The Love of Making

LEARN TO CROCHET ST. PATRICK'S PARISH LOUGHBOY KILKENNY Starts: Sept 12th for 4 weeks ending on Oct 3 Time: 7pm - 8.30pm All materials included in the price €57.00 Learn to make granny squares and make a cushion cover.  In this class you'll learn how to read a pattern and a chart, how to make chains, slip stitches and treble crochets and how to sew your piece together (or crochet it together) so it looks gorgeous. How to pay : Option 1 I can take credit and debit cards via text message. If you'd like to register for a class, please message me on Facebook or send me an email mhanley@knittingforall.com with your phone number and I can send you a text with a link to pay. A receipt will then be sent to you. I will confirm the payment via email as well. Option 2 Via Paypal using your credit or debit card. You don't need a Paypal account to do this. Option 3 Via bank transfer. Again, please email or message me on Facebook and I c...

Our award-winning knitting programme for children offers exciting and imaginative knitting classes for boys and girls aged 7 – 12. Knitting is a great way to encourage their creativity, concentration, relaxation and even improves their maths skills. It’s a wonderfully satisfying hobby with endless possibilities for the developing creative imagination! In this 3-day workshop, the children will be provided with all the materials needed to complete a project. The first thing they’ll do on day one is make their own knitting needles!  Each child will receive a bag with yarn, needles and a pom-pom maker and will make a basic rectangle which can be turned into a bag or bunny e.g. with pom-poms. Venue :  It's A Wrap Studio, Ferrybank, Waterford.  Dates : July 4, 5, 6 Times : 14:00 - 16:00 Price : €47 including materials To register and pay, click the Buy Now link < These are the happy kids from my last Kids Knit Workshop in Ferrybank!

My sister and I have taken to knitting in front of the TV.  I've been doing it for years and now she's got hooked on it too.  She went from making things with holes and weird cast offs to making amazing hats and beanies as well as cowls and scarves for everyone she knows.  Even her pain specialist and the anaesthetist!  I am delighted she's got the bug as it's so relaxing and satisfying to make stuff. I've been knitting and crocheting like mad too and, unlike my sister, I don't mind frogging or starting again. I recently took out a crocheted cocoon jacket I'd made from Noro Silk Garden as I wasn't satisfied with how the colours showed themselves in the crochet and now I am knitting it in 30cm squares and will put it all together once all the squares are done. It might still become a cardigan.... Here is a shawl I made for a close friend for her 60th, which was three years ago!!! I finally finished it and will post it next week.  I hope she li...