Yes, there’s still plenty of time to learn a new stitch, technique, or pattern and knit up a cozy, fast, and easy gift for a loved one.

Join best-selling author Bruce Weinstein for three weeks of fun holiday knitting. A new project for each class -- come to one, two, or to all three to triple your power to provide warmth this winter!

To make this program available to as many knitters as possible, registration is for each session, rather than for the whole series. Please scroll down to sign up for the current date. Then click "show more dates" and select any other date(s) that you'd like to sign up for. 

This workshop is offered free to all participants, thanks to generous support from the Friends of the Scoville Library and from library patrons like you.  

Workshop Schedule

Please note the projects and knitting materials needed for each session:

Wednesday, December 3^rd

Learn how to create a beautiful scarf which knits up super-fast and is so much fun to make. It’s called the shawl collar stitch, but it also looks a lot like a series of holiday wreaths. You’ll need a total of 400 yards of a solid, tonal, or self-striping yarn that gets 18 to 20 stitches in stockinette over a 4-inch swatch. Bring needles as indicated on the label plus bring needles that are 1 and 2 sizes both up and down from that size.

Wednesday, December 10^th

Cozy hand-warmers couldn’t be more lovely or easier to knit. Bruce will show you how simple this intricate-looking herringbone pattern is to create. You’ll knit it flat and sew up the seam, leaving a small hole for the thumb. You’ll need 130 yards of a sold, tonal, or self-striping DK weight yarn or light worsted yarn. Bring needles as indicated on the label plus bring needles that are 1 and 2 sizes up from that size, plus a tapestry needle.

Wednesday December 17^th

Bulky yarn lets you knit up these comfy slipper socks in no time. You can use your double point needles or bring a 40” circular and Bruce will show you how to do these using the magic loop. You’ll need 175 yards of a super chunky yarn in color A and another 40 yards in color B. The yarn should give you about 9.5 stitches in stockinette over a 4” swatch.  Remember your double points or extra-long circular needles (at least 40”) so you can knit in the round. Yarn suggestion: Lion brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick.

Bruce Weinstein is a knitting expert and the best-selling author of KNITS MEN WANT: The 10 Rules Everyone Needs to Know Before Knitting for a Man, and BOYFRIEND SWEATERS: 19 designs for Him that You’ll Want to Wear.

Bruce is also the author of 37 cookbooks. His latest, COLD CANNING (July 2025) includes 425 recipes for small batch preserves pickles, kimchis, chili crisps, salsas, krauts, and more, all designed for the fridge or freezer with no hot water processing needed. Bruce also works as a private patient advocate and volunteers as a patient liaison at Yale New Haven Hospital and sits on the PFAC board at Smilow Cancer Hospital.