Needlecraft Cottage offers courses in a variety of needle arts, for every level of learner. Our instructors are all avid crafters, and love nothing better than to help students as they explore the worlds of knitting, crochet, and needlepoint. If you think you're ready for a first-ever attempt to pick up a needle of any sort, or if you've been doing the same old patterns and stitches for years and want to branch out a bit, we have the class for you!

In order to keep the cost of these classes as low as possible, your entire class fee is going to the instructor. We ask that during class, you not park in front of the shop as a courtesy to the customers who will be coming and going. (You can park in the two spots in the alley behind the shop .)

Learn how to knit with beads the easy way! These gloves can be knit on straight needles, and use about 100 yards of a thicker sock, dk, or lighter sport weight yarn. You will also need about 320 beads, size #6 or #8.
Prework: pre-string 160 beads on the yarn before class for one glove.

* Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010
* Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
* Cost: $20 plus materials
* Please register and pay in advance
* Cash or checks to Eileen Adler

There is another way to knit socks . . .sideways!
No circular or double-pointed needles required. Almost any design can be added to these socks - and you don't need to do a gauge swatch! We will knit a little sampler sock in class.

Materials:

• sock yarn (a second color is optional)
• #2 needles
• tapestry needle
• smaller-size crochet hook (B or C)
• about two yards of scrap yarn for the cast-on
• The Enchanted Sole by Janel Laidman

• short-rows
• grafting
• better increases
• better decreases
• crochet provisional cast-on
• creating a personal sock pattern
• reading a chart

* Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010
* Time: 1:30 to 4 pm
* Cost: $25 plus materials
* Please register and pay in advance
* Cash or checks to Eileen Adler

Jan will teach you what you want to learn on Sunday mornings, from casting on to cables. Class sizes are limited to 4 so you get Jan's constant attention.

* Dates: Sundays
* Time: 10 am to noon
* Cost: $20 plus materials
* Please register and pay in advance
* Cash or checks to Jan Schmidt

Phyllis will teach you what you want to learn in either knit or crochet, from casting on and chaining to cables and tunisian crochet, or if you'd just like a bit of help with colorwork!

* Dates: Sundays
* Time: 2:30 to 4:30 pm
* Cost: $20 plus materials
* Please register and pay in advance
* Cash or checks to Phyllis Fortunato

Nancy helps her students choose just the right thread and stitch to produce magnificent results. Students should know continental and basketweave stitches already.

* Every other Tuesday, 9:30 to noon and 12:30 to 3 pm
=> Jan 5, 19; Feb 2, 16; Mar 2, 30
* Every other Saturday, 10 to 1 and 2 to 5
=> Jan 2, 16; Feb 13, 27; Mar 27
* Cost: $17/Tuesday session; $20/Saturday session
* Pre-registration is not required!
* Cash or checks to Nancy Horne