WORKSHOPS
All our Workshops will be hosted by Di Gilpin with Sheila Greenwell and will be worked around a specific project. The workshops aim to be fun, friendly and creative in our studio at Comielaw Farm with visits to Kellie Castle a short walk away.
Latest Available Workshops - Currently Scheduled.
Saturday 9th November 2024 - 10.00 am to 1:30pm.
Workshop : How to make your patterns work for you with fit and colour
Join us for a special class, exploring how to check your tension, how to use tension to change the design of a pattern to suit yourself, how to modify shaping and how to choose colours that best suit yourself.
Specifically, the class will include:
- How to measure your knitting to check tension.
- How to use tension to design or change your pattern to fit yourself.
- How to modify shaping, neck etc.
- How to choose your own colours to suit yourself when knitting in colour.
The workshop will be from 10.00am to 1.30pm. Coffee and Cake will be served!
Standard Workshops - NOT Currently Scheduled.
A Future Saturday - Date Still to be Set - 10am to 1:30pm.
An In-depth Exploration of Knitting and Finishing Techniques - Part One
In this 3 hour class we will explore all the Knitting Studio’s special techniques for knitting and final finishing to achieve a perfect result. This will include:
- Cast on and Cast off.
- Tension
- Shaping and Picking-Up. Making a Gusset.
- Reading your knitting!
- Mattress stitch for sewing up.
- Edges.
A Future Saturday - Date Still to be Set - 10am to 1:30pm.
An In-depth Exploration of Knitting and Finishing Techniques - Part Two
In this 3 hour class we will explore all the Knitting Studio’s special techniques for colour knitting and final finishing to achieve a perfect result. This will include:
- Stranded Colourwork
- Tension
- Working Fair Isle purlwise
- Intarsia
- Working Fair Isle and Intarsia together
- Sowing in Ends.
A Future Saturday - Date Still to be Set - 10am to 1:30pm.
Make your own Super-Cool Gansey scarf design
