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KNITTING AND CROCHET
COURSES
New To Knitting or Crochet, need a class to join or information where to go? Below are lots of courses listed under counties in alphabetical order (UK including Northern Ireland). If any of the courses appear to be out of date, still click on the link Need a course, but would like to work at your own pace from home? Try distance learning: Click here for Distance Learning with Fiona Morris and list of her workshops in Farnham, Basingstoke, Lewes, Preston and Urchfont Manor, Wiltshire Click here for Distance Learning Would you like to study at a college? Click here for comprehensive list of where you can study knitwear design Avon Walcot Woollies, 104 Walcot St, Bath, BA1 5BG Beginners Learn To Knit Click for more details and to book a place Bedfordshire Crochet Courses Maria Monteleone runs tailor made crochet courses on a one to one basis Coconuts and Bubbles, 95 Tavistock Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK40 2RR The course consists of four class course
for beginners: crochet stitches, working in rounds and rows, shaping,
following chart or instructions. Click here for more details and to book a place Buckinghamshire Threadbare Yarns,
5c, Duck Farm Court,
Station Way,
Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire HP20 2SQ We are running knitting and crochet courses: Beginners Crochet Workshop - Free- How to make a Granny or Afghan Square also Basic Knitting Workshop - Cast on, knit, purl, Cast off and you have a lovely Retro Dishcloth with a little heart! £2.00 to cover cost of materials. Click here to contact Julie and Jill for further information Buckinghamshire The Wool Shop, 18, High Street, Olney, Knitting courses available in all subjects and all abilities Click here for more details and to book a place Cheshire Sandbach Boys School, Sandbach, Cheshire Tutor: Lynne Rowe Crochet for Beginners: 5 classes £40 Starts 10th. January 2012 for 5 weeks Tuesdays 7-9pm Learn the basics of crochet and more, over 5 weeks, including basic stitches, increasing, decreasing, working in a spiral, granny squares, flowers, buttonholes, edgings, understanding patterns and more. Knitting for Beginners:
5 classes £40,
Starts 21st . February 2012 for 5 weeks.
Tuesdays 7-9pm Click here for more details and to book a place Cornwall Beginners Knitting Classes Egloskerry Village Hall, Egloskerry, Launceston, Cornwall PL 15 8ST Click here for more details and to book a place Cumbria, Holmrook Fobbles, Gubbergill, Holmrook, Cumbria, CA19 1YQ Tel: 019467 24764 Tutor: Avril Jennison Knit and Crochet Days Click here to contact Avril for further information Derbyshire New Mills Original, Unit 4/4a Rock Street, New Mills, High Peak Knitting Classes Click here for more details and to book a place Derbyshire Crochet Classes
with Pauline Fitzpatrick Skeins, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8ER Click for more details The Spark Cafe Bar, 19 Tamworth Street, Lichfield, WS13 6J Click here for more details Nanna B's, 1 The Maltings, Uttoxeter, Staffs, ST14 7LN Crochet classes once a fortnight Tel: 01889 568221 Click here for details of all workshops Devon Heavenly Yarns, 137 Fore Street, Exeter EX4 3AN Courses cover, Beginners Learn to Knit, Learn To Knit Socks and Professional Finishing Click here for more details and to book a place Devon Fiddlesticks, 17 New Street, Honiton, Our children's courses which take place on Saturday morning at 10.00am are run by Alison Gullidge for children between the ages of 6 & 11 Click here for more details and to book a place 'KNIT expo' host a 'KNIT school' at Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre Second Thursday of the month: 7.00pm - 9.00pm Click here to contact Belinda for further information Click here for further details on Knit Expo website East Sussex, Lewes Fiona Morris teaches courses particularly the City and Guilds Design for craft, Hand Knit Textiles and general one day workshops on various aspects of knitting City and Guilds 7922 Certificate and 7923 Diploma in Hand Knit Textiles is taught at The Mohair Centre one Sunday a month. A new course will start in January 2010. Click
