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Intarsia Knitting in the Round with Sylvia Watts-Cherry

Date
Saturday, 18 April 2026

Time
10:00 - 12:30 (2.5 hours)

Price
£50

Age guidance
16+


Go beyond basic intarsia to explore knitting intarsia patterns in the round. Plus, pick up tips for keeping your yarns organised, maintaining tension, calculating yarn needs and more.

You will leave this class able to knit intarsia motifs into socks and other knit in the round projects. You will get a pattern to practise your acquired skills.

We will use circular needles throughout the workshop, but you may modify to suit your preferred method for knitting in the round.

Skills required

Advanced beginner / Intermediate

This workshop is suitable for advanced beginner+/intermediate knitters who can cast on, cast/bind off, knit, purl, rib, knit in the round. Some experience with basic intarsia and working from charts will be helpful, but not required.

Materials required

Please bring:

  • At least 4 different colours of DK yarn (approx. 10-20g of each colour)

  • 2 x gauge size knitting needles (straight or circular)

  • a ruler

  • pencil/pen

  • tapestry needle

  • cable needle

  • scissors

About Sylvia Watts-Cherry

Sylvia Watts-Cherry is a British designer who loves bold patterns and striking colours. She learned to knit at an early age and is a prolific knitter. Her identity is important to her, and she likes to draw influence from her African heritage and Scottish upbringing in her designs.

withcherriesontop.com
@withcherriesontoptoo

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