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. If any of the courses appear to be out of date, still click on the link as most courses are put on again at a later date.
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
Click here for Distance Learning with Loraine McClean
Would you like to study at a college?
Click here for comprehensive list of where you can study knitwear design
Avon
Bath
Walcot Woollies, 104 Walcot St, Bath, BA1 5BG
Beginners and Rusty Knitters: 6 week course beginning Wednesday15 April, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Beginners and Rusty Knitters: 6 week course beginning Wednesday 13 May, 10.00am-12.00pm
Beginners Crochet: 16 & 30 April, 10.00am-12.00pm
Beginners Crochet: 16 & 30 April, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Click here for more details and to book a place
Bradford
Bradford School of Arts and Media
Part- time course in knitted, woven or embroidered textiles
The course can be studied from a distance and students come from all over the country and the EU to study. Students attend an initial 10 day block followed by 4 weekends over the year. Between the teaching weekends, students receive detailed support and feedback via one to one tutorials, via email, telephone, post or face to face depending on their location. The course runs for two years part time to gain a HNC Higher National Certificate and has run very successfully for several years in woven textile design.
The
dates for the following 4 weekends for the academic year 2008-2009
are as follows:
12th,13th
and 14th December 2008
20th,21st and 22nd February 2009
8th, 9th and 10th May 2009
17th, 18th and 19th July 2009.
Click here to contact Bradford School of Arts and Media for more information
Cheshire
Button & Skein, 17 Church Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6LB
Learn To Knit
1 Beginners Knitting:
Wednesdays 3rd & 10th June OR
Tuesdays 14th & 21st July
You will learn to cast stitches on and off, knit and purl (the two basic stitches in knitting), all about different yarns and needles, and complete a small project. Suitable for complete beginners
2 Stitches
and Shaping
Wednesdays 17th & 24th June OR
Tuesdays 28th July & 4th
August
If you can knit and purl, but not much else, this course will take you on to learn a range of different stitches, giving gorgeous textures and effects to your knitting. You will also learn how to increase and decrease, in order to create different shapes in knitted pieces.
3 Patterns for the terrified
Wednesdays 1st & 8th
July OR
Tuesdays 11th & 18th
August
We will uncover the strange language of knitting abbreviations, and guide you through the first stages of your first ever pattern. Suitable if you can knit and purl and are beginning to work with different stitches.
Learn To Crochet
1 Beginners Crochet
Tuesday
2nd June & Tuesday 9th June OR
Thursday 16th July & Thursday
23rd July
This two week course is suitable for the complete beginner. You will learn the basic crochet stitches, and how to build up a square or round piece of crochet. You will learn all about different yarns and needles, and complete a small project.
2 Stitches and Shaping
Tuesdays 15th & 22nd June OR
Thursdays 30 July & 6th
August
If you can manage the basic crochet stitches, but not much else, this two week course will take you on to learn a range of different stitches, giving gorgeous textures and effects to your crochet. You will also learn how to increase and decrease, in order to create different shapes in crochet, including 'granny squares' and three-dimensional shapes.
3 Patterns for the terrified
Tuesdays 29th June & 6th
July OR
Thursdays 13th & 20th
August
This two week course is suitable for people who can manage basic crochet, and are beginning to work with a range of stitches and shaping. We will uncover the strange language of crochet abbreviations and charts, and guide you through your first ever pattern.
Click here for more details and to book a place
Cornwall
Beginners Knitting Classes
Tuesdays: August 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
Time: 10.00am-12.00pm
Egloskerry Village Hall, Egloskerry, Launceston, Cornwall PL 15 8ST
Click here for more details and to book a place
Derbyshire
Crochet Classes
Saturday
27th June 2009 10.30am
- 12.30pm
Create and Knit, Breedon on the Hill, Derbyshire
DE73 8AT
TEL: 07594 437948 for details
Click
here to request more details from Pauline Fitzpatrick, tutor
Devon
Fiddlesticks, 17 New Street, Honiton, Devon. EX14 1HA
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
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Hereford
Hand and machine knitting workshops for beginners and experienced knitters, with award-winning designer Amy Twigger Holroyd - UKHKA Knitting Artist. Learn and experiment with the techniques that are used in their designer knitwear pieces.
