Leader: Steve Foreman
Craft: Hand Knitting
Experience: Confident Beginner
Summary: By the end of this workshop you will know what stranded knitting is, when it is an appropriate method to use, how to read a chart for colour knitting, and how to knit an object using stranded knitting. We will cover knitting with more than one colour, choice of colour, colour dominance, managing floats, and making increases and decreases.
Leader: Rachel Lemon
Craft: Hand Knitting
Experience: Beginner
Summary: We’ll consider different types of top-down jumpers – raglan, yoke, with fitted sleeves. .
Leader: Lynda Fiendley
Craft: Hand Knitting
Experience: Confident beginner
Summary: We will knit small shell shapes and learn how to join them to make a larger item.
Leader: Rachel Lemon
Craft: Hand Knitting
Experience: You need to be comfortable with knitting in the round.
Summary: We will explore the practicalities of knitting stripes in the round in dealing with ends and jogless joins. We will look at many different stripe sequences and in particular using Fibonacci.
Leader: Lynda Fiendly
Craft: Hand knitting
Experience: Basic knitting skills
Summary: We will use knitting to make a wire bracelet, adding beads
for variety.
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.
