Any good knitting groups/courses
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I've just started knitting again after a break and wondered if anyone knew of a local group/course that is run. I need to learn some stitches and improve!
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I can teach you if you like. Whisper me your email address. I had a group a while ago but numbers dwindled. Also check out Ravelry.com, there are some London groups listed on there.
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I'm part of a knitting and crochet group that meets in the cafe in Hornsey Library on Saturday mornings between 11ish to around 1pm. It's a really good mix of ages and the group leader is happy to help beginners and improvers. There's usually around 8 of us and you can turn up for the whole session or just for half an hour or so.
It's free to join although I think the group leader is paid by the library. I'll be there next week if you'd like to come along. -
I believe there may be a Knitting Club at SG School but I guess you will have to be under 11 to join it.
They need un-used wool so if any one has some why not donate it.
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I have a wardrobe full of the stuff!
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Thanks for the info. Eliz I'll come on the 27th and check it out. Hopefully see you there.
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Might come on 27th too if that's ok?
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Great. You can teach me some stitches! Look forward to meeting you both.
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I won't be there on the 27th but just turn up and you'll be made to feel welcome. Here's some more information about the group.
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Any idea how we can donate unused wool to SG school? I have tons... I wouldn't mind knitting with some people every so often but my Saturday lunch times are strictly reserved for sushi eating.
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I'd be up for a meet up every so often. I have a full time job that means I can't do weekdays, but I could manage a weeknight early evening or Sat/Sun afternoon, not sure I could commit to a regular weekly session though. A group of about 4 or 5 of us used to meet on the top deck at the Fullback in the summer, maybe we could get that going again when the weather gets warmer? Until then, if anyone fancies meeting up sooner I'm fairly skilled and don't mind helping beginners to get started with the basics.
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I've been working on a complicated knitted beret for a while now, keep unravelling it because it doesn't look quite right. It might be nice to get some help with it. Did you end up making light weight halterneck tops and little bags, knitting in the summer though?
Do you do other craft things? I found myself transfixed by Kirsty Alsop's Homemade Christmas when it was on, and that other thing she did with the quilting and the wicker baskets. -
I went to a 'stitch and bitch' in Angel a while ago but it was too dark to stitch and not much bitching went on either...plus no one was drinking!
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i've been making a strawberry tea-cosy for about three years. it's not even difficult, i just need some motivation. that group at hornsey library looks lovely, and they worked on the hyperbolic crochet coral reef! my favourite woollen item ever.
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I'd be happy to take a look at your hat Dorothy, hats are a speciality of mine. Last summer I was doing baby clothes, as lots of women I know were pregnant, but I've always got about a dozen different things on the go at once so it's hard to remember what I was doing at any one time! I can turn my hand to pretty much anything, but try to knit in the round wherever possible as I hate seaming up, and I always find the second sock to be rather tedious.
I sew as well, but am in a tiny flat at the moment so not much room to get the machine out.
Sophie, I have a teacosy that I started 3 years ago and still haven't finished! Perhaps we could motivate each other. In fact I have a whole drawer full of unfinished objects!
I looked on the website at the Hornsey session, it says on the flyer that Hornsey is for crochet and Muswell Hill is for Knitting. I've emailed them to see if we can mix. I'd like to go along to Hornsey but can't crochet so thought I'd take my knitting along for a couple of sessions to get a feel for the group, then see if someone will teach me to crochet.
I wouldn't mind getting a Stroud Green/Finsbury Park knitting/crochet group going though, I think I'd be more likely to go if it were on my doorstep, and there are a few people on the Ravelry forums who've been talking about it. -
I've just learnt to crochet (two weeks ago) so could show you the basics?!! But it would be great to set up a group. Just started a book group resulting from a discussion on here. If we try our the library idea and meet each other we can discuss how we want to progress. How exciting. I'll wisper my email address to you miss cara.
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I can't crochet either. I've always found all the strange fingering stuff just plain weird, although the end result can look great. I like knitting, but I tend to go for really hard patterns with lots of the cabling and bobbles, and then I end up watching TV/chatting on the phone knitting at the same time and losing my place in the pattern.
