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It’s been a busy start to the year with not much blogging time! So what has been happening? Well, lots of teaching, an exciting video project, planning new workshops and testing and developing new products. I’m loving the Thursday Textiles Group – working with a group regularly is a great way to develop new ideas […]
If you’ve mastered the essentials and are ready to move onto the next level with your knitting, this is the class for you! Over the course of 3 weeks you’ll learn: Reading and following patterns and charts Getting your tension right (and why it matters) Knitting in the round on circular needles and double-points (including […]
Learn to Knit class starting soon! If you’ve been admiring the yarnbombing around Altrincham and wondering how you can learn to knit, look no further! Starting Tuesday 10th April, I’ll be running a new, Learn to Knit class. Aimed at absolute beginners, you’ll learn how to cast on, work knit and purl stitches, increases, decreases […]
Our first Guild dyeing workshop and talk of the year! We had a lovely visit to the Oxford Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers last weekend. A talk on Dyes Past & Present on Saturday followed by a full day Introduction to Dyeing workshop on Sunday made for an action-packed couple of days. On […]
Sock blank dyeing is one of my favourite workshops and it’s always great to get back into dyeing after the Christmas break and my first workshop of 2018 was a blast! My students worked their socks off (sorry!) and we had a super day. From polka dots to stripes and even watermelons the room was […]
I rarely offer spinning tuition as it’s my ‘me time’ but I had a lovely email requesting some one-to-one tuition and felt I couldn’t refuse! Jess asked if she could learn to prepare yarn, starting with the raw fleece, carding, dyeing and spinning. We started by washing some soft as butter Shetland and lustrous Leicester […]
