Fox Paws
Mon, 08 Mar
|QT Canberra
In this class students will learn the basics of knitting with stacked stitches and begin a Fox Paws Wrap.
Time & Location
08 Mar 2027, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
QT Canberra, 6 Marcus Clarke St, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
About the event
Please note: This workshop is run as a masterclass in a large group setting for a fully day. This is different to our regular small-group workshops.
In this class students will learn the basics of knitting with stacked stitches and begin a Fox Paws Wrap. We will start with an introduction to the stacked increase and decrease technique with some swatches in an easy stack pattern. After all this hard work, there is a coloring break where we explore color choices. In the second half of the class, we will start working on our Fox Paws Swatches. Students will learn ways to check their own work and fix any problems that arise at home while testing out their new yarn and color choice in the pattern.
Materials and tools
What to bring:
Worsted weight scrap yarn in multiple colours, plus 5 colours of yarn in the weight of your choice for a final project
Needles: Size 8 (5mm), 20” circular needles (extra needles in adjacent sizes may be helpful; metal or plastic preferred)
Optional: stitch markers, note paper, highlighter tape and a digital row counter
Pre-requisite skills
Intermediate
What's included
6 hours of expert instruction from Xandy Peters in a large group setting
Lunch over a one hour break from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
VIP 2-day pass to the Australian Yarn Show from March 6th to 7th at QT Canberra including:
Australian Yarn Show 2027 Show bag
One coffee voucher per day (Saturday and Sunday) for barista coffee cart
One 2027 digital access pass to all the talks on the main stage
Please note that the digital access pass will not be activated until a few weeks after the conclusion of the Show.
About the facilitator
Xandy Peters is a knitting designer and teacher, best known as the innovator of the stacked stitch technique and for the Fox Paws pattern. Starting out as a footwear and product designer, he turned to knitting as a way to explore textiles and surfaces without using factory production and has since made a career out of publishing new patterns and teaching workshops. Xandy has been published in magazines such as Vogue Knitting, Twist Collective, Knitscene, Knitty, and Pom Pom Quarterly, has a Craftsy class teaching the stacked stitch technique and continues to self publish patterns on a regular basis.
Tickets
General Workshop Ticket
This ticket is valid for one attendee
$250.00
GST included
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