I'd be more likely to go somewhere local, especially if it was in a bar, be good to see other peoples' little woollen masterpieces. -
i can crochet squares and circles but not make anything constructive out of them. i want to make a satsuma rattle for a baby due in may. i find the rattle cuter than a baby itself. it'll probably take me about four years. i will definitely come along one saturday soon but to set up another more local group would be nice too.
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I am free this sunday afternoon if anyone fancies a little knit-together.
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Sophie, you can buy similar rattles shaped like fruits, veg, cupcakes etc. from All the Fun of the Fair, a little Haberdashery and Knitting shop in Kingly Square, just off Carnaby St. I think they're about £5. You could just pretend you made it :)
They have a website but I don't know how to post a link on here. -
i may have to resort to that. but theirs don't have cute faces on! there is some really nice stuff on their website but it just makes me feel guilty buying something that i know i could make myself if i had the self-motivation. cf. houmous and pesto.
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Becky,
If you check then link below the school is asking that it handed in at the school office which is on the Perth Road side of the school towards the Woodstock Road end. You will see a ramp and red door and a buzzer which will get you in. I guess it wile b open next week once the kids are back at school.
http://www.stroudgreen.haringey.sch.uk/?cat=7
You never know you might be able to buy back items made from the wool at the Summer Fair !
They are also looking for Chess Sets to start a Chess Club
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I could never get on with knitting as I'm not very patient and found it took too long before I could see anything tangible. So my Nan taught me to crochet, just a simple stitch and the result was my first blanket made from her leftover oddments of wool. I have since widened it and it is now one of a load of blankets we have on our beds. With that one simple stitch and the use of colours they are all different but very warm. I have used patterns for things like matinee coats (for my grandaughter last year), that came out alright but my impatience crept in when following the pattern again made it take a long time. I was then asked to make a christening gown but the cost of the materials was prohibitive so instead I made a christening (long) matinee jacket for after the ceromony. It started with a pattern but as I went along I adapted it and put in my own design, change of stitches etc, and I was well pleased with the result. But now I'm sticking to blankets again, colours, squares, stripes and edgings all make each blanket an individual item. Baby blankets are the call for today and I have already been commissioned to make one for a neighbours baby for just the price of the wool and a pint or two of Guinness (in the Fullback). [Shame it's so dark in there of an evening, I'd take my project in with me if I could see it better]
So if you set up a group in the Fullback, let me know. I'm not very mobile but the pub is local and I'd love to join in. -
Much as I love The Fullback, it is way too dark for knitting/crochet, I struggle to read the paper in there even in the daylight.
If we could get a few people together maybe we could get them to leave the lights on in the side bit for us, for a couple of hours, I'll ask next time I'm in. In the summer it will be ok, as we'll be able to sit outside again, up the top.
I find that the WLM is light enough for knitting at any time, day or night, but keep getting distracted by drunk people asking what I'm doing, and the odd chair flying past every now and again. -
I'd be up for a knitting group too. I like the idea of one in the Fullback's Ewok village when the weather gets nice.
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I've been knitting for a couple of years now, and I'd love to do it socially. I can talk and knit at the same time!
Do I need to be a member of hornsey library do you think, to come along on Saturdays?
I'm free on 27th too, so maybe see you all there?
For future knitting groups in SG how about at Sugar Lounge? Are they open Saturdays? They have a nice front room feel? I'll think about other options too.
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You don't need to be a member of the library to join the group, we meet upstairs in the cafe area (no pressure from the cafe staff to buy drinks or food, they're very easy going). The group is spilt about half and half between those who knit and those who crochet and obviously some talented types can do both.
I like the sound of the outdoor Fullback knitting group too.
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I think good light could be a thing. Before Christmas I was in the Ferry Boat Inn on Ferry Lane in Tottenham. There was a large group of men (bald and beardy) there making complicated little models. They'd brought their own lights which I thought was very organised, but I guess was necessary for the task.
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The Sugar Lounge is too dark, due to the dark paint and the drapes on the windows. Honestly, in terms of indoor places WLM is the best for light. The Dairy is ok too if you get a spot by the window on the corner on a bright day. Outside the Front Room is ok, but still a bit nippy. Or the cafe in Finsbury Park is really bright, and also has an outside area.
