• One ball of each of the following yarns. Sport, DK or worsted weight preferred.

1. 100% fine wool (for example, Merino)

2. 100% longwool or coarser wool (for example, Icelandic, or Wensleydale)

3. 100% other animal fiber (for example, angora, alpaca, or cashmere)

4. 100% cotton

5. 100% linen or hemp (be sure to get natural which is stiff, not rayon)

6. 100% silk or rayon (look for a soft slippery yarn, rather than one that’s

been processed and spun to feel like cotton. Fine yarns intended for

weaving can be used doubled or tripled for knitting.)

• A small amount of stretchy fingering weight wool yarn (for example sock

yarn)

• Needles in the sizes used to knit homework, plus needles 2 and 4 sizes

smaller and 2 sizes larger.

• Ruler (12”-18” long)

• Calculator

• Optional: Wraps per inch (wpi) tool. You can also use your ruler, a narrow

piece of cardboard, a short dowel, or a pencil marked with a 1” or 2” length

using permanent marker.

• Optional: Tags for labeling swatches

• If you have one, a notably successful or a notably unsuccessful garment knit

in yarn from a single fiber (i.e. 100% wool, cotton, silk, angora, linen, rayon,

etc.). Forward a clear photo of the garment to instructor

<maggie0615@maggiesrags.com> at least 48 hours before class begins, with

notes on what worked or did not work in this garment.

• Basic knitting supplies (scissors, markers, cable needle, etc.).

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