Crochet.
Guild Branch.
Mardyke Community Centre, 52 South Street, Rainham, RM13 8PJ
Our group specialise in double filet crochet.
Description
The East London Crochet Group first went public in September 2000, although it existed around the kitchen table for a long time before that, exploring Double Filet crochet with a number of colleagues and friends. As a specialist crochet group our membership is drawn from across the country from areas like Devon, Norfolk, Yorkshire and even Fort William, although there is still a local core.
Workshops are designed to provide projects for all levels of competence, from an ability to work trebles and chains upwards. Each year the meetings have a theme. That theme is continued in our annual residential workshop in August. We also run a monthly zoom meeting online, which are show and tell sessions where we share all kinds of yarn crafts, recommend books and have an opportunity to share ideas with like-minded people.
Our double filet workshops are now run online, so anyone can attend. These are usually the first Saturday in March, June, October and December. After the show and tell in the morning there is a separate afternoon Zoom meeting where we share new designs and have time to make a start at one or two of the patterns with help provided in ‘breakout rooms’. We are always happy to talk through and demonstrate new skills and techniques in double filet.
Cost
New workshop papers are released quarterly and are available at the cost of £3. The designs are unique to the East London Crochet Group and are mostly in chart form, although we often have at least one written pattern. These are provided by email before the workshop begins. Although attendance at the Zoom is recommended, you can just buy the papers. Please get in touch with Nic or Rose to get details.
Meeting dates
ELCG usually meets on the first Saturday of every month from 10-11am for a Zoom “show and tell’ session. These sessions include all sorts of yarn crafts including knitting, weaving, embroidery, braid making as well as a wide variety of crochet.
Four times a year (in March, June, October and December) we also provide an online double filet workshop in the afternoon 2-4pm. These workshops offer multiple double filet patterns designed by members of the group and the chance to learn/develop double filet techniques.
This group also runs an annual crochet residential retreat.
Dates for 2026
- 3rd October – Online workshop
- 7th November – Zoom show and tell
- 5th December – Online workshop
Contact: Nic Walker
Email: nickerjac@ymail.com
Tel: 07734 581 345
Contact: Rose Bowers
Email: eastlondoncrochetgroup@gmail.com
Online
Find more information on the Double Filet website.
The Branch also has some Facebook pages:
