The January/February 2018 newsletter of

Mosaic Yarn Studio, Ltd. 109 W. Prospect Ave. Mount Prospect, IL 60056

Phone: (847) 390-1013 Fax: (847) 390-1256 Web: www.mosaicyarnstudio.com

Building with Lace 2018 with June Sorensen

Building with Lace is the third book

from renowned knitter and teach-er, Michelle Hunter. It is a carefully designed sequence of patterns that introduce knitters to lace work start-ing with the basics and working to-

wards more difficult patterns.

1st Thursday of every month, 5-6:30 p.m.

$10/month or $100/year (paid in full) Book & yarn must be purchased at MYS!

Building Blocks 2018 with Kate Joyce

Building Blocks is a skill building work-shop that has students knitting a differ-ent 12″ block every month that can be pieced together to create a lovely sam-pler afghan. The emphasis of this class is EDUCATION. Students are guided

through the various stitches and tech-niques each month as their knitting

knowledge is increased. With a differ-ent skill focus each month, there is

something new to learn at each class. Topics such as gauge, cast ons, bind offs, cables, increases, decreases, lace, pattern

reading, and more are covered. Join in the fun!

2nd Wednesday of every month, 5– 6:30 p.m.

$10/month or $100/year (paid in full) Book & yarn must be purchased at MYS!

Building in Crochet 2018 with Georg Luxton

This Crochet Sampler is a skill building workshop for

crocheters! Each month you will make a different square

and learn a new skill!

1st Sunday of every month, 2 - 3:30 p.m.

$10/month or $100/year Book & yarn must be purchased at MYS!

Mark your calendars…

Sock Knitters’/Crocheters’

Dream Sale!

Saturday & Sunday,

January 13 & 14

Special Sales on Sock Supplies! (sales on sock yarn, sock patterns/books)

It’s a sock knitter’s dream come true!

Finishing Day!

Put those squares together!

Sunday, January 14, 2 - 3:30 p.m. $10 fee. Come with Chibi and at least 4 squares to sew together.

Hi,

Thank you for a wonderful 2017! We are extremely grateful to all our wonderful customers and are looking forward to what 2018 has to bring.

Happy knitting/crocheting! Darlene

Tuesday Afternoons with Darlene 1 - 3 p.m. January 30 to February 20 February 27 to March 20 March 27 to April 17 April 24 to May 15 Wednesday Mornings with Darlene 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. January 10 to 31 February 7 to 28 March 7 to 28 April 4 to 25 Thursday Afternoons with Courtney 1 - 3 p.m. January 11 to February 1 February 8 to March 1 March 8 April 5 (No Class March 29) Thursday Evenings with Darlene 7 - 9 p.m. January 25 to February 15 February 22 to March 22 (No Class March 15) March 29 to April 26 (No Class April 19)

Saturday Mornings with Darlene 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. January 13 to February 3 February 10 to March 3 March 10 to April 7 (No Class March 17) April 14 to May 12 (No Class April 21)

Knitting Classes

Intermediate Knitting/Crocheting

Beginning Knitting

During the first 2 classes, you will learn to cast on, knit, purl, increase, decrease & cast off. On the 3rd class session, you will pick out an easy project, learn to read knitting instructions & work on your chosen project for the remainder of the course. Fee: $78/4 week class.. Sun. January 7 to 28 w/MY S Staff 12-1:30 p.m. Fri. January 12 to February 2 w/Darlene 10-11:30 a.m. Wed. January 17 to February 7 w/MY S Staff 5 - 6:30 p.m. Sun. February 4 to 25 w/MY S Staff 12 -1:30 p.m. Wed. February 7 to 28 with Darlene 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Materials: US 8 to 10 knitting needle; one 100 gram ball of worsted weight yarn (preferably a wool or wool blend). All materials must be purchased from Mosaic Yarn Studio. Registered students get a 10% discount on class supplies! Beginning Knitting can be taken only two times and then you must move up to Intermediate Knitting:)

Intermediate Knitting/Crocheting You will learn more advanced techniques of your choice. For example, you can choose a simple cabled sweater pattern, a fair isle pattern, an intarsia pattern - the choice is yours! This class can be taken over and over and over and over….

Fee: $88/session 4 weeks Special Fee: $316/4 consecutive sessions (16 weeks) New! One Day Class Fee*: $25 1 day *Available if class is not full; Please register in-person or over phone

Monday Afternoons with Darlene 1- 3 p.m January 15 to February 5 February 12 to March 5 March 12 to April 2 April 9 to 30

MYS cannot promise any make-up classes for missed classes. Any

exceptions are at the discretion of the owner. Please do not ask the teachers because they are not

authorized to make an exception.

