Fit Knits
Sat, 08 Mar
|Hotel Realm
Learn to knit garments that fit perfectly, every time! Learn how to get accurate body measurements and create a reusable, personal template to refer to when selecting sizes in commercial patterns or designing your own.
Time & Location
08 Mar 2025, 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm AEDT
Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600, Australia
About the event
Learn to knit garments that fit perfectly, every time! Let knitting designer and teacher, Pru Raymond, assist you to get accurate body measurements and create a reusable, personal template to refer to when selecting sizes in commercial patterns or designing your own. Develop a working understanding of ease, gauge and pattern customisation.
This workshop is suitable for knitters of all levels: knitters who have made lots of garments but would like to improve the fit of their garments, or knitters who are about to embark on their first knitted jumper.
What you will learn
How to create a reusable, personal template to refer to when selecting sizes
Understanding of ease, gauge and pattern customisation
Materials and tools
4 mm knitting needles (circular or straight)
50g 8ply/ DK yarn
Dressmakers' measuring tape- 150cm- 200cm
Pre-requisite skills
There are no pre-requisite skills for this workshop. This workshop is for beginners.
What's included
3 hours of expert instruction from internationally experienced workshop facilitator Pru Raymond of Dear Pru in a class of a maximum of ten participants
Afternoon tea including a light snack and tea and coffee
VIP 2-day pass to the Australian Yarn Show from March 8th to 9th at Hotel Realm including:
Australian Yarn Show 2025 Show bag
One coffee voucher per day (Saturday and Sunday) for barista coffee cart
One digital access pass to all the talks on the main stage
Please note that the digital access pass will not be activated until a couple of weeks after the conclusion of the Show.
About the facilitator
Pru Raymond has sold out knitting workshops and stackable retreats in yarn stores and community centres Australia-wide, and in yarn stores on the east and west coast of USA.
Pru combines her expertise as a professional educator and her lifelong passion for knitting to develop original, engaging knitting workshops. As a qualified teacher with almost 20 years' experience, Pru's workshops are supportive, engaging and inclusive of all learners.
Pru has an in-depth knowledge of diverse styles and techniques and demonstrates new skills in English, Combination and Continental Styles.
Pru also designs and publishes knitting patterns, freelances for knitting magazines and has produced a range of knitting themed books which are available on Amazon globally, and stocked in select yarn stores.