Oak Park Public Library will offer four knitting programs this winter with Sue Jaffee, an accomplished knitter and local knitting instructor from Tangled Web and Knot Just Knits. The first is a two-session program for experienced knitters at 7 pm on January 24 and 31 at the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street. Participants of “All Wrapped Up” will learn to knit a cozy continuous cabled scarf. Register in person, online, or call 708-452-3480. Required materials list will be provided in advance.

On Tuesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm join instructor Sue Jaffee for “Ewe Need a Headband?” During one session, learn to create a toasty headband ear warmer embellished with a flower. Register in person, online, or call 708-452-3480. Required materials list will be provided in advance.

Beginning knitters are invited to attend “Novel Knitters 101” on Tuesday, March 20 at 7 pm. Let the knitter in you be born! Learn the most basic concepts of knitting including casting on, binding off, the knit stitch, the purl stitch and more. Instructor Sue Jaffee will share ideas for simple projects for the new knitter. Register in person, online, or call 708-452-3480. Required materials list will be provided in advance.

Teens are invited to join instructor Sue Jaffee for a spring break “staycation” on Monday, March 26 and Tuesday, March 27 at 1:30 pm. Teens will learn the basics of knitting in this two-session program titled “Knit Happens!” Materials will be provided. Register in person, online, or call 708-452-3480.

These knitting programs will be held in the Small Meeting Room of the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street.

To explore the world of knitting further, check out some of the 300+ titles in the Oak Park Public Library collection. Some of the newest knitting-related volumes include Knitting Vintage: 30 Knitting Projects Inspired by Period Fashions by Claire Montgomerie (2011), Principles of Knitting by June Hemmons (2011), and Knitting Green: Conversations and Planet-friendly Projects by Ann Budd (2010). For a fictional take on knitting, pick up The Knitting Diaries, a collection of three stories about love and knitting by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery and Christina Skye.

Find more about what's happening at the Oak Park Public Library at oppl.org/events/calendar [1].