Keep and Share Knitting Workshops Lugwardine Court, Lugwardine, Hereford, HR1 4AE
Day and weekend courses in August and September.
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Leeds
Crochet courses stating 9th January 2009 beginners and improvers
Venue: Park Lane College, Leeds Featherbank Arts Centre Telephone: 0113 2162470
Day: Fridays 10.00-12.00pm starting for 12 weeks on 09.01.09 costing £96
Click here to contact Leeds Featherbank Arts Centre for further details
Click here for College website
Lewes, East Sussex
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 at The Mohair Centre in Lewes.
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 2008. If anyone is interested in this course and would like to attend, a Taster Day will be arranged sometime in October or November.
Click
here to contact Fiona for further details
Click here to
visit Fiona's website
Lincolnshire
Libby Tomey is a knitted textile designer, and a tutor of knitting. She is currently running a programme of hand knitting workshops and courses at her local knitting shop;
The Yarn Boutique, 120 Church Street, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire PE6 8AL Tel:01778 348111 for more details
Finishing Touches Course
Cost £65
Wednesday evenings, 7.30–9.30
23, 30 April, 14, 21 May 2008
Click
here for more details and to book a place
Libby also runs 1 hour lessons on various knitting topics, details on above link.
London
All The Fun Of The Fair, Unit 2-8, Kingly Court, London. W1B 5PW
3 week beginner or intermediate knitting classes: Mondays
In our small, friendly classes you will learn the basics of knitting over the 3 weeks.
Crochet taster sessions: Wednesdays
Click here for more details, availability and to book a place
London
Stash Yarns, 213 Upper Richmond Road, London SW15 6SQ
Knitting, Crochet and Spinning Classes
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London
Socktopus, Studio 9, 132-134 Lots Road, London SW10 0RJ
Classes current 2009
Learn To Knit I: Always wanted to learn to knit? This is the class to get you on your way. Learn to knit, purl, cast on and cast off. All materials provided. £30.00
Learn To Knit II: If you’ve got the basics and want to continue your knitting journey, this class will take you into knitting in the round, decreasing and increasing. All materials provided. £30.00
Cuff Down Sock Design with Cookie A: This workshop is geared towards intermediate to advanced sock knitters who are interested in a hands-on approach to designing their own socks. Students can bring in stitch patterns or choose stitch patterns from books during class. £65
Learn to Knit Socks I: Socks! The hot knit. If you can knit and have always wanted to try your hand at socks, this class will start you on your obsession, er, I mean way. You’ll cover the basics of sock construction and knit a mini cuff down sock in class. £30
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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.
Beginners Knitting £30: Saturdays 4.00pm-6.00pm
No experience required! If you learnt to knit when you were young and have forgotten, it is possible to re-learn in one class. There are two basic stitches, knit and purl, all the fancy stitches are a combination of these. In this class, we will knit, purl, cast on, cast off and sometimes we have time for ribs and basic colour work. At the end of the class you can either take your work home on the needles or you can stitch your creation onto a fridge magnet, or a broach pin so you can display your skilled work. All materials are included.Beginners Crochet £30: Saturdays 1.00pm-3.00pm
No experience required! This class is an introduction to the world of crochet. Starting by making chains, we will practice holding our work comfortably. Once our fingers and thumbs are effortlessly hooking, we will move into making circles, squares, and the usual un predictable shapes that happen when your learning! Crochet is more sculptural than knitting and hopefully by the end of this class we will have learned how to produce 2D and 3D shapes. Finished masterpieces can be attached to a fridge magnet or a broach pin. All materials are included.Improvers Knitting and Crochet £40: Tuesdays 7.00pm-9.00pm
We believe you can knit anything, and this is the class where we make that happen! If you have mastered basic knitting, or crochet, we can help you design your dream project. Choose from learning; pattern reading and writing, calculating size from tension squares, increasing and decreasing, fancy stitches such as artic lace, intarsia, cable, turning heals for socks, and four pin knitting. In booking this class, we need to know what your project is, so we can research and prepare to give you the most help. All materials are included.
