10am to 4pm

The course

This course is for provides an opportunity for those with some experience  to spend a relaxed day improving their knitting skills. This day is suitable for people who may have attended the beginners day at the museum, or have basic skills and wish to learn more.

The knitting improvers day will be a friendly informal gathering, where you will have the opportunity to learn to follow a simple pattern and become familiar with knitting pattern terms and abbreviations. Whilst doing this you will learn a number of different knitting techniques, such as ribbing, decreasing and increasing which can then be used on other projects of your own. This will be done as we each knit our own individual calorie free cup cake, ready to then take home, complete.

Tutor

Caroline Pede is an enthusiastic knitter who also spends as much time using her spinning wheel. Much of her handiwork has been seen at the Rare Breeds show where her spinning and knitting have been recognised on more than one occasion with best in show for 2010. Currently she is busy launching KnitNaks, a range of her own hand made knitted products which are great fun and very popular.

Participant information 

Materials & Tools 

You will need to bring:

  • A pair of 3.5mm knitting needles
  • 3 colours of double knitting wool (for the cake base, icing and cherry)
  • An assortment of small buttons and beads
  • 2 needles for sewing up and embellishing

N.B. Pattern and stuffing will be provided

The workshop will be limited to 8 participants.

Fee

£45 per person
This includes tuition, tea & coffee.
The Museum Café will be open or you can bring your own packed lunch.

The Museum

The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum has over 45 historic building exhibits.  It is also home to the award winning and innovative Downland Gridshell, which houses a conservation workshop and artefact store, and is also used for many practical courses.  The Museum runs a full programme of courses in historic building conservation and traditional rural trades and crafts, along with MSc programmes in Building Conservation and Timber Building Conservation. Please telephone for further details.

To book, download a form here. Alternatively, fill in the booking request below.

Make a Booking Request

 
This is an initial booking request form, and does not guarantee a place on the course. The Adult Learning Team will check the availability of the course, and reply to you as soon as possible - usually within one working day.