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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 […]
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 […]
