Shawl Shapes with Veera Välimäki

Teacher: Veera Välimäki

Language: English

This Shawl/Shapes workshop begins with the basic shawl shapes like triangle and Square and continues to all different new directions. Top-down, bottom-up, center-out – wherever you start and whatever direction you choose, you can always end up with a shawl!

In this class you will learn the most common constructions of a shawl and how to take your shawl knitting to a whole new level.

We‘ll discuss and learn:

• Basic shawl shaping (triangle, crescent, square, circle, etc.)

• How to add stitch pattern to a basic shape

• How to take your shawl a step forward from the basics

• Finishing touches

• Time: Sunday 9:00-12:00, 26 April 2020

• Class length: 3 hours

• Number of participants: 12

• Place: Near Iðnó in downtown Reykjavík. Participants will get an email with details in time before class starts.

• Skill Level: All levels .

• Homework Before Class: None.

• Supplies to bring: Circular needles and yarn in two colors.

• Materials Fee: No.

• Price: 19.900 ISK

Veera Välimäki

Veera Välimäki lives and designs in a very small village in Southern Finland. Her designs focus on simple and clean lines with small fresh details. She loves simple yet modern knits that are both easy to knit and easy to wear – year after year. Shawls and sweaters are Veera’s two favorite things to knit. Veera is truly a master of casting on for new sweaters, but one can never have too many of them, right?! Veera adores garter stitch and all kinds of short rows. Her two books are published in Finland, but majority of Veera’s work is self-published. Interpretations book series together with Joji Locatelli has now reached to the 6th volume and the books are published in print by Pom Pom Press. Veera’s work has also been featured in magazines and books in Finland, Europe and in the US. For a few years now, Veera has also been teaching in many different events and knitting festivals – mainly abroad, in UK, US and Central-Europe. Rain Knitwear Designs.