November
workshops
knitshop.co.uk
has a bumper crop of workshops this month to help you build up your
knitting and crochet skills and make festive items for Christmas. All
our workshops take place at our Boutique Outlet at 326 Lee High Road
in Lee Green from 11am to 1pm and are led by fully qualified knitwear
designers and teachers.
On Friday 8
November we’ll be showing you how to master different types
of knitted colourwork. Taking stocking stitch as a basis, the Colour
Knitting workshop looks at how to incorporate two or more
different colours of yarn into a design and when you use each
technique. We’ll show you how to alternate colour yarns at the end
of a row and carry the unused colour up the side of the work so you
can use it later in the design. We’ll also look at how to change
colours partway through a row.
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| Christmas Tree Tea Cosy - Pattern from knitshop.co.uk One of the project you could make in our Colour and Fair Isle knitting workshops. |
If
you’ve got some experience of knitting projects containing several
colour yarns, why not try a more advanced colourwork technique? Our
Fairisle
Knitting workshop on Friday 15 November also introduces you to
knitting in the round. Using the techniques shown in the class,
you’ll be able to knit seam-free designs such as a wristwarmer or a
small bag.
On
Saturday 9 November we’ll be holding the first of our festive
workshops, showing you how to Crochet
A Christmas Snowflake. This workshop is aimed at fairly confident
crocheters, however, if you know
how to crochet doubles, trebles and turn a chain, you should be fine.
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| Snowflakes crochet in fine Crochet Cotton |
We’ll
help you add half trebles and double trebles to your crochet
repertoire and explain how to follow a chart so you can easily finish
making your snowflake at home. You can also download
the snowflake pattern for free.
We’ll also be making
Christmas decorations at our crochet
workshops on Saturday 16 November and Friday
29 November. It’s traditional to include handmade items on your
Christmas tree, so why not find out how to make your own baubles?
You’ll need some knowledge of crochet in order to tackle our
Crochet
Christmas Decorations workshop, but anyone who knows how to turn
a chain and create doubles and trebles will soon be able to make
their own crochet decorations.
Knitters
will have plenty of chances to make Christmas items too. On Friday 22
and Saturday 23 November we’ll be Knitting
A Christmas Stocking. In this workshop you’ll learn how to knit
in the round using stocking stitch and how to turn a heel and shape
the toe of your festive stocking. This workshop is therefore also a
perfect introduction to sock knitting on a miniature scale!
If
you enjoy our Fairisle Knitting workshop earlier in the month, you
could even use your new skills to create a Fairisle
version of a Christmas stocking. Find out how in our final November
workshop where we’ll be knitting a Fairsle
Christmas Stocking.
Links
to this blog:
November
workshops: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/251-november
Colour
Knitting workshop:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2884-colour-knitting.html
Fairisle
Knitting workshop:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2835-fair-isle-knittig.html
Knit
Your Own Christmas Stocking workshop:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2888-christmas-stocking-knitting.html
Crochet
a Snowflake:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2881-crochet-snowflake.html
Free
Snowflake Crochet pattern:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/1972-free-pattern-let-it-snow-snowflake.html
Crochet
Christmas Decorations workshop:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2887-crochet-ornament.html
Fairisle Christmas
Stocking workshop:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2889-christmas-stocking-knitting.html
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