One to one lessons £40
If you are struggling with your stitches or have catastrophic cable come and see us! sometimes a one to one lesson with a cuppa is what you need to nail those problems. You can shedule the time and date call us and we will book you in.
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London
Loop, 41 Cross Street, Islington, London
Knitting and Crochet Classes are run throughtout the year
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London
Haringey Libraries are offering a free weekly knitting or crochet course during 2008 and continuing into 2009
Click here for full details and to find out how to book a place
London (South)
Art's Lounge, Coffee@Max O's, 11 Rushcroft Road, Brixton, London SW2 1JH
A Knitting Class is held every Monday
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London
IKnitLondon
For Knitting and Crochet Classes currently running
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London
Islington
Gosia Dzik-Holden, experienced designer/maker anf teacher specialising in hand-made knitwear, runs You Can Knit - open sessions for beginners and improvers, on a Saturday in central London, N1.
Click here to contact Gosia for more information
Click here for details of Stitchville Knitting and Crochet Classes
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
Click here for full details and how to book a place
London
Kate
Buchanan is an experienced knitting designer and tutor. Her work
has featured in many books and magazines and she regularly teaches
evening classes and workshop in London. She
organises occasional ad-hoc workshops in Ealing/Acton as well as offering
one-to-one tuition.
Knitting
Tuition & Workshops Tailor-made
2 hour tuition sessions in West London at a time to suit you.
Workshops
tend to be in Ealing on a Sunday afternoon.
Click here to contact Kate for further information
Click here for details of Kate's knitting group on Ravelry (Westender)
London, Islington
Loop, Cross Street, Islington.
Beginner's and Advanced courses for knitting and crochet, adult/children are now running.
Click here for availability
Nottingham
The Textile Workshop 678 Mansfield Road, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 2GE Phone 0115 9603337
Crochet and knitting 20 weeks starting Monday 24th March 2009 cost £86.00 or free to Nottingham people on means tested benefits.
Time: 6.30 to 9.30
Crochet and knitting 20 week course starts 17.02.09 cost as above - late starters welcome
Time:10.30 to 1.30
Click here for more information
Nottinghamshire
Yarn-In-Notts, Beeston, Nottinghamshire
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!
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Sussex: Shoreham by Sea
Emma King from Rowan welcomes knitters of all abitilies
Click here for details of Emma's workshops
Sussex: Worthing
Karen Mayger runs 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 £32 including all materials and refreshments
Saturday 28th March
Click here to contact Karen for more details and to book a place
Tyne and Wear
'treaclehandknits'
Beginner and Improvers Knitting
This two session course is suitable for complete beginners and those who have a distant memory of knitting. You will learn the basics, and get the needles, yarn and pattern for your first project, plus help directing you to your next solo knit.
£38.00 for two 2 hour sessions, all materials and refreshments provided
Click here to contact Kym to arrange your course - days and evenings available
Warwickshire
Toft Alpacas, Toft Manor, Dunchurch, Rugby, Warwickshire. CV22 6NR
From December 2008, we are going to hold one knitting workshop a month, aimed at beginners at the start of the year, and moving through to advanced at the end of 2009. Courses will all be one day running 10am-4pm and based at Toft Manor, Warwickshire. We are hosting the workshops on-farm to try to encourage knitters to get to know the yarn they are working with. The day will begin with a farm walk to meet the 200 alpacas, learn about how you spin an alpaca fleece and then will progress into knitting with alpaca yarn. Workshops will include all materials and lunch.
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Yorkshire
Multiply Wools, 52 Falsgrave Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5AX
Beginners' classes run from Monday January 19th 2009 7-8.30 pm for a 5 week session
Improvers on Fridays 10.00am-11.30am. The second session will swop over with improvers at night and beginners in the day.
Click here to contact Helen 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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