Vörå Inspired Neckwarmer ONLINE COURSE (March 2025)

2 sessions: Wednesdays March 12 + 19
6-8pm ET (check your local time zone!)
Instructor: Clare Zuraw
Location: Online via Zoom
Class fee: $50
Students provide their own yarn and needles (see details below)
Last day to register March 5 or when sold out
Questions? Email clare.zuraw@finlandiafoundation.org or call 906-370-3722

Knit a neckwarmer based on traditional sweater patterns from Vörå in western Finland. The online class will focus on techniques used to knit stranded colorwork in the round on circular needles: yarn tension, catching floats, color dominance, reading and adapting a pattern, finishing, and more. Anyone who is able to knit and purl is welcome to register. No experience with colorwork knitting is required. The class fee includes instruction and the neckwarmer pattern designed exclusively for this class. 

Students must have an internet connection and device that supports Zoom. Students should have their own circular needles and yarn for the first session of class. The pattern sample was knit on US7 16” circumference circular needles with two contrasting colors of worsted weight yarn. 

We are partnering with independent yarn shop Moonspun Wool in Marquette, Michigan. They’ve put together some great yarn kits for use with this pattern. The 3 color sample below was knit using one of their kit options. You are also welcome to use other yarns, we just know that some students prefer to have a yarn kit as an option. Visit them online or in person to purchase. Moonspun Wool - 219 W. Washington St., Marquette, MI 49855 - (906) 273-0037