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January Thurs. 13th  – Sun. 16th
EVENT: Shake-off new year blues
Hosts for weekend: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

No specific workshop, bring your own projects to work on + a new design in your goodie bag; knit, eat, chat, knit and crochet some more

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January Thurs. 20th  – Sun. 23rd
EVENT: Relax and Make
Hosts for weekend: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

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February Thurs. 3rd – Sun. 6th
EVENT: Deconstructing Brioche; not as bloomin' difficult as it looks.
Hosts for w'end and w'shop: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

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February Thurs. 10th – Sun. 13th
EVENT: SPARKLING TEXTURES
HOST for workshop: Debbie Abrahams

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February Thurs. 17th – Sun. 20th
EVENT: Relax and Make
Hosts for weekend: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

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March Thurs. 3rd – Sun. 6th
EVENT: Knitted Felted Wrap for Double Pointed Needles or Crochet Hooks
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

The pattern uses texture, colour and beading to add both extra strength to the felt and an attractive finish.

I rate this as moderately challenging but is suitable for reasonably confident knitters who can cast on and off, knit and purl, and follow a pattern. The colour work is slip-stitched which is very easy, so you are not knitting Fairisle or intarsia. All the techniques are fully explained in the pattern. The needlecase is felted in the washing machine.

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March Thurs. 10th – Sun. 13th
EVENT: Fairisle and Steeking
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

Learn how to work with two colours at a time, how to strand the yarn, how to knit in the round and how to read a fair isle chart. In the afternoon, you'll learn how to re-enforce the 'steek', how to cut the fabric and pick up for edgings.

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March Thurs. 31st – April Sun. 3rd
EVENT: Slip Stitch Colour-Work Cushion Cover or Buttoned Comforter
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

Slip Stitch Colour-Work Cushion Cover or Buttoned Comforter. Same yarns for each design, which is 2 balls of A, 2 of B, DK; I used Felted Tweed but any is fine as long as you have the right meterage. The same stitch in each design but some mods for the variations.

This is a new design, not taught yet. I like it because it looks really hard, and it is a long pattern repeat but there is a lot of repetition in that repeat; and all the WS rows are slipping or knitting, so it is moderate but NOT for new knitters, due to the 20 odd row repeat. I will teach by swatching - which will cover the button hole 2-row technique.

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April Thurs. 21st – Sun 24th
EVENT: Brioche and Beads
Hosts for w'end and w'shop: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

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April Thurs. 28th – May Sun. 1st 
EVENT: Technique Busting - Friday: Professional Finishing Techniques + Saturday: Continental Knitting/Norwegian purl
Host for workshop: Anniken Allis

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May Thurs. 19th  – Sun. 22nd
EVENT: Work on one of Erika's Exquisite Designs
Host for Friday workshop: Erika Knight

Erika Knight is a highly respected British knit and crochet designer, as well as the creator of the Erika Knight yarn collection. Originally from a Fine Art background, with a successful career in the fashion industry, her trend forecasting work reignited her passion for the handmade. With her ‘simple’ ethos, Erika has a unique interpretation of craft: her mission is to simplify and communicate her insight and passion for handknitting with accessible yet enticing projects in order to inspire everyone to experiment and about all enjoy creating. The author of numerous highly acclaimed books on knit, crochet and craft, Erika has lectured at the V&A Museum in London, as well as leading art institutions and universities.

We are thrilled to be welcoming this powerhouse of design; a matriarch of the knitting industry. Opening up a wealth of creative possibilities for designers, as well as innovative uses of traditional techniques.

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June Thurs. 2nd  – Sun. 5th
EVENT: Knitted and Beaded Wire – unique
Host for Saturday workshop: Suraya Hossain

Learn to knit with fine wire and crystal beads. The workshop will provide you with the opportunity to learn the basics in wire knitting, introducing the materials and tools used, and an understanding of how designs can be created. You will be given all the materials to make a framed knitted wire art piece. Working from a grid pattern chart, you will see how easy it is to incorporate beads into your wire knitting. Your knitted piece will then be placed in a frame, ready to hang. Design ideas will also be explored, demonstrating how wire can be knitted and crocheted to produce interesting, wearable and decorative pieces.

Level of experience: Intermediate/Experienced knitter.

Your Gift Bag will include materials provided by Suraya; kit to make the finished framed piece and sewing needle/tape + one set of 2.25mm knitting needles (these will be provided but with option to purchase) - or please bring your own. You will also receive one skein of undyed yarn and knitting/crochet pattern from the BHR collection.

