OFF TO I KNIT

Off to support the boys of I Knit, loads of knitty mates to catch up with, knitty stuff to buy, knitty stuff to do, knitty workshop on Saturday!!!!

Novice Knits and a Little Know-How

Join me every Weds for a night of knitting fun

from 7-10 pm

From the absolute beginner to those looking to learn new skills and techniques.

This Wednesday 5^th May

KNIT A HAT tonight!

Girls n’ Guys come and have a go!

Top quality yarn included!

Bring size 4.5mm knitting needles [if you have some]

Price £10

inspiration, bits and books to buy, yarn swaps, drop in sessions, and more.

The Farm Tavern 13 Farm Road, Hove BN2 1FB [Just off Western Road] [number 1 bus]

Novice Knitting & a little Know How Night

Well thank you all for the fantastic turn up!!!!

It was great to have would be knitters, new knitters, vastly experienced knitters, knitting mates, mates that couldn't knit and now do and the editors of Knitting Magazine no less, all together!

Never has finger knitting and finger food worked so well!

Its a great atmosphere at 'The Farm Tavern' and it didn't take long for us to get to know one another. I presented some ideas for our Wednesday Knight knitting nights and I will reveal the new theme every Saturday in advance of us meeting up on the following Wednesday!! Love to see you there!

Meanwhile check out knitting magazines blog for a fantastic review of the night!

http://www.nationalknittingweek.co.uk/

Launch party of knitting nights.

Every Flavour of Yarn

I have just returned from London and a great event for the Craft Council. Their brilliant initiative Craft Club held a training day where myself and other craft designers including Katie Bevan, Lindsay Chalfont Brown and Betson Corkhill all taught craft skills to volunteers. They will in turn take this knowledge and pass it on through teachers and workshops in schools to get craft back on the curriculum. It was a wonderfully successful day with lots of people turning up which bodes well for the project.


As you can see I decide to do a culinary theme with my apprentices! We had such a wonderful time, people got really creative with the dishes, you can see the great carbonara above with peas and ham and of course a glass of red wine to wash it down. Two amazing cooked breakfasts were put together by group effort with fried and scrambled eggs and some lovely detail pieces such as the big slab of bacon and a gorgeous little mushroom. I also had some people putting together a very beautiful salad, which if you were working in schools, could easily be used to initiate conversation about health as well as creativity.
As you can imagine after such a long day, I went home put my feet up and had a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

Urban Crochet

For my first Found Object I am posting this photograph I took in Melbourne, Australia (Burke Street for those that know) of some wonderful urban crochet. It has been heralded as the most beautiful form of street art and I can understand why, someone has chosen to decorate a tree with something soft and tactile which will not cause it harm, or damage the neighborhood aesthetically. I love graffiti murals and any public art that can make one smile just by walking down a certain street

Other great examples here:
http://yarnbombing.com/

Country Crochet

Chanel's 2010 barn yard conceived collection had me very excited about summer crochet patterns.

I was particularly taken with the detailing on the dresses and of course the handbags!

Perhaps it is just having done the shoot for my part on Kirstie's Homemade Home (will blog on such later) but crochet seems to be everywhere I turn at the moment.

I know there is a crochet handbag I made a while ago and I think I'll go and find it and use it to make a bright beautiful new one to carry around as my summer must-have accessory!