Munich Knits November 28-30, 2025
Intro to Stacked Stitches Fri. Nov.28 & Sun. Nov. 30
Level: Experts or brave beginners who can read charts
Stacked stitches are an innovative approach to striped colorwork, best known as the technique behind the Fox Paws pattern. Stacks can add shaping, create 3d texture, replace short rows, and when combined with stripes, they create intricate motifs without unsightly strands on the wrong side of your projects. You’ll never need to manage more than one color at a time or worry about bobbins because stacked stitches bend rows of garter stitch into new shapes and patterns using only increases and decreases.
This introductory class will enable knitters of all levels to try out the technique in a swatch and become confident working patterns that incorporate stacked stitches. We will focus on mastering the increase and decrease stitches and learn several strategies for avoiding problems and fixing mistakes.
Requirements: This class is best suited for intermediate level knitters or adventurous beginners who have experience reading patterns and working basic increases and decreases.
Supplies: Worsted weight scrap yarn in multiple colors, circular needles with a flexible cord in a corresponding size to your yarn and a few adjacent sizes (metal or plastic needles are strongly recommended), stitch markers. Optional materials: scratch paper, highlighter tape, and a digital row counter.
https://www.munichknits.de/en-gb/workshops#stackedintro-e
Learning Stacked Stitches with Fox paws Sat. Nov.29
Level: Experts and brave beginners, knit and purl stitches, increases and decreases as well as chart reading You'll begin by learning and practicing how to knit increases and decreases for a simple stacked stitch pattern. Then, color changes and color choices will be discussed. In the afternoon, you will start working on your own Fox Paws shawl and learn how to avoid, find, and correct mistakes.
Requirements: This class is best suited for intermediate level knitters or adventurous beginners who have experience reading patterns and working basic increases and decreases. longer workshops are better for beginners, short workshops (1 day) are well suited for advanced knitters. Placing sessions a week apart or adding class hours will makethis class more accessible to beginners.
Yarn: Worsted weight scrap yarn in multiple colors and 5 colors of yarn in the weight of your choice for a final project.
Needles: Size 8 (5mm) 20˝circular needles. Extra needles in adjacent
sizes may be helpful.
https://www.munichknits.de/en-gb/workshops#foxpaws-e
Intro to Algorithmic Stitch Patterns Sun. Nov. 30
Level: curious knitters or crocheters with basic knowledge
In this workshop, you'll learn how to create textures, color, or lace patterns based on rules rather than fixed instructions. We'll begin by discussing how to design simple yet highly individual motifs by rolling dice or counting your daily steps, which techniques can be used to create amazing patterns, and how, eg., to knit a shawl using a temperature data sequence. You practice a stitch sample with a data set of your choice and present it to the others.
Supplies: 4 (not too fine) single-colored yarns + matching knitting or crochet hook, writing utensils, optional data set, dice or similar.
https://www.munichknits.de/en-gb/workshops#algorhythmicstiches-e
