Workshop: Reading Knitting Charts with Deb Burger

Reading Knitting Charts with Deb Burger

Date: Saturday, September 19th

Time: 10 am - 1 pm

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner / Intermediate

Cost of Attendance: $45

(Prerequisites: Comfortable with basic knits, purls, and casting on/off)

Unravel the Mystery of Charted Patterns!

Ever opened a gorgeous pattern, seen a grid full of mysterious symbols, and immediately closed the book? You’re not alone! While knitting charts can feel like a secret code, learning to read them is actually the ultimate key to unlocking complex lace, colorwork, cable motifs, and textured stitch patterns with ease.

Join expert instructor Deb Burger for a hands-on, empowering workshop designed to demystify grid patterns once and for all. You’ll learn how to visual-map your stitches, track your progress without getting lost, and translate those grid symbols into smooth, confident stitches.  The class will cover reading frontside and backside row charts for knit/pur (Gansey) textures, cables and lace.  

What You'll Learn

• The Logic of the Grid: Why charts are read right-to-left, bottom-to-top, and how to navigate flat vs. in-the-round patterns.

• Symbol Decoding: Key standard chart symbols, legend translations, and how to read your work to spot errors before they happen.

• Pro Tips & Setup: How to use chart keepers, highlighters, and row counters to keep your place seamlessly.

• Hands-on Practice: Work through guided swatch exercises directly in class with real-time feedback from Deb.

Class Materials & Prep

• Yarn: 50 yds or worsted weight yarn (wool is preferable, but not required)

• Needles: US #8 

• Notions: 2 ring-style stitch markers

• Homework: Cast on 30 sts and knit 6 rows of Garter Stitch (knit every row). 

Ready to level up your making?

Space is limited to ensure personalized instruction. Grab your spot at the table and get ready to chart a course toward pattern independence! 

We are excited to welcome back Deb Burger to teach this custom class she designed.  Deb is an author, crochet designer, and fiber artist best known for her instructional guides aimed at making needlework accessible to beginners and young makers.  She and her husband live and raise organic food and flowers on a small “urban farm” (3/4 acre). Their backyard fronts the Genessee River, and we are also avid canoeists. Burger authored Crochet 101, How to make 100 Crochet Appliques, and Creative Kids Complete Photo Guide to Crochet. She is also an artist, and retired teacher, retired public speaker, retired LYS owner (The Yarn Asylum, in Jonesborough, TN).

For more information about this class, please visit our website at https://www.rabbitrowyarns.com, call us at 607-654-7383, or email us at rabbitrowyarns@gmail.com!

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