here to contact Fiona for further details Essex Craft Days, 27 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1AT Meet and Make Programme of Courses in Knitting and Crochet including: Beginners Knitting Course, Knitting – Finishing Techniques, Knit an Easter Bunny, Beginners Crochet Course, Crochet Lace, and Colour Crochet. Click here for details of all courses Essex The Shop, 160 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0LD Classes in How to Knit, How to Crochet, How to read a pattern and more Click here for details and to book a place Roses and Rue, 100 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 1BU Learn To Crochet Learn To Knit Click here for more details and to book a place Hampshire Liss Wools, 40 Station Road, Liss, Hampshire GU33 7DP Classes and workshops available in knitting and crochet from beginners to advanced Click here for more details and to book a place Hampshire Learn to Knit and Crochet in Southampton and South Hampshire Choose from: One to One, Groups, Workshops, Taster Sessions, Parties; Adults or children Click here for all further details and to book a place Click here to contact Bev Hereford Workshops are available in knitting, crocheting and pattern writing for knitters Lupin and Rose,
16 Market Square,
Bromyard,
Herefordshire
HR7 4BP Click here for more details and to book a place Hereford Hand and machine knitting workshops for beginners and experienced knitters, with award-winning designer Amy Twigger Holroyd - UKHKA Knitting Artist. Learn and experiment Keep and Share Knitting Workshops Lugwardine Court, Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4AE Day and weekend courses available in 2012 Click here for more details and to book a place Isle Of Wight Christine Robbins is happy to teach all aspects of knitting and on all levels, from children to adults, either one to one, in small groups or with clubs. Click here for details of classes Kent Button Hole Designs, Ashford, Kent Knitting, Crochet, including Tunisian, beginners - advanced Click here for more details and to book a place Lancashire French Knots Craft Studio, Upstairs at Amanda Bloom Hairdressing, 4 Eastway, Sale, M33 4DX Knitting and Crochet workshops and courses available Click here for more details and to book a place Lancashire Knit-Wise, 42 Church Street, Ormskirk, Knitting and beginner's Crochet lessons available Click here for more details and to book a place Knitting and Crochet courses at Ministry of Craft, Manchester City Centre. Ministry of Craft tutor Rachael Elwell
(ArtYarn) has a wealth of teaching experience and delivers a regular
programme of hand knitting and crochet courses in Manchester. Click here for more details and to book a place Fibre Art Classes @ Ebor Studio in
Littleborough, Lancashire. Rachael Elwell (ArtYarn) delivers a programme
of knitting and crochet courses on a weekly basis from the ArtYarn
studio at Ebor Mill studios in Lancashire. Click here for more details and to book a place Leicestershire Little Bird School Of Stitchcraft, Birstall, Charnwood, Leicestershire Variety of workshops in knitting and crochet available to suit all levels of ability Click here for more details and to book a place Spins And Needles, 6 Clasketgate, Lincoln LN2 1JS Knitting and Crochet Lessons are held on Monday and Thursday evenings 5.30pm-8.30pm Once a month we host the “Unhappy Hookers” evening, for anyone stuck on a pattern or stitch. Click here for more details and to book a place Click here to check facebook page for dates Lincoln The Homemade House, Studio 8, The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7QQ The Homemade House is a homecraft school and includes courses in learning to knit, and knitting for improvers Click here for more details and to book a place Lincolnshire, Cleethorpes A Good Yarn, Cambridge Street, Cleethorpes DN35 8HD Beginners Knitting Click here for more details and to book a place London Tabernacle Christian Centre 210, Latimer Rd W10 6QY Learn to knit - all materials/starter pack provided This is a beginners knitting class to raise funds for an independent charity school Click here to request more details London Fabrications, 7 Broadway Market, Hackney, Knitting and Crochet Courses throughout the year Fabrications is dedicated to contemporary textile practise with a sustainable agenda. Click here for more details and to book a place London Hounslow Adult and Community Education, Chiswick Community School, Burlington Lane 10 week hand knitting course suitable for learners are all levels interested in exploring new ways in hand knitting including dying their own yarns. Click here for more details London (North) Nest, 102 Weston Park, Crouch End, London N8 9PP Knitting & Crochet courses and workshops available Click here for more details and to book a place London Knitting And Crochet Workshops All Fired Up, 34 East Dulwich Road, London, SE22 9AX Click here for more details and to book a place London Prick Your Finger, 260 Globe Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 'Prick Your Finger' dedicates Tuesday evenings to Beginners Knitting and Improvers Knitting, and Saturdays to Beginner’s Crochet. Classes are limited to 5 places, and taught by Rachael or Louise. Click here for details London Loop, 15 Camden Passage, Islington, London N1 8EA (nearest tube: Angle) Knitting and Crochet Classes are run throughtout