$90 ($85 members)Workshops & Classes · Monday, November 9, 2026
Knitting Math: Swatching for Success
About
A practical knitting session on making, blocking and measuring a gauge swatch, so you can swap yarns in a pattern or work out your own designs. Autumn Woods teaches it from 6 to 8pm on Monday, November 9, at Lillstreet Art Center, 4401 N Ravenswood Ave (Montrose Brown Line). It costs $90 ($85 members) with no materials fee.
Good to know
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How it compares
- After work
- Take it home the same day
At $85, this sits about the middle of the 11 single-session textiles classes we list in Chicago. They run from $5 to $190, and the typical price is $68.
That works out to about $43 an hour for a 2-hour session.
If one session leaves you wanting more, 1 studio we list runs multi-week textiles courses.
It starts after work, which only 33% of the textiles classes on our calendar do.
Other textiles classes in Chicago
- Whisk Broom Weaving with Abeni PiersonDuSable Black History Museum and Education Center · South SideSUN, OCT 25 · $55.20
- Stories We Wear: Fashion as Visual NarrativeChicago History Museum · Downtown & Near NorthSUN, NOV 1 · $15 general admission; free for CHM members and students
- Basket Weaving with Pine Needles & RaffiaThe Sticks · West Loop & Near WestTUE, NOV 3 · $80.00
- Fine Art of FiberChicago Botanic Garden · Evanston & North ShoreFRI, NOV 6 · Free (nonmembers pay regular parking and Garden admission fees)
New to textiles?
Textile classes range from weaving on a frame or rigid-heddle loom to embroidery, knitting, crochet, natural dyeing, felting and sewing a first garment.
- Check whether the class is for complete beginners or assumes you can already cast on or thread a machine.
- Single sessions usually make something small: a wall hanging, a hoop, a dyed scarf.
- Bring reading glasses if you use them; most fibre work is close-up.
Taking it home: Usually the same day. Larger pieces may be finished at home with the yarn or thread you leave with.
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