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 just 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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• Fixing Mistakes

CLASS DATE/TIME:
September 28th
10am – 1pm

No matter your skill level, we ALL make mistakes in our knitting.
The confidence that comes when you learn a few tricks to keep your knitting on track will astound you!
Mistakes help us work smarter, not harder. Don’t let mistakes hold you back,
come and let me build your confidence in your knitting skills, you can do it!

Skills required: Basic knitting (cast on, knit, purl)

You’ll learn how to fix:

• a dropped stitch in garter
• a dropped stitch in stockinette (on the knit and purl side)
• dropped stitches at the edge of a row
• missed yarnovers
• missed increases + decreases
• unfinished stitches

Class Prep REQUIRED:
Arrive at class with three completed swatches approximately 4″x4″ in a smooth, light-colored, worsted-weight yarn:
Swatch 1: garter, do not bind off, leave on a needle
Swatch 2 & 3: stockinette, do not bind off, leave on needle

I recommend that swatches be worked on circular needles.

SWATCHING MANDATORY!!

CLASS FEE: $25

LOCATION: Firebrunette Knits Studio
751 S George Washington Blvd, Wichita, KS 67218

Tools to bring to class: 

• set of  double point needles one size smaller than your knitting needles
• crochet hook same size as your knitting needles
• darning needle
• split markers
• notepad + PENCIL

Call or email to reserve your spot, 316.351.8515 firebrunetteknits@gmail.com
*Payment must be paid 7 days prior to the class date
*No refunds unless the class is canceled by the instructor

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Brenton Point Class
DATES:

October 5th, 3:30 – 5:30pm
October 26th, 10am – 12pm
November 9th, 10am – 1pm
December 7th, 10am -1pm

CLASS FEE: $80

This is a great three season, lightweight sweater knit using Berroco Remix Light, a yarn free of animal fibers, and is made from recycled fibers. It works up beautifully in this stranded colorwork pattern. This is a great choice for those knitters that have a hard time with wool.

Knit from the bottom up and seamless, you are highly motivated to get through the ‘boring’ stockinette to get to the simple + fun colorwork yoke.

The yarn is available at Picket Fence Quilt Co in Wichita, half a dozen colors available now with the full line of colors arriving in mid September. Plenty of time to get that swatch done before class.

Pattern available for free through the online knitting magazine, Knitty.com.
http://knitty.com/ISSUEff19/PATTbrentonpoint/PATTbrentonpoint.php

Supply list as given in pattern.

To Register:
Call, text, or email me directly to reserve your place in class.
316.633.3217 firebrunetteknits@gmail.com
You will be emailed an invoice that you can pay with a credit card, or pay me directly in cash or check.

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Growth and Education for Knitters

Source: Wichita Knitters’ Guild – Growth and Education for Knitters

For all those that are interested, a new TKGA affiliated guild has started in Wichita.
It is NEW, the Central Kansas Knitter’s Guild that meets in Newton will continue meeting in Newton monthly and the two are not the same.
The Wichita Knitters’ Guild plans to collaborate (and has already started doing so) with the CKKG to bring more knitters together in their educational and social programs.

Please, sign up for the Wichita Knitters’ Guild email list, it is TOTALLY SEPARATE from my Firebrunette Knits email list.
The link to the Contact Information Form is on the website listed above, as well as on the Facebook page.

I think it’s going to be a great addition to our Kansas knitting community!

Please visit the website for more information on dues, meeting times & location.
Happy Fiber Crafting!!

 

This is Sadie in her Hannah hat from Magknits & her pretty pink ponytail.
I used Microspun from my stash for the hat. I think she’ll need another one out of superwash wool for her winter runs.

Flickr: Your Photostream.

Flickr: Your Photostream.

So, remember when you & Dad left me home for a long weekend with Ali when we were 14 and we shaved our heads and dyed our hair without asking? And then you bleached mine to pumpkin orange then re-dyed it to black. You didn’t care if my hair was black, the point was that I didn’t ask first.

Well I am not necessarily asking since I am 37 but I am informing you that there will be head shaving happening here soon…this humidity is killing me and I don’t think I can stand the underneath part of my hair becoming dreadlocks every other day any longer. I shaved Josh’s hair in to a mohawk (how his hair is meant to be naturally I have decided ;o)) tonight to help keep him cool at work. He wears his hats all the time anyways but with such thick, wavy dark hair it gets pretty hot. As soon as I was done and looked at him it was like he was 16 again! Weird yet not weird at all. Until we reconnected the last couple years and his hair was longer, grown out, I had only known Josh with a mohawk. Always, always I coveted his perfect dark wavy mohawk. Now I get to touch it and fondle it all I want. 
And as far as my hair goes; ringlet sideburns, shaved sides, that’s where it’s heading. No crazy colors this time around though…at least not right now…that is Cori’s thing lately with purple and blue ;o) 

So, that is my hair processing for tonight…now to get a good night’s sleep so I can shave with a steady hand!

I had no clue 2011 would bring a new husband, a move to Kansas, and a new baby on the way. I also had no idea it would bring with it so many ups & downs!

I despised a lot of things at the beginning of 2011, I had a lot of hope for some things (and people) that ended up breaking my heart.

But, I was unexpectedly changed by life. Where I lost one love I gained another, more true and honest than I thought I could find. It happened a lot faster than I thought it would too. I was prepared to be a single mom for the long haul. I guess the best laid plans…well, those are the ones that usually get turned upside down.

3 months is all the time that is left until this little baby is born. The last 6+ months have flown by. I wish I could say I was even the littlest bit ready to have a newborn, a baby, a toddler…that is me future trippin’ as my husband likes to say. If I remember correctly I am in for a lot of NO SLEEPING. That, if you know me at all, is a very bad thing. It was bad when I did this in my early 20’s…it will be terrible in my late 30’s… 🙂

This pessimist in me is a persistent bugger. Being married to a Sagittarius, like myself, is very interesting. I am not used to someone just knowing why I feel or act the way I do. Or even mirror each other without either of us realizing it right away.

I love my life. I got myself so used to being frustrated, grumpy, woe-is-me, for a long enough time that it is taking me a little while to come around to truly seeing my life for what it actually is. Filled with joy, love, new changes everyday! I have 3 kids that love me, dote on me and love our life. The same 3 kids are also head over heels in love with Josh. He loves them and they love him. I am one lucky woman.

So I say, bring it on 2012!

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