Liskerrett Community Centre

Try your hand at creating beautiful, vintage filet crochet. In the morning you will practice the pattern with DK yarn and a 4mm hook. In the afternoon refine your skills using size 10 crochet cotton and a 2mm hook which will both be supplied. Date: Monday 3rd October, 10am-4pm Tutor: Sioux Legg Suitable for: Anyone with basic crochet skills. Materials: DK yarn, 4mm crochet hook. Cost: £34 All our workshops are at the Liskerrett Community Centre this year. Their Hub…

Do you want to learn how to knit stranded colour work (Fair Isle) or do you already know the technique but need more practice? This class is perfect for you. You will learn to knit with one colour in each hand, how to strand the colours correctly, achieve perfect floats, how to read a chart, how to knit in the round and other tricks and tips. You will get a choice of two patterns to take home. Date: Tuesday 4th…

Come and join me to learn about preparing fleece and fibre, try some carding and learn to make your own yarn using a top whorl drop spindle. This is a fun, low-cost and portable way to spin. Date: Tuesday 4th October, 1.30-4pm Tutor: Eileen McTague Suitable for: Beginners Materials: Wool fibre will be provided. Spare tools are available for you to use, but if you have your own carders or hand spindle please bring them along.  Large knitting needles (eg 10-12 mm)…

Explanation of the differences between the two spinning extremes.  Hand carding for perfect rolags and spinning them with an English woollen longdraw. Hand combing and spinning worsted. Date: Wednesday 5th October, 10am-4pm Tutor: Amanda Hannaford Suitable for: intermediate spinners Materials: Each student will need a spinning wheel in good working order (there won’t be time in class to sort out non-functioning wheels). Students should bring at least two empty bobbins, and a skeiner or niddy-noddy would also be useful, plus…

In this workshop you will learn how to knit my Squares bag and also how to use mitred squares to knit cushions and blankets or other items. Learn how to knit single mitred squares and how to add mitred squares to an existing square (including how to pick up stitches and cast on stitches at the beginning of a row) as well as how to assemble the Squares bag. You will be given the Squares pattern to take home. Date:…

Aimed at beginners, Kay will teach you the basics of using types of wool and tools and their applications. You’ll make one or more small animals to take home. Date: Thursday 6th October, 1.30-4pm Tutor: Kay Walker Suitable for: Everyone Materials: All provided. Kay will also have kits/supply bags to purchase.  Please don’t wear best clothes – you may get fluffy. Cost: £19 All our workshops are at the Liskerrett Community Centre this year. Their Hub Café serves delicious vegetarian food…

We will be working with combed tops dyed -locks and drumcarded batts. Core-spun yarn is the perfect technique to show off the luscious colours in striped or space-dyed top, locks and art batts, and those same tops with just a bit of extra know-how can create a very stable slubbed single. You will then be able to combine these elements to create bulky textured yarns, spirals, flame, coils, beehives and many more. Date: Friday 7th October, 10am-4pm Tutor: Amanda Hannaford…

If you’re a complete beginner and would like to have a go or need help with a project come along for a friendly session of help and advice. Date: Saturday 8th October, 10am-12.30pm Suitable for: Everyone Materials: All provided, or bring a project you need help with. Cost: £5 All our workshops are at the Liskerrett Community Centre this year. Their Hub Café serves delicious vegetarian food at affordable prices – why not treat yourself to lunch while you’re there.…

Come and join me to learn the skills of sock making. You will learn how to knit in the round, turn a heel and graft the toe with Kitchener stitch. We will be making a sock to fit a baby. Date: Saturday 8th October, 1.30-4pm Tutor: Eileen McTague Suitable for: Intermediate knitters Materials: 4ply sock yarn (100 gr will be enough for an adult pair + one baby pair), 5 x 2.5mm double pointed needles, tape measure, small safety pins, row counter, darning…

Learn how to read lace charts, work lace stitches and decreases, add beads using a crochet hook, blocking/dressing lace and a stretchy cast-off suitable for lace knitting. You’ll practice knitting lace patterns during the class. Date: Monday 10th October, 10am-12.30pm Tutor: Anniken Allis Suitable for: Confident basic knitting skills: cast on, cast off, knit, purl Materials: Small balls of sock or 4ply yarn and 4mm circular needles (80cm long) although straight needles can be used if preferred.  Knitting notions (scissors, stitch…

