You can probably just drop in with specific questions to have them show you a certain stitch or something. Or you can take pictures of your work and post it here and we’ll help you. Welcome :cheering:
I signed up for a Socks on Two Needles class for $50. It consists of three two hour sessions and the class is limited to four people.
I am a brand new knitter. I started by buying a “Teach Yourself To Knit” kit at Wal Mart. The book is pretty decent as far as showing the basics of stitches as well as explaining how to read a pattern. It has a great abbreviations list. (Should abbreviation be a much shorter word?)
Between that book and this site I am working on my first scarf. While I made a ton of mistakes I just kept following Amy’s videos and the instructions in the book and I think I am coming along ok and it’s a lot cheaper than paying for the lessons you describe.
It also helps to have a friend who knits that can give you pointers, but even without that the people here seem eager to help out a newbie.
The beginners’ class at Chix is $90. That’s three sessions, 1.5 hours each, AND it includes 2 skeins of Blue Sky bulky alpaca, sz 13 Crystal Palace straight needles and a pattern.
Private lessons are $10 per 1/2 hour. That whole fee goes to the instructor. If something will take less than 15 minutes to teach, there is no charge, so drop-in questions are welcomed.
Any materials purchased for a class are 10% off.
$150 for 2 hours is just silly, IMHO.
I second teaching yourself from books and using that $$ for nice yarn and books.
The amount of technique (that you would be ready to absorb) in 2 hours would not be worth 150 IMO,
I’ve spent 45 minutes with a friend just showing her how to cast on and try the knit stitch, if you are a newbie, this just wouldn’t be your money’s worth. If they throw ten different techniques at you during 2 hours, I doubt that you’ll be able to absorb very much.
It took me a while to find a book with pictures that clicked for me, but Stitch and Bitch was a wonderful teacher when I started. Their yarnover instructions are incorrect, but everything else is great.
$150 for a 2hr class is outrageously expensive. My LYS offers six to eight, hour-long sessions for $30-$50 and they provide the yarn and needles to complete the project. :??
Holy COW! The LYS here in Germantown gives private lessons for $10 an hour! Do they come and clean your house, wash your car and fix dinner for the family too? Otherwise I would say :fingerwag:
$150 for 2 hrs knitting lesson is a robbery! Don’t pay for anything. You can learn plenty here for free.
Sounds very pricey to me…the LYS here charges $35 for a 2-hour learn to knit class and that includes needles and a skein of yarn (Lamb’s Pride Bulky)