Crochet workshop at Rufford Craft Centre
The Crochet, Beyond the Basics workshop, takes place on Saturday 16 August 2014 at Rufford Craft Centre in Nottinghamshire.
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July 1, 2014
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Western-style untwisted knitting – a knitting tutorial
Find out how to make knit and purl stitches in Western-style knitting, the standard style of knitting in Western Europe.
March 24, 2014
Untwisted and twisted stitches – a knitting tutorial
Find out how to make twisted and untwisted stitches when knitting. A how-to knit tutorial for right- and left-handed knitters.
February 20, 2014
How do your stitches sit? – a knitting tutorial
Are your stitches sitting pretty? How do your stitches sit on your needles? In this post, I shall explain the different ways in which stitches may sit and how you can control which way they sit, for knitting both left- and right-handed. In my last post, I wrote about a…
January 16, 2014
Understanding knitted fabric – a knitting tutorial
Knitted fabric Let's start with an easy one Before we can look at knitting techniques we have to understand the structure of knit fabrics. Let's look at the commonest knitted fabric, known as stocking stitch. You make this by knitting and purling alternative rows or knitting every round. Stocking stitch fabric…
January 9, 2014
An old year has ended, a new one begun
Happy New Year! The Old year I've just read my post from a year ago (Beginnings and Endings), in which I commented on how little hand-knit I had done for myself. Or indeed hand-making of any kind, since I had been designing and making machine knit samples for my MA.…
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January 2, 2014
Crochet, Beyond the Basics
Threads of Life I've been so busy lately that I've not been able to keep up with writing about the things I've been doing. A couple of weekends ago, I went to Threads of Life in Castle Donington to teach a crochet workshop. I first met Sue, the owner, a…
October 21, 2013
Vintage crochet and afternoon tea
Afternoon tea - how it came to be A couple of years ago a friend was hosting a house-warming party; for entertainment, she had booked a well-known crochet tutor to teach a workshop. Unfortunately, the tutor had to pull out a few weeks beforehand, so my friend was wondering what…
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September 18, 2013
Learn to knit or crochet
Two new teaching venues In September and October, you can learn (or improve) crochet or hand-knit with me at two new venues. Knittiquip The first is Knittiquip which is at Breedon Priory, Breedon on the Hill. Breedon is one of those curious places in England which is in one county…
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August 9, 2013
Keep Calm and Carry Yarn, part 1
A few weeks ago I visited The National Centre for Craft & Design for the first time. This is in Sleaford, a small market town in Lincolnshire. I didn't see that much of Sleaford (unless you count driving around the one-way system several times), but the little I did see is very attractive.…
June 14, 2013