It’s that time of year again. We’ve brought out the knit thong for Valentines day. We’re getting smiles, leers, and the occasional “ew!” from the pre-teen crowd.

This perennial favorite always gets a few boyfriends interested in knitting. Once again we’re offering the popular class to help students get started. An added bonus, this is a quick project that doesn’t require too much yarn.
You start the project at the top of the front, and get to learn a little bit of lace as well as some decreases and shaping. Then it’s time to learn how to do a little bit of crochet in order to connect the front and the back of the piece.

The back gets you acquainted with a bit of increasing, and then it’s time for picking up, cable cast-ons, and knitting in the round.

A picot edge rounds off the experience nicely.

All that technique in one little garment means that by the end of the project you’ve learned a whole lot in a relatively short period of time.

Check out the free pattern available from Interweave and join us at our class.

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