Fission Knitting Technique with Mary Martin

Master a new & innovative knitting technique! 

Join Mary Martin, the creator of Fission Knitting, for a comprehensive 3-hour workshop designed specifically for yarn store knitting instructors.

Class Time:  October 15, 7-10pm ET, Virtual

Cost:  $100 USD

Watch the video above to experience the magic of Fission Knitting!

Fission Knitting is a reversible colourwork technique where the fabric is worked with yarns held in a marl. The design elements are slipped stitches placed on both sides of the fabric. The marl is broken apart to work these stitches. The resultant fabric has a marled middle layer and an overlaid design on each side. It is possible to create a different cabled design on each side of the fabric.

Empower Your Staff & Delight Your Customers

As the creator of Fission Knitting, I’ve seen firsthand the surprise knitters experience with this innovative reversible colourwork technique. While the results look complex, the 3 Rules of Fission Knitting make it incredibly accessible.

You have customers who are hungry for the newest techniques, and Fission Knitting is the answer. It’s an opportunity to:

• Expand Your Class Offerings: attract new customers and re-engage existing ones with a truly new skill
• Boost Staff Expertise: Up to three teachers can learn through this workshop
• Increase Yarn Sales: Help you customers choose the perfect yarn combinations for Fission Knitting; I have tested several Knitting Fever Yarns — find out what makes them ideal for this technique
• Build Customer Loyalty: offer a variety of classes & KAL for every level to keep knitters coming back for more. Be the go to destination for innovative knitting education.

What Your Teachers Will Learn

In this comprehensive 3 hour workshop, I’ll personally guide your teachers through everything they need to confidently teach Fission Knitting. We’ll cover:

• the fundamentals of Fission Knitting
• how to effectively teach Fission Knitting
• mastering charts and written notation for reversible knitting
• selecting the perfect yarns to showcase this technique
• fixing mistakes
• tips and tricks for managing your yarn.

Your registration allows up to 3 teachers from store to join in.

Each registration includes a robust resource package designed to streamline your preparation and promotion:

• Access to a class recording (available for 6 months)
• Ready-to- Distribute Class Notes: the notes I distribute to my students. For you to distribute to your students — eliminating your prep work.
• Class Slides: the exact slides I use; ready for you to teach
• Accompanying Notes to Class Slides: your cheat sheet for confident teaching
• Links to Fission Knitting Tutorials: a shareable resource to support your students
• Downloadable Promotional Assets: high quality pictures/videos to advertise your class.
• Ravelry codes to download the Flowing River Cowl & Comet Trails Scarf
• Suggestions on running a Classes or KALs with the Flowing River Cowl or Comet Trails Scarf

Supplies: 

Yarn:  small amounts of 2 solid coloured contrasting yarn in sock/fingering to DK weights.  Smooth/not textured yarn is recommended.  Leftovers of sock yarn are perfect.  

Needles:  4.5mm/ US7 needles for fingering weight yarn; 5.5mm/US9 needles for DK weight yarn.

Other:  cable needle, removeable stitch marker, hair or regular elastic, small bag (eg. a plastic sandwich bag that holds both balls of yarn)

Remember to register for the Knit Along!
Falling for Fission KAL Info and Video