Wednesdays    1-2pm*

 Do you want to learn to crochet or need a refresher?  Have a crochet pattern you've always wanted to make but don't know where to start? Join master crocheter Lindsey Stephens for Crochet Clinic. Lindsey will answer all your crochet related questions to help you start, make progress on, and/or complete the projects you've always dreamed of.  All skill levels welcome.  Please register at least one week in advance of each class.  $25. ea.

Register for all 3 of the above classes $60.

July classes are full.  Click the link below  to be contacted if an additional class is added in July.  

2026 - Last Saturday of each month  1-2pm*

(No clinic in August) 

Looking for help with a stubborn stitch, does a new technique have your teeth clenching or do you need help translating the alphabet soup that knitting patterns can often resemble?

Let Dawn, The Stitching Coach guide you through challenging techniques such as texture, lace, cables, slipped stitches and colorwork. Join your fellow knitters for tips, tricks and company, and remember to pick up your supplies at New England Yarn.

Wednesdays in July, 2:00-4:00pm

$25. each class. (call us 860-426-1006  if you would like to register for all 5 classes for $100.)

Learn all five short row methods in this advanced beginner level series. Each week you will practice a new method - German, Wrap and turn, Yarn over, Japanese and Shadow wrap. Gain confidence and muscle memory with each class. Never again let short rows prevent you from attempting a pattern. 

This great stash-busting series will help you master this useful knitting technique used in shaping and colorwork.

 Choose as many sessions as you like to discover your favorite method.  Using the Leftie Shawl pattern will allow you to compare techniques, and works as a bandana or a shawl.

Skill level: Advanced Beginner.  You should be able to cast on, knit and purl in order to take these classes.  

Wednesday July 1, 2026   German Short Rows 

Wednesday July 8, 2026   Wrap and Turn

Wednesday July 15, 2026 Yarn over

Wednesday July 22, 2026  Japanese Short Rows

Wednesday July 29, 2026 Shadow wrap. 

Materials: Raid your stash for fingering weight yarn, or purchase a Leftie kit at New England Yarn.  You will need 100 grams or less of your main color.

Leftie Ravelry Download

Tues. July 7 & 21, 2026  12:30-3:15  

 
Can't make it to the Shetland Islands for the famous Wool Week festival in September? Neither can we, but you can play armchair traveler and join the annual world-wide Knit-A-Long of the official 2026 Wool Week hat. New England Yarn has the official kits, while supplies last.  Students should be comfortable knitting in the round and have some experience with simple colorwork with at least two colors. Let Dawn, The Stitching Coach, guide you through the always distinctive Fair Isle patterns featuring six colors, pattern and chart reading, managing floats and loads of tips and tricks. Zoom option available if you are unable to join us in person. 

Skill level: Adventurous Beginner-Intermediate

Pre-class homework: Cast on and work up to "Body Of The Hat"

$80. for 5 hours instruction

You will also need:

Birsie  Beanie Pattern

Jamieson's Spindrift (kits available $72.)

Needles for knitting in the round as specified in pattern.

Tuesday July 14 & 28,  2026  1:15-2:45

Discover the magic of Elizabeth Zimmermann’s world-famous Baby Surprise Jacket (BSJ)! This ingenious design is knitted primarily in one flat piece with clever increases and decreases. It folds up like origami into a seamless, adorable sweater.

This two-session workshop will guide you through the unique construction step-by-step. You will learn how to read the unconventional pattern, keep track of your shaping, and pick up tips for a flawless finish.  $55.

You will also need:

Surprise Jacket Pattern SPP5 digital download or available to purchase in print at New England Yarn.

US sz 4needle (straight or 24" Circular)

Appalachian Baby Kit shown above (available at New England Yarn, includes buttons $55. )

Locking stitch markers

Before class:  Upon completing a gauge swatch do not bind off stitches, but put them on a spare needle with several yards of yarn attached, as we will use this for practicing stitches.   Cast on 160 stitches with the color that will be at the lower edge of your jacket.  Insert a locking stitch marker into stitch #36 and #125.  

Friday Jul 31, 2026 ⋅ 9am – 4pm *

Learn three colorwork knitting  techniques in this 6-hour workshop. Students will learn how to hold more  than one yarn at a time, manage yarn floats and read charts while working on small manageable swatches. This  beginner-friendly class only requires you already know how to cast on,  knit, purl and bind off. After class, you will be well on your way to  knitting mosaic, intarsia and stranded techniques.

*Workshop schedule: 

9-11am - Intarsia

11:30am-1:30pm - Mosaic

2-4pm - Stranded Knitting

Each class $25 or all three for $60.

Supply list:

One skein each of light, medium and dark Worsted weight yarn

Size US7/4.5mm knitting needles

Bent tip darning needle

Scissors

Stitch markers

Print or save digital copy of March, June and August pattern from Berroco blanket MKAL

Sat. Sept. 19 & 26  9-11am

 Learn  the basic recipe for knitting mittens in this two-part class. You will  learn to measure your hands and, combined with a pre-knit gauge swatch,  make a pair custom fit mittens. Pre-class work requires a 4" square  gauge swatch in a worsted weight and stockinette stitch pattern with  needles in size recommended on yarn ball band.
 

This class requires that you know how to cast on, knit, purl and bind off.  $55. 

You will also need:

Pattern: Fittin' Mittens Ravelry Download $5.

One ball of worsted weight yarn  (Berroco Lanas is recommended) Needles preferred for knitting in the round in size recommended on ball band of yarn and two sizes smaller for ribbing. (If using Lanas, size US7 and US5)