Saturday 13 September, 2:30 - 5:30pm : Workshop, Crochet Flower Workshop with Claire Montgomerie - Textile Weekender at City Lit Art School

Room 304 City Lit, 1-10 Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2B 4BA

Crochet Flower Workshop with Claire Montgomerie as part of City Lit Art School's Textile weekender for London Textile Month. 

Award winning author and designer Claire Montgomerie will be delivering this crochet workshop teaching you classic techniques to create a crochet flower.   This is a workshop for confident beginners, participants must at least know how to create the basic stitches, UK double crochet, half treble and treble crochet to make the most of this workshop

You will choose a pattern from the deck of cards and then will be supported with group individual support as needed to help you complete your crochet flower. Using the cards makes for a different, fun way of reading patterns, it will be interesting to see what everyone will come up with at the end.

You will be shown how to read the crochet card patterns to get you started, you will also be shown how to work in the round to help you form your flower shape. Everyone will be able to choose a card to read with support from the tutor.

Depending on skill levels, we can also look at how to create slightly more advanced cluster stitches such as shells, puffs and bobbles.

This is a practical workshop, with learning achieved through repetition and practicing the techniques of crochet You will be taken through the techniques with a group demonstration and then individually when necessary. There will also be recommendations for relevant courses and books, for those who are interested in developing their skills after the workshop.

Access to basic materials will be available as part of the workshop, however, you may wish to bring your own 4 and/or 4.5mm hook and a small bag or envelope to take your sample home. If you have your own collection of dk yarns you wish to use, you are welcome to bring them with you. as we find many students like to be able to carry on in their own time.

You may wish to bring a notebook to make any useful references for future work 

Claire Montgomerie is a textiles designer, author, stylist, teacher and craft editor. She was the editor of Inside Crochet for many years and is now stylist and Photoshoot Editor for the publication. She teaches knitting and crochet workshops and courses and writes books. Her most recent craft book is The Beginners Guide to Crochet, a crochet guide for beginners published by Search Press. She is also the author of The Granny Square Card Deck series. The main aim of her work is to reinvent the products of ancient and traditional needlecraft processes, while retaining all their intricacies and comforting charm.

All materials provided, and all skill levels are welcome. 

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