Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Pick Up Your Needles - A Day of Fibre Craft, Co. Wicklow


Date: Sunday February 21st
Time: 10am—5pm
Venue: The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co Wicklow
Cost: 1 Day Workshop @ €55
All materials included. Full payment taken upon booking.

More information and booking at www.theyarnroom.com 


Knitting:
Beginners will learn the basics of knitting and start a project. Improvers will learn to design a unique hat, work on finishing techniques or learn cable and lace stitches. You can also bring along any knitting project that you would like assistance with.
Tutor: Stephanie Kennedy

Crochet:
Beginners will learn the basics of crochet and start a project to work on at home. Improvers will learn classical Tunisian crochet and start a bag or a hat in this exiting technique. You can also bring along any crochet project that you would like assistance with.
Tutor: Irene Lundgaard

Wet felting: 
Felt your own fingerless mittens! In the AM experiment with different colour combinations of fibre and in the PM design and make a gorgeous pair of warm fingerless mittens. Suitable for both beginners and improver felters.
Tutor: Nicola Brown

Pick up your needles - but drop the spindle first:
Make smooth and lumpy-bumpy yarn from commercial and raw fibers using the drop spindle; preparing raw fleece for spinning or dying and spinning wheel demonstration. No experience necessary but you are welcome to bring spindles, wheels or fibers you already have.
Tutor: Catherine Cronin


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