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Knit your own adventure sideways striped tank top with Melissa! What is a knit your own adventure? It's when we give you the framework for a particular garment and you fill in all of the details with YOUR gauge and YOUR measurements so you get a finished object perfectly tailored just for YOU! In this class the idea is to knit a tank top with VERTICAL stripes using fingering weight yarn. In this class you will learn to do a provisional cast-on, increases, decreases, short rows, picking up stitches and a three needle bind off. To be a success in class, you need to be comfortable with casting on, knitting, purling, and binding off. MATERIALS: 700 - 1600 yards of fingering weight yarn and needles to get a fabric that you like. We are getting special kits of 50g skeins comprised of hand-dyed colorways inspired by "Anne of Green Gables" from Elise Koch of Create Yarnworks. Elise dyes in her kitchen in her home studio on the Eastern Shore near Salisbury, MD. We can't wait to cast-on and have some knitting fun with you! Students receive a 10% discount on supplies purchased at Lovelyarns. HOMEWORK: knit a gauge swatch with your desired yarn and the needle you plan to use for the body of the top. Swatch instructions: CO 40 sts and knit in stockinette (knit a row, purl a row) for 6 inches Do not bind off your swatch just run a piece of waste yarn through the live sts. Wash and block your swatch because some fibers like cotton tend to "bloom". Bring in a top that fits you how you want your new top to fit you and we will use those measurements to determine the pattern size you should follow.