Knitted Lace Kerchief
With Mary Kate Jenkins
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October 4,11,18, & 25, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 pm Pacific Time
Registration $60 USD
Led by talented teacher, Mary Kate Jenkins, learn to knit lace with this simple and sweet kerchief project. Designed by Mary Kate herself, this is a wonderful and approachable introduction to lace knitting.
Participants will learn about lace construction including how to make yarnovers, knit increases and decreases, and how to read a lace pattern. As the kerchief gets larger, the space between the lace rows becomes longer, so you can knit this as small or as large as you like by continuing as the pattern indicates. After this class, participants will have the skills to knit a more advanced lace garment.
Prerequisite skills
You will need to know how to knit stitch, purl stitch, cast on, bind off, and weave in ends.
You will learn how lace is created, how to make yarnovers, knit increases and decreases, how to correct lace knitting mistakes, how to read a lace chart, how to block lace knitting.
Click here to view the supply list and pattern for this class.
Mary Kate Jenkins is a Chicagoland native who graduated from NYU with a degree in Experimental Theater and came back home to hone her skills. Since 2009, she has been creating, teaching, and performing with Sea Beast Puppet Company and is a founding member of the troupe. She is an avid crafter and knitter who has worked at several Chicagoland yarn stores teaching basic and advanced knitting techniques to both children and adults. As a recent graduate of the WHE Teacher Training program, she is excited to now be included as a guest teacher! Mary Kate currently resides in the Chicago area with her husband and toddler and enjoys dabbling in new crafts just as much as she loves getting comfy with some soft yarn to knit.