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June Thurs. 9th  – Sun. 12th
EVENT: SPARKLING TEXTURES
HOST for workshop: Debbie Abrahams

An exploration of textured stitches and beads within a fashion accessory project using Rowan yarns.

This workshop will teach you how to read textured stitches from a chart, including lace and cables. Slip stitch beading and hooked-in beading will also be included in the project. Each participant will be given a kit to work from that will have enough yarn and beads to complete the project. The accessory will be knitted in the round, so please bring: 4.00mm, 3.75mm and 3.25mm circular knitting needles (60cm max length), as well as a cable needle, sewing thread and fine needle for threading on beads, 0.6/0.75mm crochet hook for hooking-in beads.

Skills needed: cast-on, cast off, knit, purl, working in the round

NB: + £20/per guest - your TKH present goodie bag will be a yarn kit to complete the project

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June Thurs. 16th  – Sun. 19th
EVENT: bring your own projects ; knit, eat, chat, knit and crochet some more
Hosts for weekend: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

No specific workshop, bring your own projects to work on + a new design in your goodie bag; knit, eat, chat, knit and crochet some more

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June Thurs. 30th – July Sun. 3rd
EVENT: Crochet: experimenting and playing with colour, texture and pattern
Host for Saturday workshop: Jo Smith (crochet designer, maker, artist)

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July Thurs. 7th  – Sun. 10th
EVENT: How to Knit a Gansey Jumper + presentation on the History of Gansey
Host for workshop: Penny Hemmingway textile historian, author and tutor

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July Thurs. 21st – Sun. 24th
EVENT: Hand Dyeing Yarn and How to Knit Socks - £25 extra for hand-dyeing materials - 2 day workshop
HOST for Friday (am) workshop: Jude Reed
HOSTS for Saturday worshop: Alison Crowther-Smith: Moebius Project

A real knitted Moebius is a thing of great beauty and one of the most satisfying things to knit. Once the Moebius cast on is learned, the rest is simply knitting or purling in the round. On this course, I will teach you:

The true Moebius cast on. How to work the Moebius from cast on, to completion. How to create a simple but lovely Moebius shoulder Cowl. How to make many variations of a Moebius in the future. To take part you really only need basic knitting skills – to be able to cast on, off, knit, and purl. These are the only skills that you will use to knit the basic Moebius I am teaching you. You also need a sense of adventure, lovely, open mind, and to be prepared to feel amazing when you add this skill to your repertoire.

You will need: A 5mm circular needle that is 150cm long, measured from tip-to-tip. I recommend fixed cable circulars for Moebius knitting but interchangeables are also fine. A stitch marker. 2 x 50g balls of any DK yarn – plain, variegated, or mix up your shades. 1 x 25g ball of Rowan Kidsilk Haze (or similar silk/mohair yarn) – optional, one of the pattern variations has Kidsilk Haze stripes and a Kidsilk Haze ruffle at the edge.

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July Thurs. 28th – Sun. 31st
EVENT: WET FELTING Design Workshop
Friday and Saturday workshop host: Lydia Tapley

Nuno Wrap on silk chiffon or cotton or Cobweb Wrap. All materials will be provided, you can choose embellishment shapes and fibre colours nearer the time. You will need to bring 2 m length of silk, silk chiffon or cotton (patterned or plain) as the base of your wrap.

Nuno felting is a technique in which a sheer fabric (such as silk gauge or cotton muslin) is incorporated or bonded into wool fibres, creating a lightweight felt. Fibres can completely cover the background fabric or can be used to create designs allowing the background fabric to dominate.

Cobweb felt is a technique in which wool fibres are laid out with 'naturally occurring holes' - this technique can also incorporate silks, novelty yarns and locks, but these must be trapped down by a light layer of fibres.

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August Thurs. 4th – Sun. 7th
EVENT: a delicious design
Host for workshop (TBC - 1 or 2 days): Jeanette Sloan

Colour is very important to me and my design process often begins with a search for an intriguing stitch that will inspire creative juices to flow or a decorative detail that will add a stylish, contemporary edge. I’ve worked as a freelance textile designer and tutor teaching both machine and hand knitting and as 'an accessories obsessive' have written 4 books on hand knitting. I’ve been very lucky to work with some of the best hand knitting brands in the UK and my designs have featured in several UK knitting magazines including Knitting Magazine where I am a regular contributor responsible for the ‘Ask Jeanette’ letters page, Yarn Reviews and A-Z of Techniques.

Jeanette is championing diversity and representation. She is actively bringing these vital and essential conversations to our attention.

