Mastering short rows and extensions to fit a pattern

Ever tried a pattern only to have it fit… all wrong? Jill Bradley will guide you through short rows and extensions using an old T-shirt as your template.

Learn to adjust both top-down and bottom-up designs, calculate swatches for your natural tension, and adapt intricate patterns with confidence. Discover how small adjustments can transform any pattern, understand the maths behind shaping, and gain practical tips for making tops that truly fit.

By the end, you’ll have a perfectly tailored pattern ready for your next crochet top, all backed by Jill’s decades of teaching and lifetime of crochet expertise.

Please bring the following with you to the workshop session:

• For the pattern base
• • A T-shirt that fits you – with or without fitted sleeves – that can be ‘sacrificed’
  • Dressmaking scissors
• Pattern drafting
• • 1cm graph paper with 2mm divisions
  • Pencil plus pen, eraser.
  • Tape measure, ruler.
  • Paper scissors, sticky tape
• Shaping practice
• • Practice yarn of the type and weight that you would use for a top
  • Hooks as recommended by the yarn maker plus hooks of size above and below.
  • Stitch markers

Workshop notes: Your shirt can be without sleeves or with sleeves (harder!).

This session will be delivered in-person only - no online offering will be made available.

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