How to Knit short courses for Beginners and Improvers I’m running my popular How to Knit short courses in May and June this year. Let me tell you about them. When do the How to Knit courses take place? Each short course lasts for three classes and the classes will take place from 19:00–21:00 on Tuesday […]
Have fun with Modular Knitting in March 2020 Modular Knitting workshop I’m teaching a Modular Knitting workshop at the Being Knitterly Studio in March. Modular knitting (also known as mitred or domino knitting) involves knitting modules one at a time. This is done seamlessly by picking up stitches from the edge of a previous module. […]
Crochet short courses for Beginners and Improvers I’m running my popular How to Crochet short courses in February and March this year. Let me tell you about them. When do How to crochet courses take place? Each short course lasts for three classes and the classes will take place from 19:00–21:00 on Tuesday evenings. The How […]
A perfect yarn for Fair Isle knitting I’ve been selling Shetland Spindrift to my students and at yarn shows for a few years, as well as using it in my designs. Students who come to my Fair Isle knitting workshops will know that I love using Shetland Spindrift for stranded colourwork. Finally, I’ve added 46 colours […]
Learn knitwear finishing techniques in 2020 Make your hand-knits look handmade, not homemade I’m teaching my popular Knitwear Finishing Techniques workshop at the Being Knitterly Studio in February 2020. Let me tell you a bit about it. Why should you come to the Knitwear Finishing Techniques workshop? You might have knitted a garment and it didn’t […]
Arts Degree Show 2019 Recently I visited the Arts Degree Show at Loughborough University. Students learn both traditional hand processes and digital technologies during the Textiles: Innovation and Design degree at Loughborough University. The degree show gives the final year students an opportunity to display the best of their work for public view. Students follow one […]
My crochet students love Quattro The most popular yarn with my crochet students is Quattro from Lang Yarns. My students like this yarn because it is a mercerised cotton which means that it has a lovely sheen and it comes in many beautiful colours. It has a tight twist so it doesn’t split much; this helps beginners to see […]
