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NPS parent Mary Ann Hill is offering two knitting classes beginning in late February. She’s taught knitting off and on for the past 8 years in a variety of settings, including Newton Community Education, and blogs at SaltwaterHillKnits.

Beginner Knitting

Would you like to learn to knit?
Do you know the basics but are ready to move beyond a scarf?
You’ve got knit & purl stitches but don’t know how to bind off or fix your mistakes?

In this class, you’ll make a lovely hat and develop a strong foundation of skills so that you can continue knitting many different types of projects with some confidence. You will learn how to: cast on, knit, purl, decrease, increase, knit back and forth, knit in the round, knit on double-pointed needles, bind off, and read a pattern.

6 Tuesday mornings: Feb. 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1
9:30am – 11:30am
Cost: $90

Materials needed: Approximately 175 yds heavy worsted wool (approx 4-5 stitches per inch on size 8-10 needles), size 9 16″ circular needles, size 9 double pointed needles, locking stitch markers, darning needle. **Class size limited to 8 **

Becoming a Fearless Knitter: Intermediate Knitting

This class is for knitters with some experience who are ready to learn something new and become more confident. If you are working on a project of your own and/or are ready to challenge yourself with cables, lace knitting, chart reading, socks, or other knitting skills, this is the class for you. We’ll work in an open workshop setting where instructor and fellow knitters support each other to create and finish knitting projects.

6 Thursday mornings: Feb. 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3
10:am – noon
Cost: $90
** Class size limited to 8 **

To Register:

Email instructor  with your contact information, knitting experience (if any), and — for the intermediate class — what you’d like to learn. Payment information, address, and a list of materials needed for the first class will be sent promptly.

Plugged In Teen Band Program is a nonprofit organization dedicated to showing young musicians, ages 8-18, how to make positive social change with their music. Plugged In provides students with music instruction, songwriting workshops, and access to dozens of community performances all with a focus on social responsibility. Additionally, more than 350 students participate in the production of 3 annual benefit concerts at which Plugged In musicians perform to raise awareness and support for charitable organizations chosen by the students. Plugged In provides a community for young artists looking for a sense of belonging, a safe place to express themselves and an ego free, competition free environment in which they can use their creative talents to help others.

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