What to make & what to bring with you Take a look at our knitting & crochet projects page below. Each project will indicate skill level, estimated number of hours needed to complete the project, plus what to bring along to your lesson.
Alternatively, feel free to bring along your current knitting or crochet project for including yarn, patterns and needles and our teacher Susan will be able to help you!
1x100g balls of wool 'chunky' yarn. The yarn used in the picture is brand name 'Sirdar Tweedie Chunky' but you can use any wool that is called 'chunky'.
Knitted cushion with shape design Time: 5-7 hours of 121 lessons Level: Improver Bring:
If knitting in double knit yarn, bring 4 x 50g of the main colour and 1 x 50g ball of the contrast colour (ie the cream star shape)
If knitting with Aran yarn, bring 100g of the main colour and 50g of the contrast colout. You may wish to avoid black yarn generally as it’s harder to see what you are doing
12” cushion pad
Half a metre (any width 44"- 60") square of cotton non stretch fabric for cushion backing
Thread that matches the colour of the main wool
Knitting Needles - If knitting in double knit yarn use 4mm needles. If knitting in Aran yarn, use 5mm needles.
A hand sewing needle - large eye that yarn can fit through
Crochet Granny Squares - for bunting, a cushion, a blanket Time: 3-4.5 hours of 121 lessons Level: Suitable for beginner or improver (An absolute beginner will need 2 classes to learn this from scratch and make your first granny square!) Bring:
Rowan Handknit Cotton yarns (a nice yarn for beginners to use as its not too thin) or any other double knitting yarn can be used. Choose as many or few colors as you like - we used 4 different colours here.
Crochet hook size 3.5mm preferable / 4mm ok
A large hand sewing needle to join the squares - needs a large eye that yarn can fit through (we have some but you'll need one to finish at home
Time: 3-5 hours of 121 lessons Level: Suitable for beginners - intermediate (We have a range of patterns available which range from easy to more complicated.) Bring:
2-3 x 50g balls of different colour double knitting yarns, depending on which colours you wish to use (ie. red, green and cream as pictured.)
We like Rowan Handknit Cotton Double Knit yarn (50g balls) or Sirdar DK (double knit) cotton (100g balls) yarn.
You can bring along your own needles or email us if you wish to borrow some from on the day: the horse decoration requires 5mm needles, all other designs here use 3.25mm needles
Knitting In The Round Level: Improver Time: 1.5 hours of 3-5 hours of 121 lessons (if you have some knitting experience).
A few people have wanted to know how to knit in the round (this involves a circular needle or double pointed needles.We have a few of these in class to demonstrate this. You can bring your own needles for this or practise with ours (we have a limited number of these type and sizes of needles so may be good for practising only)
Crochet Necklace Time: 4-6 classes Level: Improver Bring: The free pattern and making instructions from Elise Engh Studios (here) plus any materials and needles listed in the pattern instructs
Needles: Our teachers often have a few knitting needles you can use in the class depending on the project (email us to ask about borrowing these), but you may want to buy your own (they average £2 a pair at Closs&Hamblin on Western Rd Brighton) as then you can carry on at home in between classes - it's very addictive!!