We definitely have to get the summer sessions going in the Ewok Village, but it sounds like we have enough interested parties to get something going locally in the meantime as well. -
I'm happy that I've attracted so much interest. As a suggestion shall those of us who can make it on the 27th meet up at the knitting group and decide how we can make this work. If those who are interested whisper their email addresses to me I can get an idea of numbers and ideas of where to hold this knitting group.
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The Fullback garden is under threat from the council who say they didn't have the right planning permission and want them to pull it down. As for light, I'm sure they can accomodate us. I've done the quiz in there a couple of times and they've had to bring down a lamp for me to be able to read my own questions. Depending how many there are we could utilise the round table in the small back bar with a nice lamp in the middle? (or each of us wear our own head torch!)
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I do lots of small creative work that involves sewing and sticking. It would be great to do this in the company of other likeminded folk instead of on my own. How would you all feel about me bringing my things along and joining you from time to time?
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That would be great! I don't think it should be limited to just knitting and crochet. We could all teach each other something different and draw on each other's resources. For example, I have loads of spare knitting needles and wool, so if anyone fancies having a go and doesn't want to commit to buying in the beginning, I could teach them and lend them some kit in return for some chochet or embroidery lessons.
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I agree. I want to explore my creative side. I believe we all have hidden creative talents so a creative group could be set up with us all teaching each other.
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Fab, thank you. It's so much more inspirational working around other people.
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David could teach you all PHP5
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if none of those work out, The Larrik is pretty light on the inside and I always find it very welcoming when I want to sit and read or surf the net.
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PHP5?
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PHP5! Explain.
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Having looked it up, I'm pretty sure you don't want him to explain....
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Oh dear! This is not good ;-)
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Let's stay focused!
Hornsey library it is then this Saturday 27th feb 11am.
See you all there! -
There is apparently another group that meets in The Maynard at 7.30pm on the last Tuesday of the month, so that would be tomorrow. I can't make it as I have to work. I think it's called Crouch End Knit & Stitch.
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I can't come this week, will it be a weekly thing do you think?
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Sorry, didn't get a chance to introduce myself. I'm the one who turned up late, blue sweater, knitting the grey llama hat. Couldn't work out who anyone was from here. I know there were a couple of us at least. I'll probably go again, but not next week, although I'm still interested in setting up something a bit more local.
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It is a weekly thing and I hope to go next week miss annie.
Misscara I was sitting nearly opposite you knitting with a big ball of bright pink wool. If you can make it the week after next we can have a chat. -
Ah ok! Sorry, was a bit hungover and with getting there late and everything...
I might be able to make it next week afterall. I can also meet evenings in Stroud Green if you like.
Have you joined Ravelry.com yet? They are a great source of free patterns and inspiration. If you add me as a friend you can see some of my finished objects and the books and patterns I have if you want me to photocopy anything for you. -
Hi Misscara, you were telling me how hard it was to knit the hat I was doing in bamboo wool. I was bonding with the eccentric lady. It's something I do.
That time cuts into my Saturday too much really. I like the Fullback idea much better. -
Ahhhh! I thought it was you! How's the hat coming along? I have almost finished my grey one. You inspired me to try 'Bonnie' again with the Bamboo soft, I'm using Addi lace needles this time and it is a lot easier. I'm also knitting it in the round and starting with the band, rather than picking up stitches to add it on afterwards.
What time/day would be better for you for a Stroud Green meet? I enjoyed the Crouch End Group but like you say it cuts into Saturday too much. Also I live right by the Fullback so only a 2 minute walk rather than 20 each way! I have a couple of friends who would probably like to join us too. -
An evening meet up would be great and the fullback could be a good place to start. The saturday group was nice but I did feel like I woul like to do it in the evening.
I will join Raverly sounds interesting.
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At the moment Monday or Thursday is good for me, but I work strange hours so may not be the same every week. I can usually do a Sunday afternoon or early evening as well. I think Monday is quiz night so they might not want us in there knitting and nattering while that's going on. Once we decide on a night someone ought to speak to them and reserve the round table, and ask them to leave the lights on.
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