CALL OR EMAIL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT or REQUEST A CLASS 316.351.8515 firebrunetteknits@gmail.com

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I have been a knitting and crochet instructor since 2003.
All skill levels taught from learning to knit to advanced techniques such as colorwork, cable work, intricate lace, and everything in between.
I love my craft, I love sharing my knowledge, tips & tricks with other fiber enthusiasts to help them further their talents.
Individual or group lessons, $15/hour private lessons per student, groups of 3 or more discounted.

Want to learn something specific? Let me know!!

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Upcoming Classes

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As you may or may not have heard, our life is taking a leap west to Arizona in the next few months.
With the relocation and the new social distancing policies, I have decided to move all classes and lessons to a live, virtual platform.

More information below and on my Facebook Page. You can always email firebrunetteknits@gmail.com, text/call 316.633.3217 to reserve your spot. Payment is due prior to class.

EVENT + CLASS LISTINGS ON FACEBOOK

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June

Gauge Tips – online

3 hours
$25
Dates:
Saturday, June 6th, 12 – 3pm

Learn the how + why of gauge!
How do you make swatches, how do you measure gauge, how do you interpret gauge?
Why even do a gauge swatch, why worry about half a stitch, why is the fabric important?

Supplies:
– light color worsted weight yarn
– US 8 needles, dpn or 16″ circ
– a swatch or two from previous projects, if you have them

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Yarn Substitution – online

3 hours
$25
Date:
Tuesday, June 9th, 2 – 5pm

You don’t have the yarn called for in a pattern?
Not sure if the yarn you want to use will work?
How do you go about choosing a different yarn for a project?
Can you substitute DK weight for a Worsted weight?
Can you use a cotton instead of a wool?
There are some simple things you need to know to help you substitute yarns in a project.

Supplies:
– Notebook
– pencil
– any patterns or yarns you may have questions about

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Baby Surprise Jacket (BSJ)
by Elizabeth Zimmerman – online

4 Sessions
$60
Dates:
Mondays
June 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
3 – 5pm

The jacket is knit in a single piece with just two seams that run across the shoulders and down the length of the sleeves. It includes extra ease across the back of the garment to fit well over a nappy (diaper).

Commonly referred to as the “BSJ”, the baby surprise jacket is “a very entertaining piece of knitted engineering”

Materials:
3 oz. of baby wool (6 sts to 1”) (sport-weight to dk)
or
2 skeins Fisherman Yarn (5 sts to 1”) (dk to worsted)

1 pr. needles in the size to give you either of these gauges.

Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann

There are a million and one ways to purchase the pattern through Schoolhouse Press, follow the link above to the Ravelry page for all the information.
If you are interested in someday knitting the Adult version of this sweater I would highly recommend knitting this smaller version first.

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Beginning Lace

$40
Thursdays, June 4th + 11th
6 – 8pm

Feather & fan stitch border and the lovely Diagonal Fern Lace center makes a beautiful squishy cowl.
Learn the basics of lace knitting; chart reading, line reading, written instructions, lace pattern reading tips and tricks abound!

Materials needed are listed in the pattern.
The pattern can be purchased on Ravelry, https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/feathers–fern-cowl

Learn the basics of lace knitting; chart reading, line reading, written instructions, lace pattern reading tips, and tricks abound!

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Cables Untangled – online

4 hours
$25
Date:
Saturday, June 13th, 10am – 2pm

Advanced beginner

Learn the basics of cables and some super neat tricks!
Cabling without a cable needle, repair a mistake cable, how to read a cable chart.

Supplies:
– worsted weight wool or wool blend yarn in a light, solid color
– US size 8 circular needle, or longer double points
– smaller size double point needles
– crochet hook or fix-it tool
– a few markers and removable markers

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SPECTRA ~ A Study in Short Row Techniques

$50
Dates:
Tuesdays June 16th, 23rd, + 30th  3 – 5pm

Learn the three most common SHORT ROW METHODS; Wrap & Turn, German, and Japanese, in one mesmerizing scarf, Spectra, designed by Stephen West.
This workshop will give you the tools to learn to substitute your favorite new method of short rows in most patterns.
Supplies:

Spectra Pattern Available on Ravelry, https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spectra

Removable stitch markers

Supplies listed in the pattern

As you may or may not have heard, our life is taking a leap west in the next 6 months. We will be relocating to Arizona, luckily it won’t be a fast move so there is still time to squeeze in some classes + workshops here in Wichita.
I am opening up Drop-in times at the Studio starting in March, opening up more appointment times as well. More information below and on my Facebook Page.
You can always email firebrunetteknits@gmail.com, text/call 316.633.3217 to reserve your spot. 
Payment is due prior to class. EVENT + CLASS LISTINGS ON FACEBOOK

BOOK A PRIVATE LESSON

March + April

Studio Drop-In Days

STARTING MARCH 5TH, I WILL HAVE DROP-IN HOURS EVERY THURSDAY AT THE STUDIO:
Bring any projects, issues, patterns, etc that you need help with.

This will be open to all so there may be an overlap of clients. I will, of course, do my very best to accommodate everyone’s individual needs so don’t hesitate to drop by.
If you want to make sure you have one-on-one time with me, please contact me to make an appointment or visit my Facebook Page to book an appointment.

THURSDAY HOURS: 11AM – 5PM

$10 DROP-IN FEE up to one hour’s time

*Remember, the building is secured so you will need to contact me by text/phone when you arrive so I can let you in.

316-633-3217

       Click here for registration information

Portage is a comfortable, top down raglan that is worked flat. The beautiful honeycomb detailing on the back is a fun, yet not difficult, element to break up the stockinette stitch fronts.
The sleeves are worked in the round. Only a small bit of seaming is required to attach the deep pockets to the hem.

