Knitting with Art Yarns with Charan Sachar
About Knitting with Art Yarns with Charan Sachar
Art yarns look pretty and are great for sharing on social media, but have you wondered how you could use these yarns in your knitting projects? Using art yarns for weaving seems obvious, but these yarns can enhance your knitting projects, too. Charan will share ways of using different kinds of art yarns in knitting projects. By practicing these techniques and learning what technique works best for each yarn, you will gain the skills to use these yarns in your future projects.
Supplies, Equipment & Materials Needed for Class
• Art yarns from stash or the optional materials kit listed above
• Straight or circular knitting needles in US 7, 8, or 9 for swatching
• Knitting notions as you prefer
• 50 gm skein of worsted-weight yarn in a light neutral color (white, cream, beige, light gray)
Materials Kit
$25 - for different styles of art yarns to include:
• Corespun
• Thick and thin
• Beehives
• Spiral plied
Note: different techniques will be used with different yarn styles.
Pre-class Homework
• Cast on 40 stitches with your worsted weight yarn
• Knit 6 rows of garter stitch followed by 6 rows of stockinette
Skill Level
Students should be able to knit and purl.
Contact the Teacher
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When
3-hour live online session.
Enrolled students receive 30-day access to the video recording of the class.
How It Works
Register and enroll above. Enrollment is not complete until payment is made on the next page, by credit card or Paypal via our secure platform. Enrolled students will receive an immediate email confirmation of enrollment, and on the day before the seminar, a reminder with Zoom link to join the class via email. Students will also be able to join the Zoom sessions from their Lessonface dashboard. Students can connect to Zoom using a tablet or computer with reliable internet. To actively participate online students also need a webcam with microphone.
Charan Sachar
Charan Sachar is an artist whose work reflects his passion for the fiber arts, like knitting, spinning, weaving, quilting and he uses it as an inspiration for his clay work. In all the fields that he works in, he loves to accept challenges and approach the making with a “what if..” attitude.
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Lessonface's mission is to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably. Since 2012, we've hosted more than 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers for over 500,000 music, language, and arts lessons and classes online. We've hosted the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival's virtual fiber arts seminars since 2021, and are very happy to be hosting these seminars for the sixth annual Winterfest January 30-31, 2027.