Mango Smoothie KAL (designed by Thea Colman)

Fridays, 1-3 p.m.

in January

All yarns must be pur-chased at MYS and all par-ticipants must be working

on the cardigan.

Pattern available on Ravelry.

Technique Classes Project Classes

Choosing the Right Yarn & Blocking with Darlene Joyce Learn how to choose the right yarn for any project. Students will learn how to read yarn labels, how different fibers

behave, how to sub-stitute yarns, how to determine yardage needed and how to make a measureable gauge swatch. Students will also learn the basics of blocking, including wet blocking, mist blocking and steam blocking and when to use each technique.

Sat. January 20 1 - 3 p.m. Fee: $32 2 hour class Basic Brioche with June Sorensen Learn the basic brioche stitch and begin a scarf. Instruction will in-clude Italian cast on, selvedge edg-es, basic brioche stitch and Italian cast off.

Sat. February 3 1 - 3 p.m. Fee: $32 2 hour class Correcting Mistakes with Darlene Joyce Are you tired of running into the shop eve-ry time the stitches fall off the needle? Come and learn how to correct common mistakes made while knitting. You will learn to pick up dropped stitches in stocki-nette, garter, and at the end of the row. The class will include exercises in dropping down pat-tern stitches, picking up dropped stitches, and ripping out rows of knitting and getting stitches back on the nee-dle. Please pick up homework sheet.

Sun. February 11 2 - 4 p.m. Fee: $32 2 hour class

My First Sweater (That Fits) with Darlene Joyce Use Ann Budd’s book, The Knit-ter’s Handy Book of Patterns and the yarn of your choice to make a basic pullover sweater or cardigan in any size. The set-in-sleeve is flattering to almost all body types. Couture techniques are taught to refine your knitting repertoire, in-cluding measuring your body, ad-justing the pattern, paired increas-es/decreases, selvedge edges,

sloped bind off, seaming, and picking up stitches. Tues. January 9, 23, February 6, 20 & March 6 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Fee: $110 5 week class Shine On Cowl (Mosaic Knitting) with Kate Joyce Designed by Ambah O’Brien

Pick two colors of your favorite fingering weight yarn and lose yourself in a deceptively simple knit. Shine On Cowl combines a clean lace stitch with a complex-looking, but easy to work, diamond mosaic pattern. The graphic dia-

mond motif is created with slipped stitches, and only one color is ever worked at one time – no stranding! Sat. January 20 & 27 1 - 3 p.m. Fee: $50 2 week class Gingersnap Sweater with June Sorensen Designed by Kristen Rettig. This cardigan is meant to be really scrappy, using leftover yarns if possible. She sized the Gingersnap for one year old on purpose. She says, “At one year old, babies are sitting up, walking about, smiling and laughing, clap-ping their hands, and generally causing a lot of commotion and attention to themselves, and there-by, giving a lot of attention to your nice sweater!” Sat. January 20, February 3 & 10 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Fee: $66 3 week class

Basic Socks with Darlene Joyce

Knit a basic sock using fine needles and special sock yarn. You will learn to use double pointed needles, turn a heel and create a gusset. The instructor will discuss ways to en-sure a proper fitting sock.

Wed. January 17 to 31 1 - 3 p.m.

Fee: $66 3 week class Faux Mitered Mosaic Scarf (or Cowl) with Courtney Buckalew Designed by Sarah Burton. If you missed the retreat, no worries. You can learn mosaic knitting with Courtney. She will teach you the basics of reading a mosaic chart and some rules that mosaic knitting always follows. This scarf/cowl is a great intro-duction to mosaic knitting. Fri. January 26 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fee: $32 2 hour class Quagga with Courtney Buckalew Learn how to do short row shaping while doing this unique crescent shaped shawl. Choose two contrasting colors of sport weight yarn and a size US 6 needle. Our sam-ple is in Zitron Unisono. Fri. February 9 & 23 10 a.m - 12 p.m. Fee: $50 2 week class Brassica with Darlene Joyce Darlene designed this shawl for the 2015 Chicago Yarn Crawl. Students will learn how to con-struct a side to side shawl with a pointed lace edge on one side and an I-cord edge on the other side. The center of the shawl incorporates a fun lace pattern. Pattern on Ravelry (free with class). Sat. February 10 & 24 1 - 3 p.m. Fee: $50 2 week class

Weaving Classes

Weave Nite with Georg Luxton

2nd Wednesday of the Month, 7—9 p.m.

Cost: $25/class

Get help with warping your loom, creating a new fabric or finding your creative side. Yarn must

have been purchased at MYS. Please pre-register.