the year Click here for full details London Gosia Dzik-Holden, proficient and experienced designer-maker and teacher specialising in hand-made knitwear, runs You Can Knit - open sessions for beginners and improvers alike, on Saturdays in central London, N1. Click here for more details London IKnitLondon For Knitting and Crochet Classes currently running Click for further details and to book a place London Claire Montgomerie and Bee Clinch run regular knitting, crochet and craft workshops in London and the South East and will also arrange individual lessons or group classes. Workshops available cater for all skill levels, including beginner, improver and more advanced techniques such as bead crochet and fairisle knitting. Venues include High Tea in Highgate, Gallery Café Bethnal Green, Tete a Tete Bayswater and All the Fun of the Fair, Central London. Click here for information about current workshops and courses London Stepney Green and Islington London Aneeta Patel is a professional knitting teacher with classes in various locations in London. Aneeta teaches all levels and is particularly experienced with beginners or speakers of non-English. Location of classes depends on the group. 5/6 people per group. Aneeta runs a knitting class for beginners and intermediate levels. Basic starting materials are provided and included in the cost. Current classes: Beginners and Project based classes Cost: £23.00 for a two hour session Click here for full details and how to book a place London, Islington Loop, Cross Street, Islington. Beginner's and Advanced courses for knitting and crochet, adult/children are now running. Click here for availability Manchester Fletcher & Foley, Sale Moor, South Manchester Beginners learn to knit and crochet courses Click here for details and to book a place Merseyside Greenbank College (near Sefton Park), Greenbank Lane, Liverpool L17 1AG Ildiko Szabo runs 12-week (3 hours per week) courses every term in Creative Knitting and Crochet Basics courses. Courses cost £70 per term, concessions apply. Click here to request further details and to book a place Merseyside Made Yarn Specialist, 36 Seaview Road, Wallasey CH45 4LA Basic Crochet Click here for all further details and to book a place Middlesex Northwood Community Arts, The Hall, St John’s Church, Hallowell Road, Northwood HA6 1DN Nittin Natter workshops, a 2 hour workshop on Tuesday afternoons 1pm-3pm. Eight sessions - 4 of which will be tutor led and the remaining sessions to be skills sharing - is £35 per person. Click here for all further details and to book a place Norfolk Knitwits, 1 Glencoe Court, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 2AX Hand Knitting Courses for beginners are held on Wednesday evenings 7.30pm-9.00pm Click here to contact Fiona to check availability Northamptonshire Bay Tree Cottage, Mayford Road, Farthingstone, Towcester, Northants NN12 8HE Knitting and Crochet courses are run throughout the year Click here for details and to book a place Northamptonshire Portfolio Centre, St George's Campus, University of Northampton Claire Newberry runs machine and hand knitting courses Click here for all further details and to book a place Northumberland Treacle Wool Shop, Chantry Place, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 1PJ Beginner and Improvers Knitting: Click here to contact Kym to arrange your course - days and evenings available Click here for website Nottinghamshire Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4BU Creative Short Courses in Crochet and Knitting during the evenings, Saturdays and throughout the holidays (page 5 of Short Courses brochure pdf) Click here for more information Nottinghamshire The Plough, Normanton On The Wolds, Nottingham NG12 5NN Tutor: Chrissie Day Click here for workshops and to book a place Nottingham The Textile Workshop, 678 Mansfield Road, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 2GE Crochet and Knitting classes Click here for more information Nottinghamshire Yarn-In-Notts, Beeston, Nottinghamshire Crochet and Knitting classes available Cost: £5 per session or £20 for all 5 sessions if booked and paid for in advance Learn a different technique every week from casting on, knit and purl, simple patterned stitches through to casting off, blocking, pressing and sewing pieces together. Full instructions, tuition and refreshments are included in the price, all you need is to buy some yarn and needles and by the end of the course you will have created a pretty little bag knitted in Rowan Handknit Cotton! Click here for details and to book a place Oxfordshire Mr Darcey's Cottage, Byfield, Near Oxford Individual tuition available in Knitting and Crochet for beginners - advanced Click here for details and to book a place Oxfordshire Cool