Three Bags Full Yarn Shop & Fiber Arts

Knit with Beads Workshop

Skill Level:Intermediate ( you must be able to cast on, knit and purl)

Description: Learn how to embellish your knitting with beads to add a glitzy touch. We will cover a different technique during each week of this two week class. You will complete two different swatches and get some practice working with a chart.

Duration: 2 hours for 2 weeks

Dates: Saturdays - March 21 & 28, 2020 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Class Cost: $40
Materials Fee: $12

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Grey Gardens Entrelac Headband Workshop

Skill Level:Intermediate ( you must be able to cast on, knit and purl)

Description: Learn Entrelac Knitting, beginning with a "turban like" headband. Once you learn the Entrelac technique, you will be able to create amazing scarves, shawls and sweaters that will stop people in their tracks! (I will teach you how to "purl backwards" to reduce the amount of turning while knitting!)

Duration: 2 hours for 2 weeks

Dates: Saturdays - March 7 & 14, 2020 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Class Cost: $40
Materials Fee: not included (Two skeins Plymouth Gina and Size 8 straight or circular needle needed)

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Beginner Brioche Scarf

Skill Level: Intermediate

Description: Learn to create this wonderfully squishy fabric! Brioche is a technique of two color knitting, having 1 dominant color on each side. Brioche can be done flat or in the round. The end result will be a long and lovely scarf (10" x 70").

Duration: 2 hours for 1 week
Dates:Saturday – February 15, 2020 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Class Cost: $30 (materials not included)
Materials:Size 4 circular 24” needle or longer, 500 yards of smooth worsted weight yarn (400 yards will make a shorter or narrower scarf)

Instructor: Michelle Brousseau

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Welcome to Magic Loop

Skill Level: Intermediate

Description: Learn this useful technique for knitting in the round without the use of double point needles. This technique can be used for any number of stitches in the round - you will never have to change to a smaller length circular needle or use double point needles again. You will be making a pair of fingerless mitts.

Duration: 2 hours for 1 week
Dates: Saturday – February 1, 2020 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Class Cost: $20 (materials not included)
Materials: Size 8 circular 40” needle, 100 grams heavy/worsted weight yarn, 2 stitch markers

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Butterfly Cowl

Skill Level: Intermediate

Description: An “over the head” cowl pattern with a classic “V” shape…
this is a little sampler of the Butterfly/Papillon Shawl pattern.

It was created to make a beautiful little piece and dip your toes into the techniques of the larger Papillon Shawl project.

It is designed to be a fun, wearable piece of art and employs short rows to create the shapes with both yarn over increases and M1R / M1L increases.
You only work one color at a time.

Duration: 2 Sessions of 2 hours each

Dates and Times: Saturdays - January 11 & January 18, 2020

Class Cost: $40

Materials Fee: Not included with the cost of the class.

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Patterned Yoke Sweater

Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Description: This sweater is knit in the round. Short-row shaping lends a slight dip at the front neck; raglan armhole increasing adds a hint of tailoring. The slight swing fit at the lower and bound-off edges is finished with a rib inset, then completed with rolled trims.

Duration: Session 1 - 1 hour, Session 2 thru 4 - 2 hours each

Dates and Times:

Session 1: Saturday, Jan 4, 2020 1:00 -2:00 pm
Session 2: Saturday, Jan 25, 2020 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Session 3: Saturday, Feb 8, 2020 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Session 4: Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Class Cost: $75

Materials Fee: Not included with the cost of the class - estimated materials cost ranges from $93.50 to $155.00 depending on size and yarn selection. We will have 5 different yarns to choose from.

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Try Your Hand at Spinning

Skill Level: no skills required

Description: Learn to use a drop spindle to create your own yarn. This class is an introduction to the equipment, supplies and technique to drop spindle spinning. Learn about the types of fiber, how to draft the fiber and spin a single ply, then combine the plies into yarn.

Duration: 2 hours

Dates: Saturday - December 21, 2019

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Class Cost: $25

Materials Fee: included in the cost of the class

Stop in or call the shop (401) 333-YARN (9276) to register