Where Did You Get That Hat?

Learn numerous elements of hat design in this exciting and colorful class. Experiment and elevate yarn as you would colors on a painter’s palette. Discuss design goals, attributes of different fibers, and stitches per inch. Examine tensioning techniques, choosing and combining stitches to create texture, making eye-catching patterns, and multiple ways to decrease the crown/top of the hat. Learn to wash yarn and use the ball winder, umbrella swift, and niddy noddy. Basic knitting skills required, but you can be new to knitting in the round and stranded knitting. 

$20-$50

Emolyn Liden grew up in Brasstown and learned to knit at a young age - without patterns - which led her to spin and dye yarn and wool. Through her business, The Roving Knitter, she designs knitwear inspired by the yarn, teaches people of all ages to knit, and shows her work at craft shows and exhibits. Emolyn started clogging and contra dancing as a child. She has danced with the Cane Creek Cloggers of Chapel Hill; the Green Grass Cloggers of Asheville; Cape Breton step-dancing team, The Twisty Cuffs; and has been a dance instructor for kids in public school and at camps around the country. Emolyn is currently attending the professional craft program in jewelry at Haywood Community College.