gusset on DPNs with Marianne This is where the magic begins, and all you need to know is how to Knit and Purl and you can be on your way to making your own socks! Materials: Please bring at least 100 yds of worsted weight yarn to class. Needles will be provided for class time only. We will create one sock in class to practice your new found skills. After 1st class, time will be taken to discuss needle and yarn choices for your very own sock. Dates: Monday, March 19, 26 and April 2 Time: 6:30-8:00 PM Cost: $90 RSVP by: Monday, March 12 Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Down Sock with Heel Flap & Gusset using Magic Loop with Marianne Just as magical as using DPNs, but this time you have the added magic of using one longer circular needle. All you need to know how to do is Knit and Purl. Materials: Please bring at least 100 yds of worsted weight yarn to class. Needles will be provided for class time only. We will create one sock in class to practice your new skills. After the 1st class we will discuss needle and yarn choices for your very own sock. Dates: Thursday, April 19, 26 and May 3 Time: 6:30 - 8:00 Cost: $90 RSVP by: Thursday, April 12 Class Size: 4-6 people ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beginning Cables with Miryam
Stumped by Cables? This class will give you plenty of practice and turn you into a cable-wiz! Bring light colored yarn and appropriate sized needles. We will be working on swatches from charts, so while this is not a project based class you will soon be on your way to making all sorts of cabled projects! Thursday, March 22 & 29 6 - 7:30 pm $60 Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com]! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Crochet Softies With Jennifer
Crochet stuffed animals and amigurumi can sometimes be intimidating with the many different parts and techniques. In this class we will learn how to create some basic crochet softies, how to choose parts that are safe for children (or pets!), and how to finish the stuffed animals so that they look just the way you want them. We'll make Vanburn the Bea and Jack the Pumpkin, available for free at www.freshstitches.com. Materials: Hook and yarn specified in patterns. Dates: Sunday, March 25 and April 1st Time: 10:30 - 12:00 pm Cost: $60 RSVP by: March 20th Class Size: 3-6 people Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Color Play with Lee
Come exercise your creative side by exploring color for your knitting/crocheting with Lee. You will swatch up a storm and learn the basics of color theory and how to make the most of the beautiful yarns and fibers available. Lots of fun! Materials: Please bring a variety of worsted weight yarn in different colors for swatching and sharing with others, and a variety of needles 6-8 range. Gauge is not crucial. Dates: Sunday, April 1st Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm Cost: $40 RSVP by: March 28th Class Size: 3-6 people Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixing Mistakes with Marianne
We will learn to pick up dropped stitches, tinK, place life lines, correct increases and decreases without tinKing. Materials: Bring a size G crochet hook, worsted weight yarn, size 7 US needles Homework: Prepare the following swatch to bring to class: with worsted weight yarn and size 7 US needles, cast on 35 sts and work 4" of stockinette st. (knit one row, purl one row). Leave work on needles. Date: Monday, April 9 Time: 6:30 - 8 pm Cost: $30.00 RSVP by: Monday, April 2 Class Size: 3-6 people Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beginning Crochet Workshop
Learn how to Crochet in this 2 hour workshop! We'll cover how to chain, single crochet, double crochet and slip stitch, how to work a flat piece and how to work in the round. Materials: Bring a size G, H or I crochet hook, and worsted weight yarn. Date: Sunday, April 15th Time: 12:30 - 2 pm Cost: $30 RSVP by: April 12th Class Size: 3-6 people Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Triangular Shawl Shaping with Marianne Shawls, shawlettes, neckerchiefs, bandanas - whatever you want to call them, they are ubiquitous patterns these days, and their basic structure is an opportunity to bring your creativity to the forefront. This class will cover basic shaping techniques, and then show you how to add motifs to your triangle (like lace leaves and more!). Materials: Worsted weight yarn in a light color, size 7 US circ. needles 24" or longer Dates: Mondays April 23 and 30 Time: 6:30-8:00 PM Cost: $60 RSVP by: Friday, April 20th Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Down Baby Girl (or Boy) Sweater with Marianne Top down construction means so much more than just minimal seaming - it is a fun, interesting and comfortable way to build a sweater that the wearer will love wearing and you will love knitting! Take your skills to the next level by learning about increases, working in the round and much more. Materials: 200 yards of a light worsted/DK weight yarn in a light color, size 7 US circ. needles 24" Dates: Mondays May 7 and 14 Time: 6:30-8:00 PM Cost: $60 RSVP by: Friday, May 4th Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weave a Scarf in (almost) a Day with Victoria