Contours, Warden Hill, Chipping Warden, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 1AJ 'Knitting clinic and New stitches' drop in class held every Wednesday afternoon from 2.00-5.00 Tutor: Julie Ferguson Click here for further information Oxfordshire Black Hills Wools, Henley on Thames, OX49 5PS Courses and workshops available in Knitting and Crochet, all abilities Click here for details and to book a place Oxfordshire The Fibreworks, 10A Middle Row, Chipping Learn to knit or crochet classes available Click here for more information Oxfordshire Henley on Thames Click here to contact Sally for more information Somerset Three Bags Full, Vintage Fair Arts Cafe, 27 Market Street, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1HZ Knitting and Crochet Workshops available throughout year Click here for more details and to book a place Somerset Knit School runs every Monday evening with Susie Johnson The Wool Sanctuary, Weston-Super-Mare Click here for more details and to book a place Suffolk Halfpenny Home Haberdashery - Art and Craft Studio Unit 4, 3 Station Yard, Needham Market, Suffolk IP6 8AS Classes in: Knitting: Wednesday mornings 10.00am - 1.00pm also Patchwork, Tunisian crochet or cro-hooking, Knitting socks Click here to request more details and to book a place Click here for Halfpenny Home blog Surrey MakeMe Workshops LLP, The Medicine Garden, Downside Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 3LU Tutor: Alison Firth Hand Knitting and Crochet classes available to suit beginners - advanced Click here for more details and to book a place Surrey The Fluff-a-torium, 20 West Street, Courses for Beginners, Improvers and Advanced Knitting in 2011 Click here for more details and to book a place Surrey Beginners Knitting/Crochet Thursdays and Saturdays: 10.00am-12.00pm Cost: £10.00 per session or £45 per 5 sessions Click here for details and to book a place Sussex: Worthing Karen Mayger runs monthly Crochet Workshops
for complete beginners, or people who have done some crochet a long
time ago and need reminding/help with basic techniques. They run 10
am-4pm and cost £35 including all materials and refreshments
Click to contact Karen for more details and to book a place Warwickshire Toft Alpacas, Toft Manor, Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire. CV22 6NR Join us for a day at Toft Alpaca Shop and Stud Farm and learn about knitting and felting with alpaca not to mention a little more about the animals themselves. Workshop days run from 10am-3pm and include a tour of the farm to meet our 200 pedigree alpacas, information about spinning and knitting with alpaca and a homemade lunch. Courses range from beginner knitting workshops, to felt workshops, sock knitting and festive workshops. Click here for full details West Yorkshire, Leeds Learn To Knit and Crochet Classes Baa Ram Ewe, 87 Otley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 3PS Click here for details West Yorkshire, Leeds Knitting And Crochet Classes The Wool Shop, Whingate Junction, Tong Road, Leeds, LS12 4NQ New dates due for 2011 Click here to request details Yorkshire Texere Tribe Creative Courses, College Mill, Barkerend Road, Bradford, BD1 4AU Courses in spinning, felting, weaving, and knitting, Click here for more details Scotland Dumfries and Galloway Sue Macniven is an experienced spinner, knitter, crotchet and feltmaker and runs workshops in Twynholm in South West Scotland. Click here for details of courses available Hebrides Hebridean Isles Trading Company, Col Na Sithe, Upper Kilchattan, Isle of Colonsay. PA61 7YR Daily and residential knitting courses for beginners, intermediates and experts (those who wish to knit, traditionally on 5 needles) or expand/share their knowledge here on the Isle of Colonsay in the Southern Hebrides. We have a wonderful work room which looks out over the Atlantic ocean and previous participants feel the room is very conducive to 'productive' work. Accommodation available up to 10 people Click here for more details and to book a place Perthshire Karelia House, Kenmore Road, Comrie Bridge, By Aberfeld, Perthshire PH15 2LS We run workshops and regular classes throughout the year in knitting and crochet. Click here for more details and to book a place Northern Ireland Antrim Crochet Classes Selections Wool & Craft Shop, 33 North Street, Carrickfergus, Antrim BT38 7AQ Wednesdays: 10.00am to 11.30am, and 12.00 noon to 1.30pm Click here to contact Isa for more information Rowan International Promotional events and workshops. Learn to knit, brush up your technique, add to your skills - UK stores offer one day knitting courses all the year round, as well as Rowan's own special progamme of Workshops. Click here for details of workshops
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