Painting of Virginia Woolf Knitting
The original painting is in the National Portrait Gallery

Keynote: ‘‘So tangled up in wool’: what knitting in twentieth-century fiction reveals about women’s lives’ by Helen Pleasance

Speaker: Helen Pleasance
Craft: General interest
Experience: No experience required
Summary: Helen untangles some of the meanings knitting takes on in fiction.

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Pattern, swatch, pencils, measurement template, and other items used in adapting a pattern
Image credit: Steve Foreman

‘Adapting to fit’ with Steve Foreman

Leader: Steve Foreman
Craft: Hand Knitting, Crochet, Machine Knitting
Experience: Beginner
Summary: By the end of this workshop we will have identified the steps you would need to go through to modify an existing pattern to create the a garment that was a different size or used a different yarn weight than the original. We will also have identified some on-line resources that you can use to help you with the decisions and calculations needed. 

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Sketches, yarn and pencils
Photo credit: Angharad Thomas

‘Getting started with designing’ with Angharad Thomas

Leader: Angharad Thomas
Craft: Hand Knitting, Crochet, Machine Knitting
Experience: No specific experience needed
Summary: This workshop will be a fun, hands on introduction to designing your own fabrics starting from pictures or inspirations of your choice – it could be images – postcards, rubbings, wallpapers, or things  – pebbles, flowers, stalks and so on …..  Your unique collection of stitches can then be used to make a scarf, a garment, a throw or blanket …. the choice is yours. 

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