She writes: […] there are those who will say that conversations like this are unnecessary and that bringing race or skin colour into knitting and craft is being divisive or perhaps even ‘political correctness gone mad’. To those people I would ask them to imagine not seeing themselves represented on the pages of the magazines and publications they read and thinking how that would make them feel. Unwelcome? Invisible? In some way ‘less than’?….

We are thrilled to be welcoming Jeanette to TKH.

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September Thurs. 1st  – Sun. 4th
EVENT: Learn to Spin (wheel and drop spindle) + plying yarn; understanding your yarn better
Friday and Saturday workshop host: Jackie Millichap

AVAILABLE: No spaces on site but space for 1 day guest (can come for all days or just for the workshop day)

Understand where wool comes from. How fleece can differ depending on breed of sheep. How the fleece itself influences what you do with it and how to prepare it. Using a spinning wheel; setting up, tension, getting it rotating the correct way, spinning a basic 'single', plying 2 singles resulting in a small skien of wonderful yarn. Different types of sheep fleece; looking at a whole fleece / which bits are best etc.. Prepping fleece ready for spinning; dagging/ washing etc.. Carding / combing fleece (and when to do which method). Woollen / worsted spinning / art yarn. Using a drop spindle. Designing yarn; what fibre to blend / how much twist is required / what method of spinning etc..

The group will dictate the order in which things are covered. I will supply some basic handouts to cover all the above. 4 wheels we be available for guests - NB: Jackie will host two sessions on 'how to spin'; 4 guests in each session.

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September Thurs. 8th – Sun. 11th
EVENT: Knitted and Beaded Wire – unique
Host for Saturday workshop: Suraya Hossain

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September Thurs. 15th – Sun. 19th
EVENT: Karen's Party; Hot-water bottle cover, mini or standard
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

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September Thurs. 29th – October Sun. 3rd
EVENT - 2 day workshop: Hand Dyeing Yarn and BRIOCHE; learn and develop skills - £25 extra for hand-dyeing materials - 2 day workshop

HOST for Friday (am) workshop: Jude Reed
HOSTS for Friday (pm), Saturday worshop and weekend: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

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October Thurs. 6th  – Sun. 9th
EVENT: Shawl Shaping Recipes
Host for Saturday workshop: Anniken Allis

How to create crescent, rectangle, circular (magic loop; knitted and crochet), square, i-cord cast-off, adding st patterns, applied borders. "I will do a worksheet/booklet and then let people choose which shawl shapes they want to focus on which will work better with knitters of different abilities/knitting speeds etc. Then I'll cover techniques that apply to all shapes like adding lace."

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October Thurs. 20th – Sun. 23rd
EVENT: Top Down Fairilse Yoke Sweater
Host for Saturday workshop: Anniken Allis

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October Thurs. 27th   – Sun. 30th
EVENT: Brioche (am) and Tuck Stitches (pm)
Host for Saturday workshop: Anniken Allis

Two great techniques to get your head around. Morning session: Brioche (creating reversible thick fabric - with moving sts), Afternoon session: Tuck Stitches (pattern repeat), using more than one colours results in a rather lovely mesh effect.

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November Thurs. 3rd  – Sun. 6th
EVENT: BRIOCHE
Host for weekend workshop: Belinda Harris-Reid and Brenda M. Watson

BRIOCHE; thick dense reversible ribbed fabric; worked in two colours and slipping alternate stitches means you work one row twice.

You will need: 2 x 100g of DK (225m/100g) in two colours (total of 200g) - one 100g hank of undyed yarn will be in your goodie bag. You can either bring your own contrast yarn to work with or buy 100g hank of DK from BHR's yarn collection. You will also need 4mm short (50cm) circular needles (the design is worked forwards and backwards not in the round).

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November Thurs. 17th – Sun. 20th
EVENT: Hand Dyeing Yarn and + knit your own socks - £25 extra for hand-dyeing materials - 2 day workshop

HOST for Friday monring hand-dyeing; hand-painting your own yarn; knit or crochet something delicious with a yarn specially coloured by you.

Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

Work on a fab pair of Toe up socks.

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November Thurs. 24th – Sun. 27th
EVENT: Winter Time Woolly Time
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

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December Thurs. 8th – Sun. 11th
EVENT: Festive Frolics - decorations and more
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

Christmas winter time projects; utterly delightful stuff to make + mulled wine, crackers and more.

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December Thurs. 15th – Sun. 18th
EVENT: Festive Frolics - decorations and more
Host for Saturday workshop: Alison Crowther-Smith

Christmas winter time projects; utterly delightful stuff to make + mulled wine, crackers and more.