Weaving opens up a whole new world of simple and complex patterns, color combinations and more. This class will teach you the basics of weaving on a rigid heddle loom. See how you will be able to complete a scarf in just one day! Materials: included in the class, including use of a rigid heddle loom. Dates: Sunday, March 18 Time: 10:00 - 5:00 pm with a break for lunch (lunch is not provided) Cost: $150.00 RSVP by: Friday, March 16th Class Size: 3-6 people Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Make Your Ribbing Beautiful with Elise Give Elise an hour, and you will walk away knowing how to make your knitting look truly professional. Learn to make an invisible tubular cast-on for ribbing, how to calculate how many stitches you really want, and swatch to learn how to match ribbing to stockinette stitch. Materials: Worsted weight yarn and size 7 or 8 US needles for swatching Dates: Sunday, April 1 Time: 10:00 AM Cost: $20 RSVP by: Wednesday, March 28 Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beginning Spindle Spinning with Elise Spring shearing season has begun throughout the region, and the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is approaching! Come learn how to spin wool, and be ready to fully appreciate the area's sheep and why we have a festival just for them. Materials: TBA Dates: Wednesday, April 4 Time: 6:00-8:00 pm Cost: $40 RSVP by: Wednesday, March 28 Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Crochet Socks with Jennifer Pending Don't let the sock craze be only for the knitters. Learn the basics of shaping a crochet sock for your foot, how to make a heel and toe, and how to make adjustments to the pattern. Students should know how to chain, single crochet, and double crochet. We'll be making Rosado by Kim Kotary. Materials: Sock weight yarn and crochet hook size be, or size necessary for gauge (30 sts X 15 rows in double crochet) Dates: Sunday March 13th and 20th Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Cost: $80 RSVP by: March 9th Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spinning Soft, Lofty Yarns with Elise You know how to make a basic plied yarn, but all of your yarns are overspun, or you've come to the point where you can spin so finely that it's hard to make a beautiful heavier weight yarn in sweater amounts. Come learn how to maximize your spinning time and make exactly what you want. Materials: TBA Dates: Sunday, March 25 Time: 12 - 2 pm Cost: $40 RSVP by: Wednesday, March 21st Register NOW [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]! [mailto:victoria@theyarnspot.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a Party!!! Come meet our local Artyarns Sales Representative, Cynthia, and select the yarns and colorways YOU want to use for your next project. Cynthia will have every color the Artyarns team creates on hand so you can see them all in person. The Spot will provide wine & cheese & fruit. And very possibly some chocolate. And possibly even some door prizes. A special focus will be on selecting cashmere colors for the April KAL - see details below. Come join us: Wednesday, March 7 6-8 PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Knit Along, Knit Along, Knit Along (KAL) What is a knit-a-long you ask? It is a gathering of knitters who are all working on the same project together. The group provides inspiration and encouragement and we will provide an instructor who can provide guidance along the way. All sessions are free, but for this we do ask that you purchase materials here at the store.
Baby Surprise Jacket KAL with Lee- Tuesday eves in March The Baby Surprise Jacket was designed by Elizabeth Zimmermann in 1968, and is a marvel of engineering while employing only knit stitches. It provides some challenges, but is easy enough to master with some well placed markers and tips (which is why we are doing a KAL). It is also a great way to feature small bits of special yarns, or can be pleasing in just one color. The above BSJ was knit with 3 skeins of HiKoo's Simplicity, 2 skeins of variegated, 1 skein of a solid with the i-cord bind off option. Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27 6:30 - 8 pm Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] (no fee but materials must be purchased at The Yarn Spot, and it helps us plan to know who is coming!) Madeline Tosh KAL - Wednesday eves in March Select your favorite MadTosh yarn, choose your pattern and compare the results! Because the patterns selected are varied, no one leader has been appointed, but we are here to support you nonetheless. Wednesdays, March 14, 21, 28, 6:00 - 8 pm Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] (no fee but materials must be purchased at The Yarn Spot, and it helps us plan to know who is coming!) Wingspan Shawl KAL with Lois - Tuesday eves in April
Stunning color changes are a feature of some yarns, like Zauberball, Magic DeGrade, Melody and so many more. The wingspan shawl [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hebadijab.0.0.a474cddab.0&id=preview&ts=S0734&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ravelry.com%2Fpatterns%2Flibrary%2Fwingspan-2] makes the most of these beautiful yarns by stacking the colors by using shaped short rows. This has been a very popular shawl on Ravelry, and there is even a crochet version! Really a must-do project. Tuesdays, April 3, 10, 17 and 24 6:00- 8:00 pm Cashmere Leaf Shawl KAL with Marianne Wednesday eves in April Light as a cloud, soft as a feather, this dreamy shawl is the perfect project for warmer weather. This knit along will start with an ArtYarns Selection Party on Wednesday March 7! Wednesdays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 6:00 - 8 pm Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?] (no fee but materials must be purchased at The Yarn Spot, and it helps us plan to know who is coming!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Private Lessons
If there is a technique you would like to learn and we currently don't have a class scheduled or if the times just don't work for you, consider scheduling a private lesson. We are happy to accomodate your schedule and interests to help you create the projects you dream of. Cost: $40 per hour (you can split your lessons into 1/2 hour sessions) For 2 people: $50 per hour Please note that Beginning Knitting or Crocheting as a private lesson is always 1 full hour. Register NOW! [mailto:info@theyarnspot.com?]
More classes will be posted soon. Watch this space!