A Traditional Pi Shawl ~ Elizabeth Zimmermann

Click here for registration information

This workshop style class will teach you the basics of circular shawls, this being a Pi shawl.

“Make it simple. For many knitters, this shawl has been an introduction to lace knitting and to the knitting of circular things. And a good choice it is. The lace patterns are not too difficult, and the circle’s shaping is simpler yet. But all can be even simpler.”
-Elizabeth Zimmermann

Yardage is not listed, weight is given as follows:
“9 oz fingering- (or 12oz sport-) weight Shetland wool”

From the Knitter’s Almanac (July) book:

Summary: A circular shawl based the geometry of Pi–the relationship between a circle’s circumference and its radius containing six shaping rounds.

This intermediate level cardigan is a great way to get comfortable with seamless, in the round, colorwork knitting with a surprise technique at the end…STEEKING!!
Don’t be scared! We’ll go through it step by step and dive in together. Take care, breathe, and cut!

Knit using a lightweight yarn this sweater is great for not only spring & fall cool days but you can easily layer it for winter if you choose to make long sleeves.
Classes start January 17th, 2015
Register now!! Classes are filling fast!

I posted in one of the forums on Rav this morning that I was in some serious need of some fiberly love to be sent my way today. Of course I got it! Like always, my ladies came through for me. 
Quick update…I hit a curb this morning on our way to run a day full of yuck errands; glucose test (blech), DMV for my drivers license change, Social Services to see about assistance when I have to go on unpaid maternity leave (that is one thing we didn’t get done, darnit, and I am not pleased with having to ask for assistance so I was dreading that one anyway). I knew immediately it was bad. The tire wasn’t flat but I couldn’t keep the car straight. We went directly to the one place that we know of in town.
Josh has been sick, as well as 2 of the 3 kids, and there haven’t been many hours for him at work this week so he was feeling pretty low that all this coincided with yet another car repair/issue and another day off. The first thought that went through my head was, “there is a reason this happened. I don’t know if it’s a good or bad reason yet but I know there is a reason.” My emotions bounced all over the place the first half of the day. The repairs costing over half of our income from yesterdays paychecks.
While I waited in the repair shop, Josh was out in the garage going over the repairs needed with the guy that helped us immensely the last time we had to go in. I was knitting on the gansey sock I had with me and crying when Josh walked in, job application in hand. The guy had offered him a full time position at the same pay he makes now but with guaranteed hours.
So then we had a choice to make on top of already heightened emotions over financial devastation (I hate car repair expenses SO MUCH. Especially when I could have used that money for say a crib, carseat, and stroller for this baby that’s ridiculously close to being here).
We were home, car-less, while they repaired the car for us and we spent our time making phone calls and doing crap online that we’ve put off doing for lack of time. Majority of what we had to do we had procrastinated on because we knew the outcomes wouldn’t be simple or cheap. I hate money, by the by.
Josh called the owner of the company and set up a time to drop off his application. Fortunately, it worked out perfectly that we could get pretty much everything we needed to do in a consolidated timeline and geographic area. I went to my doctor’s lab, drank the glucose drink (gag me with a spoon), we had exactly one hour to drive over to meet the owner, give him his application and ended up in a 40 minute interview (more on that in the next paragraph), go back to the lab, have blood drawn, go to the dmv, take a number, get my driver’s license, get home, get dinner in the oven, take the kids to Walmart to get new fish & a tank setup with the boys Christmas gift cards from their Ziegler cousins, home to eat dinner, get in bed, wait for Cori and Mark to stop by with loads of tupperware, and swimsuits for Sadie starting swimming tomorrow at school (huge lifesaver! I didn’t have time or the money now to hunt down a good suit for her in the middle of winter with one nights time frame). Now I am dead tired, fighting off the cold my whole family has had, dreading the next doctors appointment, and I don’t want to go to bed yet now that the house is quiet and I can try to relax.
I am also very anxious and this is why…
Josh got the job! He’s nervous about how it dropped in our laps, he was hired so quickly, no time to talk to his current employer about how the transition and hours would work, and the new job wants him there first thing in the morning tomorrow!
I knew there was a reason for my “accident” this morning. I guess it was to take the control out of our hands for a minute and be directed (which, by the way, I dislike immensely).

So! New unexpected job change. Cut up California driver’s license replaced with a Kansas license (I have had the same California drivers license since my 16th bday and that was rather unsettling losing that today). 
This had to happen on the first day of my 3 days off in a row (miracle in itself) so now I have 2 more days to ponder what I could have done with that money, clean, organize, plan, and most likely just be too sick with this cold to do much of anything.

Don’t get me wrong, I am grateful for this work opportunity. I just don’t do well with quick changes that I wasn’t looking for or planning on. I am all for spontaneity! Love the quick decisions when I get to make them and hastily plan for them. I am a pessimist at heart, tried and true, through and through. I try not to be but that’s where I live. 

Now, I do believe I am tired enough to go and sleep. Another day tomorrow. Life has it’s plan for me and I guess I just need to shut the F up and deal…good or bad…

I am amazed by this! I have always known the fiber loving community was charitable and loving but to be the recipient of this love instead of the giver is a new role for me. Todays mystery package is a yarn collectors dream!
Hand Maiden Casbah- 3 hanks
Mini Maiden – 2 hanks
Habu #a-48b 1/4.2 nerimaki ito, color 2- 3 balls
Gorgeous!! All 3 yarns make my mouth water and my fingers itch to knit with it. (How those 2 work together I am not sure but hey, we Yarnies are a little crazy like that and if you are one you’ll understand.)
Again, a GINORMOUS THANK YOU to the Mystery Gifter!!