Forever Learning Institute

The class will cover beginning knitting skills: cast on, knit and purl stitches and binding off. Other topics covered: reading patterns, types of needles, tools of knitting, difference in yarns and the use of a gauge. The class will complete a dish cloth or potholder. Participants with some skill and ambition may want to start a blanket. Supplies for first day: NEEDLES size 7 or 8 (made of aluminum, plastic or wood); straight or circular; length-straight (10-14 in), circular (11-14 in) and YARN 1 skein Lily® Sugar 'n Cream® Yarn (Michael's) or Crafter's Secret Cotton Yarn (Hobby Lobby). DO NOT spend a lot on needles until you know what you like.