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Sarah Etchison - Studio 280/Singer 700 and Brother 940 electronic machines with ribbers, colour changers and lace carriages Sarah Etchison began machine knitting in 1977. About a year later she began teaching on a Toyota knitting machine. Sarah taught at the Knitting Machine Center in the Seattle and Everett area for about 20 years, and has been a freelance instructor for more than 30 years. She is experienced on all brands of knitting machines including Brother, Singer/Studio/Silver Reed, PASSAP, and Superba/White. Sarah also provides instruction on Cochenille Design Software (Garment Designer and Stitch Painter) as well as Design-A-Knit. Sarah enjoys playing with texture and experimenting with the capabilities of all the machines. She considers herself an 'enabler' in that she teaches other people to realize their design ideas on the knitting machine. Sarah is self confessed software junky, and became enthralled with Creation Six, Design-A-Knit and Cochenille Design Studio software. She incorporates these tools into her teaching and knitting. Friday: 1. Double Jacquard on Singer/Studio/Silver Reed Machines: Most knitters using Japanese machines use them only for building welts/ribs on garments. Using the ribber tends to scare them. This class will give you the understanding of how to knit slip and tuck jacquard, eliminate the 'grin through' and learn how to do color separation for jacquard fabrics. We will explore a few of the over 88 techniques for creating jacquard fabrics using the Singer/Studio/Silver Reed Machines. 2. Double Jacquard on Brother Machines: Most knitters using Japanese machines use them only for building welts/ribs on garments. Using the ribber tends to scare them. This class will give you the understanding of how to knit slip and tuck jacquard, eliminate the 'grin through' and learn how to do color separation for jacquard fabrics. We will explore a few of the over 88 techniques for creating jacquard fabrics using the Brother Machines. 3. Understanding and Designing Lace Fabrics on Singer/Studio/Silver Reed Machines: The objectives of the session are to explore the differences between simple/eyelet lace and full fashion lace. Learn to convert written hand knit lace instructions or graphs for lace into punch cards or electronic patterns; observe the process of knitting lace variations and shaping in lace. 4. Understanding and Designing Lace Fabrics on Brother Machines: The objectives of the session are to explore the differences between simple/eyelet lace, full fashion lace and fine lace. Learn to convert written hand knit lace instructions or graphs for lace into punch cards or electronic patterns; observe the process of knitting lace variations and shaping in lace using the Brother machines. Saturday: 1. Double Jacquard on Singer/Studio/Silver Reed Machines: We will recap some of what was learned on Friday and continue with variations in Double Jacquard using the Singer/Studio/Silver Reed Machines. 2. Double Jacquard on Brother Machines: We will recap some of what was learned on Friday and continue with variations in Double Jacquard using the Brother machines. 3. Creating Lace Socks and Gloves on Singer/Studio/Silver Reed Machines: Apply the knowledge of lace knitting to the creation of lace socks and gloves. 4. Creating Lace Socks and Gloves on Brother Machines: Apply the knowledge of lace knitting to the creation of lace socks and gloves. Return to Classes Return to top

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