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Tubular cast-on using Icelandic wool
Photo credit: Steve Foreman

Casting on – let me count the ways with Rachel Lemon

Tutor: Rachel Lemon
Craft: Hand Knitting
Experience: Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Summary: You don’t have to cast on or off in the same manner for every item you knit – how stretchy do you want your rib?  Fancy knitting toe-up socks? We’ll cover ribs, crochet and casting-on in two directions at once.  I’ll have samples so you can choose which to try. 

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Show & Tell

Compere: Rachel Lemon
Craft: Hand Knitting, Crochet, Machine Knitting
Experience: Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Summary: Our popular Show & Tell returns to give you another chance to show off your creations to other crafters.

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Cover of "single and double bed machine knitting" by Vikki Haffenden
Image credit: The Crowood Press

Vikki Haffenden – ‘The Fashionable Craft: A fresh Look at Machine Knitting’

Speaker: Vikki Haffenden
Craft: General
Experience: All
Summary: Vikki Haffenden, the author of ‘Single and Double Bed Machine Knitting; the Designer’s Guide’ and ‘Translating Between Hand and Machine Knitting’ will talk about her books are contributing to the new wave of interest in machine knitting. She will discuss the historical and contemporary contexts of machine knitting and explore some of the misconceptions held about this fascinating and often neglected creative field. 

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Assortment of machine knit swatches laid on a knitting machine
Photo credit: Vikki Haffenden

HP is SO saucy with Vikki Haffenden

Tutor: Vikki Haffenden
Craft: Machine Knitting
Experience: Intermediate / Advanced
Room: Mulberry Hall
Summary: A practical, inspiring workshop exploring the potential of holding position for short rows, 2D and 3D surface pattern and shaping. The technique is possible on all single bed machines that have holding position (HP), including the simple, plastic-bed models such as the Silver Reed KL150 and Brother KX390/395.

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