Intro to Rigid Heddle Weaving: Getting to Know Your Loom with Georg Luxton Learn the parts of the loom and weaving terminology. Students will assemble their loom, warp it and do a bal-anced weave using worsted weight yarn purchased from MYS. This basic class is a spring board for more ad-vanced weaving technique classes to come. If bring-ing own loom, make sure it is a rigid heddle and is no bigger than 20”. Check with Georg if uncertain. Sun. January 7, 21 & February 4 2 - 4 p.m. Fee: $66 ($44 with purchase of Sample It! Loom) 3 week class Rigid Heddle Weaving: Log Cabin with Georg Luxton The Log Cabin pattern is a color-and-weave pattern which basically means that the way the warp and weft strand colors interlock creates the pattern. Knowledge of plain weave (tabby weave) necessary. Students must know how to warp a loom. Wed. January 3, 17 & 31 7 - 9 p.m. Fee: $66 3 week class Frame Weaving: A Heart with Georg Luxton Using a frame loom, students will learn some basics of weaving, in-cluding how to warp the frame, how to create some simple stitches and how to let the design process flow while making a simple heart wall hanging. No experience needed. Frames available at MYS. Wed. January 24 & February 7 7 - 9 p.m. Fee: $50 2 week class

Beginning Crochet This class is for beginners. You’ll get started with chain, single, and double crochet stitch-es. Chose a skein of Plymouth Encore and a H hook and you will be on your way! Fee: $78/4 week class. Wed. Jan. 10 to 31 with Pattie Aaron 7-8:30 p.m. Wed. Feb. 7 to 28 with Pattie Aaron 7-8:30 p.m. Fri. Feb. 9 to March 2 10-11:30 a.m. Corner to Corner (C2C) Cowl with Pattie Aaron Learn basic corner to corner crocheting while working

on a cowl. Pattie will show you the basics and you can deter-mine how wide and long you want your cowl. You can use any sport to worsted weight yarn your choice from our large selection

and the hook that is appropriate for the yarn. Sat. January 6 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fee: $32 2 hour class

Crochet Classes

Mosaic Crochet Workshop with Darlene Joyce

Saturday, January 20 1 - 3 p.m.

Fee: $32

Materials: Worsted weight yarn in two

contrasting colors, size I crochet hook.

Pre-registration required.

Hotel of Bees CAL (designed by Christina Hadderingh)

Fridays, 1-3 p.m. in February/March

You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

All yarns must be purchased at MYS and all participants must be working on the shawl.

Pre-registration required. Space is limited.

Exploring Tunisian Crochet with Pattie Aaron

Saturday, February 24 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

(with one hour lunch break)

During the first half of class you will learn the basics of Tunisian cro-

chet including the anato-my of Tunisian crochet

stitches, Tunisian simple stitch, Tunisian knit

stitch, abbreviations, etc. During the second half, advanced applications of Tunisian will be explored. Please ask for a supply list when registering.

Fee: $55. Pre-registration required.

Required Book: The New Tunisian Crochet (Available at MYS)

Just for Fun!

Class Policies

Class Materials: Except when noted, yarns must be purchased from Mosaic Yarn Studio. Come in as soon as possible to pick out your supplies in case we need to order something. Students receive a 10% discount on all class materials! Please come to class with any gadgets you might need! Pre-Registration: Pre-registration is required for all classes. You may register by phone via Visa/Mastercard or you can send in the class registration form above. Of course, you can always register in person! Minimum: A minimum of students is required in order for a class to run. You will be notified one week in advance if the minimum is not met and your deposit will be refunded. Cancellation: Store credit can be issued for your deposit if we are notified one week before the start of class. After this point, deposits are non-refundable. Out of courtesy to our in-structors, no make-up classes are given. All Classes: 100% payment is due at the time of registration.

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Tues., Fri., Sat. Wednesday Thursday Sunday Monday

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Closed

Private & Semi-Private Lessons

We offer private lessons at $32.00 per hour and Semi-Private (2 students) lessons at $50 per hour. Call the shop at 847-390-

1013 or stop by & we can set something up for you with one of our instructors.

One hour minimum please Pre-payment required

Dream Club is back! Better. Than Ever.

Every other month. Includes some exciting op-tions like a gradient set, multi-size skeins, speck-le pairs and more! Patterns available through in-

store Ravelry for additional fee.

Thursdays, 7– 9 p.m.

January 2018 “Divelish” Jilly w/Cashmere $74

March 2018 “Kline Shawl” Jilly $44

Pre-registration required. Space is limited.

Mosaic Yarn Studio is located in downtown Mount Prospect at

109 W. Prospect Ave. on the South Side of the Metra Railroad Tracks.

HOLIDAY HUES Tuesday, February 13, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 14, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. In celebration of St. Valentine’s Day, all Pink/Red yarn is 20% off.

Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. & Saturday March 17, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, all Green yarn is 20% off!