Knitting as a Life Skill - 5 week course

“Knitting is calming, relaxing, and keeps us centered because of its repetitive movements, which can help prevent and manage stress, pain and depression, which in turn strengthens the body’s immune system”

The total course is for five weeks, two hours per night. Over the period of the five weeks you will learn the basics of knitting, to include:

How to hold the needles

Casting on and off

Garter stitch

Stocking stitch

Increasing and decreasing

You will also learn how to follow a pattern.

Once these skills have been gained, this will enable you to progress to intermediate/advanced level where you will learn to work with more complicated patterns.

During the weeks you will knit a hat, headband or a cowl together with a brooch (styles will vary).

Dates:

Week 1 - Wednesday 19th March

Week 2 - Wednesday 26th March

Week 3 - Wednesday 2nd April

Week 4 - Wednesday 9th April

Week 5 - Wednesday 16th April (as this is half term we can offer an alternative - to be discussed)

Time: 6.00pm-8.00pm

Cost: £110 (includes full tuition, needles, yarn and typed instructions)

Deposit on booking of £20 balance due on the first evening please (refundable if cancelled 2 weeks before start date and we can refill your space).

Minimum numbers 3 and maximum 6

Over 18's only (if interested for younger please contact us)

Annie has been knitting for over 45 years, self-taught originally knitting for family and friends, but now her own work is much in demand as commissions. She knits for a variety of charities including Breast Cancer and Help the Heroes. She has run classes at Evesham College for the past five years, offering a relaxed informal style of learning with the focus on having fun.