Looping Back
About Looping Back
Making a loop, knitting with part of it, and then tightening it is a peculiar technique that lends itself to some unusual applications. Work complex intarsia in smaller modules, rather than working across a large piece with many, many bobbins. Control pooling. Work textured entrelac reversibly. Add side-to-side edgings in a way that is seamless and elegant. These are all applications of Rick Mondragon’s brilliant sliding loop/modular intarsia technique.
The capacity for this class is 20 students.
Materials, Equipment, and Supplies the Student Must Bring to Class
homework swatch
class yarn (smooth, non-splitting, light or bright or medium color) in a couple colors
needles to work that yarn
cable or double-pointed needles (optional, but helpful)
waste yarn (slippery, such as mercerized cotton, if possible)
Materials Fee and Description
No materials fee for this class.
Pre-class Homework
Using three different colors of yarn, cast on 30 stitches (10 sequentially in each color) and work three vertical columns of stripes 10 stitches wide in intarsia for about 10 rows. We’ll be observing the structure of intarsia by unraveling some of this in class, so feel free to use leftover scrap yarn. Picture and directions here: https://jolieaelder.blogspot.com/p/looping-back-homework.html
Homework File
Age Range
Minimum age requirement for workshop: 14
Skill Level
Advanced
What skills or knowledge do students need to take this workshop?
Prerequisite: Should already have experience with intarsia and entrelac (a swatch from a class is fine). Knowing how to carry/trap a yarn in Fair Isle knitting is encouraged. Knowing how to knit back backwards is helpful but not essential.
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When
3-hour live in-person seminar.
Class Location
Davis 2
How It Works
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Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date.
Jolie Elder
Jolie has explored a wide range of needle arts after learning to cross stitch at age four. Her cleverest unvention is a method for working stockinette-based laces reversibly. She has served on the boards of various guilds; published in PLY, Spin-Off, and Cast On; taught at major festivals, and shared her experiments in her blog for over 15 years.
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