Knit a Log Cabin Square

Description

Spend your evening winding down while building up a simple and colorful little log cabin square. There’ll be a tiny bit of color theory, a simple tutorial on picking up stitches, nice little chunks of easy knitting, and zero purling.

You’ll complete a small coaster-sized sample in this 2-hour class, but the sky’s the limit for how much bigger you want to go or how many squares you want to make!

Techniques to be covered

• Color selection for a log cabin square
• Casting on for garter stitch
• Counting rows in garter stitch
• Binding off for garter stitch
• Picking up stitches along stitches
• Picking up stitches along rows
• Weaving in ends in garter stitch
• Optional: binding off with a crochet hook
• Optional: blocking

Note

• All knitting class sessions will take place online via Zoom at the appointed times only, and will not be recorded.
• A Zoom link will be emailed to each student 24 hours prior to each upcoming class session.
• The online instruction will consist of two windows: one with Sarah’s smiling face, and one with on-camera close-ups for demonstration purposes. Each student’s smiling face will also be viewable in a window.
• Each student will be responsible for using Zoom (super easy by clicking on a link) on an electronic device that is large enough for the instructor window and demonstration window to be clearly viewed.
• No refunds.

Skill level

• Do you know how to knit? Then this class is for you!
• Are you tired at the end of the day? Then this class is for you!
• Do you love color? Quick gratification? Making something useful? Then this class is for you!

Materials needed

• Yarn:
  • a few yards each of lots of different colors of yarn
    • use your stash, find some mini-skeins, or sample a few of your favorite yarns
    • as many different yarns as you want, approximately all the same weight(ish)
    • hold yarns alone or together – you just want to end up with a fairly consistent fabric
  • Colors:
    • one RED red if you have it (just a couple of yards)
    • at least two cool colors (green, green-blue, blue, blue-violet)
    • at least two warm colors (red-violet, other reds, orange, yellow, brown)
    • I like to use yarns that are solid or not quite solid – a little variegation is fine, but not too much or the pattern gets too busy)
• Needles:
  • a size or two smaller than you would normally use for the chosen yarn weight (use whatever needles you’ve got that are close enough)
  • optional: a needle a size or two larger (for binding off)
• Notions:
  • safety pin
  • scissors
  • yarn needle (for weaving in ends)
  • optional: T-pins (for blocking)
  • optional: very skinny dpns or blocking wires (for blocking)
  • optional: something to pin log cabin square onto (for blocking)
  • optional: crochet hook in same size as or slightly larger than selected needle size (see chart) (for binding off)
    

Homework

• None!