Cut with Confidence: A Beginner's Guide to Steeking
Welcome to the wonderful world of steeking—an exciting and transformative technique that opens up new possibilities in your knitting journey!
If you’ve ever marvelled at the clean fronts of colour work cardigans or wondered how knitters manage such seamless shaping, this workshop is your next exciting step. Steeking allows you to knit complex patterns entirely in the round—no more purling back and forth—then cut (yes, cut!) into your fabric to create openings for armholes, necklines, or cardigan fronts. It sounds daring, but with the right guidance, it’s absolutely doable—and incredibly empowering.
In this 2-hour hands-on class, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to reinforce and cut your knitting like a pro. Spaces are limited, so bring your curiosity, your courage, and a trusty pair of scissors—let’s conquer the cut together!
What You'll Learn:
This class will guide you through the essential steps of steeking:
• Choosing the right materials: Understand the different behaviours of different yarns and how they can affect your steek.
• Reinforcing your work: Discover the different ways to reinforce your steek including the crochet method and the sewn method.
• Making the cut: Learn how to cut your knitting safely so that it doesn't unravel or spoil your work.
• Finishing the edges for a professional look: Look at different finishing techniques so you can decide which ones work best for your projects.
Class Highlights:
- Bring your pre-knitted swatch, and together we'll tackle this empowering technique by actually cutting your own knitting.
- A supportive environment where you can ask questions and get expert advice.
- Tips and tricks so you can steek like a pro!
Skill level:
Suitable for anyone who has already learned stranded colourwork (eg. Fair Isle). Some basic crochet experience would be useful but not essential.
Important info for this class
Duration: 2 hours, in-person class
What to bring:
You will need to prepare a specific swatch as homework. This will be the swatch you will steek in class. All the details will be in an email which will be sent to you when you book the class. As an example, you can see the chart for the sample swatch you will need to knit in the pics on this page.
- sharp scissors: embroidery scissors work well but sewing scissors are also good.
- crochet hook: the same size or one size smaller than the knitting needles you used to make the swatch.
- some left over yarn from your swatch
- a sewing needle
For more information visit our website: skeinsisters.com.au
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