FIRST KNITS - 4 CLASS BUNDLE - 20% savings
BUNDLE & SAVE 20%: Join us for a season of firsts. Register for all four “my first” classes (Knit Basics, First Hat, First Sweater, First Socks) for $312.
Additional Information
- please choose pick-up when purchasing this class online
- cancellations on this bundle must be submitted by Tuesday Sept 22nd in order to be eligible for reimbursement
- In the case of our rescheduling or cancelling you will be contacted by email 4 days before class (weather related cancellations may be one day in advance).
- the email that you provide will be used as your contact in the event that a class is cancelled etc.
- all students receive a 10% discount on yarns, fabrics and fibres purchased on the day of class
INCLUDES:
Knit Basics: Saturdays September 26th and October 10th, 2026, 10am - 1pm
This class is designed for new knitters or returning knitters who want a refresher. We will work flat (back and forth). We begin with the cast on. Then we work though the knit stitch, the purl stitch, increases, decreases, and joining a new ball of yarn. Then it’s time to bind-off and weave in the ends. Yarn will be provided.
Skills Required: None
Student Brings: 4mm needles (straights or circular), a darning needle, scissors, and a pen/pencil for taking notes.
10am – 1pm for two sessions: September 26 & October 10, 2026
$100 + HST
Instructor: Danielle Baines
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First Hat: Saturdays October 17th and 24th, 2026, 10am - 1pm
In this class we will knit a hat called Barley Worsted by Tin Can Knits. This hat will teach you to knit in the round on a circular needle. There will be also some “small circumference” knitting at the top of the crown that will require a different needle configuration.
Skills Required: Knitters interested in this class must be comfortable with the basics. They need to be able to cast on & bind off, knit, and work k2tog decreases.
Student Brings: A copy of the pattern (see note below), 4mm circular needle (40cm/16”), 5mm circular needle (40cm/16”), 5mm double-pointed needles, and one (1) skein of worsted/aran weight yarn (purchased from WoolWorks – see note below). Also a darning needle, scissors, and a pen/pencil for taking notes.
This pattern can be downloaded for free from:
Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/barley-worsted)
Tin Can Knits website (https://tincanknits.com/pattern/barley-worsted?g=2)
10am – 1pm for two sessions: October 17 & 24, 2026
$75 + HST
Instructor: Danielle Baines
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First Sweater: Saturdays January 9th, 16th, 30th, February 13th and 27th 2026, 10am - 1pm
This is a hybrid class/KAL series to guide a knitter through their first sweater. We will be knitting the Antler Pullover by Tin Can Knits. This sweater will also provide the opportunity to learn to read charts and to work cabled stitches.
Skills required: Knitters interested in this class must be able to cast on & bind off, work in the round (including small circumference), knit, purl, and work k2tog & p2tog decreases.
Student Brings: A copy of the pattern (see note below), 4mm & 5mm circular and double-pointed needles (see page 2 of pattern for recommended lengths of circular needles), and worsted/aran weight yarn (purchased from WoolWorks – see note below). Also a cable needle, a darning needle, scissors, and a pen/pencil for taking notes.
The pattern can be purchased from:
Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/antler-pullover)
Tin Can Knits website (https://tincanknits.com/pattern/antler-sweater?g=1)
10am – 1pm for four sessions + 10am – 2pm for the fifth session:
January 9, 2027: pattern review, swatching, choosing a size
January 16, 2027: body
January 30, 2027: sleeves
February 13, 2027: yoke – this is where the cables happen!
February 27, 2027: neck & finishing (this is the one that is 10am – 2pm)
$115 + HST
Instructor: Danielle Baines
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First Socks: Saturdays March 13th, 20th, April 3rd, and 17th 2026, 10am - 1pm
This is a hybrid class/KAL series to guide a knitter through their first pair of socks. (Spoiler: If you can knit a tube, then you can knit socks.) We will be knitting the Rye DK socks by Tin Can Knits. This pattern is for traditional top-down socks. We will start at the cuff with a variation on the long-tail cast-on, then work through the leg, a heel flap & heel turn, gusset pick-up & decreases, a foot, and end at the toe, where we’ll learn to graft.
Skills Required: Knitters interested in this class must be comfortable with the basics, including long-tail cast-on, knit & purl, and K2tog & SSK decreases. In addition, all participants must know how to knit a small circumference (i.e. a tube) in the round.
Student Brings: A copy of the pattern (see note below), 2.75mm & 3.25mm needles (see note below), and one (1) skein of DK weight/6ply sock yarn (purchased from WoolWorks – see note below). Also removable stitch markers, a darning needle, scissors, and a pen/pencil for taking notes.
This pattern can be downloaded for free from:
Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rye-dk)
Tin Can Knits website (https://tincanknits.com/pattern/barley-worsted?g=2)
(Note from Danielle: There is a typo in the pattern. The yarn listed in the pattern is a fingering-weight sock yarn that is used for the “Rye Light” version of these socks. That version is also a free pattern.)
You can knit these socks with traditional DPNs, flexible DPNs, two short circulars, or magic loop. Please bring the needles that you are comfortable with (i.e. if you usually use traditional DPNs, then bring those). Learning to knit socks while also using an unfamiliar needle configuration will complicate things unnecessarily. (Note from Danielle: The pattern has you start with 2.75mm needles for the cuff and switch to 3.25mm needles for the rest of the sock. In my experience, 3.25mm is too large with this yarn weight. You can probably knit the entire sock on 2.75mm unless you are a very tight knitter.)
10am – 1pm for four sessions:
March 13, 2027: cuff & leg
March 20, 2027: heel, gusset, and foot
April 3, 2027: toe
April 17, 2027: second sock check-in
$100 + HST
Instructor: Danielle Baines
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