Improve your knitting and meet other knitters in classes and workshops taught by the Loop Staff!

Classes are limited to 8 people and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Full payment is required to enroll.

We require a minimum of three people for each class so get your friends to sign up with you! You will receive a full refund if the class is canceled and a 50% refund if you withdraw from the class at least 48 hours before it begins.

Beginning Knitting

$106 for four 2-hour sessions, yarn and needles included
Saturdays, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm: August 1, 8, 22 + 29

Designed for absolute beginners and as a refresher for those who haven't knit in years, you'll get a solid foundation of knitting fundamentals in our beginning knitting class. Learn to cast on, knit, purl, bind off and decrease while knitting your first scarf and hat. Yarn and needles are included.

Beginning Knitting 2

$72 for four 2-hour sessions
Thursdays, 6 to 8 pm: July 2, 9, 16 and 23
Thursdays, 6 to 8 pm: August 6, 13, 20 and 27

Expand on your newly-acquired knitting skills in our Knit 2 class. You'll learn more about yarn, gauge, and pattern reading as you knit your first beret and mittens.

Lillie's Little Sweater

$72 for four 2-hour sessions
Saturdays, 2:30 am to 4:30 pm: August 1, 8, 22 + 29

Lillie's Little Sweater is an adorable hooded cardigan for boys and girls age newborn to 3 years. Named after the designer's granddaughter, this clever design begins with the hood and is knit seamlessly from there to the end.

This class is perfect for your first sweater or your first top-down project. You'll need 400 to 520 yards of worsted weight yarn, depending on the size you choose to make.

Socks from the Cuff Down

$42 for three 1.5-hour sessions
Sundays, 11:30 to 1 pm: August 2, 9 and 16

Socks are a portable project, that are fun to knit and great to wear. In this class, you'll knit socks by beginning at the cuff and ending with the toe. You'll learn to cast onto double-pointed needles, to turn a heel and to close a toe.

Choose sock weight yarn or something heavier for quicker knitting socks. Sock pattern is included.

Socks from the Toe Up

$42 for three 1.5-hour sessions
Sundays, 11:30 to 1 pm: July 5, 12 and 19
Wednesdays, 6 to 7:30 pm: August 5, 12 and 19

Learn to cast on for a toe and to turn a heel for a sock knit from the toe to the cuff. You'll also learn the Magic Loop technique of using only one long circular needle.

Choose sock weight yarn or something heavier for quicker knitting socks. Sock pattern is included.

Baby Surprise Jacket

$54 for three 2-hour sessions
Sundays, 1:30 to 3:30 pm: July 5, 12 and 19

Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket is one of knitting's most popular projects. This clever garment is knit in one piece, then folded and seamed at the shoulders, which - surprisingly! - results in an adorable baby jacket. The jacket can be knit in any weight yarn from fingering to worsted.

Wendy Johnson and Socks from the Toe Up

Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25

Well-known sock knitter and blogger Wendy D. Johnson's second book - Socks from the Toe Up - was just released this spring. In it, Wendy covers several options for toe cast-ons, heels, and bind offs, and then provides 23 beautiful sock patterns, for knitters of all skill levels.

Wendy will be here on Friday, July 24 from 5 to 8 pm for Stitch Party. She'll be happy to sign your book - bring it if you already own it or purchase it here - and discuss her designs with you.

On Saturday, July 25, Wendy will teach 2 workshops -

Toe Techniques for Toe-up Socks
$45, Saturday, July 25 from 10 am to 12 noon

This workshop is geared towards knitters who have perhaps made top-down socks (but experience with top-down socks is not required) and are interested in learning how to turn their sock knitting upside-down and go toe-up! Several different cast-ons will be covered for creating toe-up socks: Turkish cast-on, Judy's Magic cast-on, short-row toe and others as time allows. The only skills required are the ability to knit and purl.

Prerequisite:
You should be comfortable knitting in the round (either on two circular needles, using the magic loop technique, or on dpns). No homework before class is required.

Materials:
Smooth, light-colored yarn in sport or worsted weight (100 or 200 yards)
2 circular needles 16" or 24" long in the same needle size (the size should be appropriate for your yarn.) You need circulars to do a couple of the cast-ons, but if you are more comfortable knitting in the round on dpns, bring them along as well. Crochet hook in the appropriate size for your yarn.

Heel Techniques for Toe-up Socks
$45, Saturday, July 25 from 1 to 3 pm

Different heels for toe-up socks will be covered: Wendy's slip-stitch heel, gusset heel, and short-row heel. The only skills required are the ability to knit and purl.

Prerequisite:
Students should be comfortable knitting in the round (either on two circular needles, using the magic loop technique, or on dpns). No homework before class is required.

Materials:
Smooth, light-colored yarn in sport or worsted weight (100 or 200 yards)
2 circular needles 16" or 24" long (or 1 long circular if you are a magic looper) in the same needle size (the size should be appropriate for your yarn.)

Registration is now open, so call (215 893 9939) or stop in to get your space today! Full payment is required to reserve your space. We will be unable to issue refunds for these workshops unless they are canceled.

Stitch Party!

Friday, June 26 from 5 to 8 pm

Bring your current project - and something finished you'd like to show off! - and join us for some knitting and crocheting! We'll be continuing our new charity knitting effort for the Family Rooms at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House, if you'd like to participate.

The Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House services families with seriously ill, hospitalized children in the oncology and cardiac units. They provide families with a home away from home, a space to gather as a family, to eat a meal together, do their laundry, or just spend time together.

They are in need of knitted and crocheted items such as fun hats, scarves, and lap blankets. Lap blankets are especially needed for the children in the cool hallways as they are transported in their wagons or wheelchairs, or even just to be out of bed. The children range in age from newborn infants to teenagers. This is a great way to use yarn you have left over from other projects or yarn you've bought but haven't used.

All of us at Loop will be making items for the Family Rooms from now through the end of the year. We invite you to join us in our effort. Come knit and crochet with us on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 pm or drop off your contributions and we will give them to the Ronald McDonald House.