I will be introducing you to the magical art of contact printing on fabric using the pigments naturally present in plants Date: Monday 10th October, 1.30-4pm Tutor: Eileen McTague Suitable for: Everyone Materials: Wear work clothes, apron, face mask washing up gloves. Bring strong string to wrap bundle, secateurs, scissors, old cotton sheet (must be cotton, thicker is better), leaves: I will provide a list of leaves to bring and we can collect some on the day. Cost: £21 All our…

Brioche knitting remains very popular. In this workshop you will learn single and two colour brioche starting with a basic brioche rib and moving on to increases and decreases, syncopated brioche, reading brioche patterns and how to fix basic mistakes. Date: Tuesday 11th October, 10am-4pm Tutor: Anniken Allis Suitable for: People with confident basic knitting skills: cast on, cast off, knit, purl Materials: DK yarn (at least two colours) and 4mm needles.  Knitting notions (scissors, sewing needle, stitch markers (optional)…

Learn a new crochet technique with Diane Stewart and create beautiful geometric patterns. Date: Wednesday 12th October, 10am-12.30pm Tutor: Diane Stewart Suitable for: anyone with basic crochet skills Materials: Please bring 2 contrasting colours of DK smooth yarn (not cotton) to make a sample Cost: £15 All our workshops are at the Liskerrett Community Centre this year. Their Hub Café serves delicious vegetarian food at affordable prices – why not treat yourself to lunch while you’re there. You can book…

Tunisian crochet is a form of crochet that uses a long hook to gather up and then work off stitches, making a compact fabric, suitable for bags, cushions, hand warmers and many other projects. You will learn the basic techniques and stitches of Tunisian crochet and how to use different colours to make great effects in your projects. The workshop will include instruction sheets for the basic stitches and techniques. Date: Wednesday 12th October Tutor: 1.30-4pm Suitable for: anyone with…

This hands on workshop will teach you how to naturally dye your own skein of luxury yarn. You will prepare the yarn for dyeing, prepare the dyes and then dye the yarn. We will also talk about the history of natural dyes, the different types of plant dyes, and how to over dye to achieve an even wider palette of colours. The afternoon session will include setting up your own solar dye jar to take home. Date: Thursday 13th October,…

Considering a variety of textiles, including wool, we will create a contemporary wall hanging. Using a choice of square and circular looms and materials such as driftwood to hang the work from we will have fun exploring techniques and creating unique pieces together. Date: Friday 14th October, 10am-12.30pm Tutor: Lisa Brooks Suitable for: Everyone Materials: Everything will be provided but participants are welcome to bring along fabrics and yarn or wool tops that they would like to incorporate in their work or…

Aimed at all abilities, in her second workshop Kay Walker will teach you the basics of using types of wool and tools and their applications to make a needle felted animal with a wire frame. Date: Friday 14th October, 1.30-4pm Tutor: Kay Walker Suitable for: Everyone Materials: All provided. Kay will also have kits/supply bags to purchase. Please don’t wear best clothes – you may get fluffy Cost: £19 All our workshops are at the Liskerrett Community Centre this year.…

You will learn how to make a warp faced strap using the ancient art of tablet weaving. Date: Saturday 15th October, 10am-4pm Tutor: Lynda Moss Suitable for: Everyone Materials: DK or 4ply cotton yarn Either an inkle loom or 2 clamps that the warp can be tied to A set of tablets approx 3”. These are available online or can be made from stiff cardboard Cost: £23 All our workshops are at the Liskerrett Community Centre this year. Their Hub Café…

Learning how to make a little pot is the first step into the exciting world of 3D wet felting using resists. The morning will focus on the process and technique to make a successful vessel using a resist. Developing what you have learnt, in the afternoon you will have the time to make a second more considered vessel thinking about shape, additional resists, colour, and additions. Date: Monday 17th October, 10am-4pm Tutor: Molly Tufnell Suitable for: Everyone Materials: All materials provided…