Arne & Carlos How to Design, Tailor & Knit a Sweater to Fit: 3/22/25, 10am-1pm

$60, sign-up required. To give as many knitters as possible a chance to participate, we are limiting sign-ups to one workshop + the Friday night Lecture, Open House, Meet & Greet.

Norwegians Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrisson are highly regarded fashion designers, textile artists, YouTubers and authors. They are best known for their original, colourful and visually striking designs, as well as their knitwear and their books. Their work is highly influenced by their Scandinavian background and everyday life in rural Norway.

Join this engaging sweater design class with Arne & Carlos!

“This workshop is inspired by the way our ancestors used to work. They would only have a chart and create a sweater for themselves or others using a basic formula.

This workshop will teach you the formula and how to work on the proportions of the body vs sleeves based on a person's specific measurements and body shape. We will create a hand-out containing the entire formula and give out 6 to 8 small charts of traditional Norwegian designs so that you may combine two or three patterns and combine them to create a unique design for your sweater.

This workshop is mainly theoretical - as one cannot knit an entire sweater in a class - but everyone will knit a swatch to determine the gauge and which two or three colorwork designs they want to combine for your design. After leaving the class, you will have enough skills to create your sweater from scratch.” -Arne & Carlos

Materials

• 2 balls of Rowan Norwegian Wool in any two contrasting colors of your choice
• A measuring tape
• A sweater or top that fits well (hand knitted or machine made, doesn’t matter, as long as the fit is good)
• Graph paper

Needles

• 1 set of size US 4 double point needles for swatching

Homework

• N/A

Level of knitting proficiency required

Some experience in knitting and purling required, participants should know how to knit and purl either in Continental or English style. This class is suitable for inexperienced and intermediate knitters as well as advanced knitters who want to learn the Norwegian way to knit.