Workshops

I teach a range of workshops throughout the UK and have vast teaching experience. Clients include The Country Living Fair, WI Centennial Fair, The Creative Sanctuary, Rowan Yarns, The Yarn Dispensary and many more. I teach all levels of knitting and crochet including seasonal classes, custom classes available on request. If you would like me to teach in your shop or at your local yarn festival, please get in touch for full class list.

Email: info@moochka.co.uk

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Wednesday 15^th February

LEARN TO CROCHET

6.30pm – 9.30pm

£55

Sew Over It, Islington branch, 36A Myddelton Street, London, EC1R 1UA

We will teach you the basics of crochet, and you will leave with the knowledge and skills to create every crocheter’s favourite, the granny square. This class is the perfect introduction to crochet, leaving you with the skills to advance onto your own crochet projects. We will provide you with yarn, a hook for you to keep, and our expertise, so all you need to bring is yourself.

This is a beginner’s crochet class so no experience is required.

To book this class please visit the shop or call on 0207 833 8600 or visit: www.sewoverit.co.uk

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Saturday 18 February
LEARN TO KNIT
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

This workshop is aimed at the complete beginner. During this project based workshop you will learn how to knit a super chunky hat.

We will cover:
How to hold the needles
Casting on
Knit and purl stitches
Decreasing
Joining
We will also discuss understanding different yarns and their tensions, choosing suitable projects and reading simple patterns. All you need to get going with a new skill.

Students to bring an 80m ball of super chunky yarn and a pair of 10mm needles.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Wednesday 22^nd February

LEARN TO KNIT

6.30pm – 9.30pm

£55

Sew Over It, Clapham North branch, 78 Landor Road, London, SW9 9PH

Would you like to jump on the knitting wagon but no idea where to start? This is the knitting class for you! We’ll teach you all our favourite techniques and you’ll leave with the skills to make a lovely chunky bobble hat.

In this chilly weather, knitting is really the perfect hobby. Think of all those woolly treasures you could create for yourself with your very own hands. After taking Intro to Knitting you will be able to read a pattern and so that matching scarf, hat and mittens set you’ve been dreaming of can be yours!

Here’s what you will learn in our Intro to Knitting class:

How to cast on to knitting needles
How to cast off at the end of your project
How to knit and purl (and what those mean!)
How to reduce stitches and get shaping into your knitting
How to make a pompom

All materials and equipment will be provided at the knitting class, which you can then take away with you. You will leave with a finished bobble hat in just three hours!

This is a beginner’s knitting class so no experience is required.

To book this class please visit the shop or call on 0207 326 0376 or visit: www.sewoverit.co.uk

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Saturday 4 March
CROCHET SOCKS
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

A superb introduction to crocheting socks.

During this workshop you will work on a basic mini sock crocheted toe-up. The toe-up technique allows for try-on-as-you-go sizing when making full socks.
We will cover:
Wedge toe technique
How to work in continuous link stitches to create a tighter, yet stretchier, fabric
Step by step gusset increases
Heel turn
Heel flap
Gusset decreases
Cuff ribbing

Students to bring DK yarn and a 3.5mm hook.
This class is for intermediate crocheters who have an accomplished grasp of basic stitches, can work in rows, rounds and can follow a pattern.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Thursday 23^rd March

LEARN TO CROCHET

6.30pm – 9.30pm

£55

Sew Over It, Clapham North branch, 78 Landor Road, London, SW9 9PH

This is a beginner’s crochet class so no experience is required.

To book this class please visit the shop or call on 0207 326 0376 or visit: www.sewoverit.co.uk

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Saturday 22 April
TOE-UP SOCKS
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

A great introduction to sock knitting or a refresher if it’s been a while since you last had a go. During this workshop you will work on a basic mini sock knitted toe-up, equipping you with a method that allows for trying on as you go when knitting full size socks.
We will cover:
Turkish cast on
How to knit the toe
Increasing for the gusset
How to turn the heel
Working the heel flap
Stretchy cast off for comfortable cuffs

Students to bring worsted weight yarn and 4mm dpns.
This class is suitable for intermediate knitters with a confident skills base and who are familiar with knitting in the round.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 29 April
LOVE IN EVERY STITCH
A project based workshop
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

‘Love in every stitch’ is a phrase we use a lot here to describe the sentiment of the slow textiles movement and the craft of hand knitting, especially when making something for the people or places that matter to us.

This project based workshop introduces a beautiful corner-to-corner blanket that looks great from both sides and becomes the ideal gift for someone special or to grace your surroundings with a considered combination.
We will cover:
Slip stitch technique
Diagonal corner to corner construction
How to adjust sizing from pushchair to kingsize bed
Yarn substitution and adjusting needle size accordingly
Explore colour; looking at birth month colours, mood colours and landscape to combine the perfect palette with love in every stitch.

Students to bring a minimum of seven colours in yarn weight of their choice and circular needles for that yarn weight.
This class is suitable for knitters with a confident grasp of knit, purl, casting on, casting off, increasing and decreasing skills.
Pattern included in the class.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 20 May
NEXT STEPS IN CROCHET
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

A fun workshop looking at important crochet techniques such as how to crochet correctly in the round and how to create a perfect square.
We will cover:
Turning chains
Chainless foundation
Magic loop
Joining techniques
V stitch
Front and back post stitches
Dimensional bobble stitch
Crocodile stitch

Students to bring a sewing up needle, several completed granny squares using DK weight yarn (2 x 4 rounds granny square and 1 x 3 rounds granny square) and a 4mm hook plus a selection of DK yarns in wool and in cotton.
This class is suitable for those who have confidently mastered the basics, can crochet in rows and rounds, can crochet a granny square.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 3 June
SHORT ROWS
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

An excellent skills expanding class (written instructions for short rows can leave even experienced knitters baffled but once shown and explained in a workshop session, you will have it sussed. This technique is appearing more frequently in patterns, don’t hold yourself back from a design because of the ‘short row terrors’)

We will cover:
Mastering short row shaping in knit and purl rows
Wrap and turn (w&t on many pattern instructions but replaceable with the other methods)
Japanese short row shaping
German short rows – the clear favourite from last year’s class

Students to bring yarn and needles.
This class is not suitable for beginners. Participants must be able to confidently cast on, knit, purl, increase, decrease, follow a pattern and cast off.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 17 June
PROFESSIONAL FINISHING TECHNIQUES
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

Our most popular knitting workshop.
You will learn the all-important professional finish to your garments.
We will cover:
Various joining methods, where and when to use them
Best methods of fitting in sleeve, shoulder and side seams
Tried and tested increasing and decreasing methods
Casting on and off techniques
Picking up stitches
How to work a perfect buttonhole
The importance and ways of blocking your knits

Students to bring a sewing up needle, 4mm needles, 6 squares of 10cm in DK weight yarn (3 x stocking stitch, 3 x garter stitch) and spare yarn in a contrasting colour.
This class is designed as a technique expansion and is not suitable for beginners. Participants must have an excellent grasp of basic skills.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 1 July
LEARN TO CROCHET
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

Our most popular crochet class. Aimed at the complete beginner or those in need of a refresher.
We will cover:
How to hold the hook and yarn
Basic stitches – double crochet, half treble and treble
Turning chains
Changing colour
How to crochet in rows and rounds
A great opportunity to learn a new skill.

Suitable for beginners.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 8 July
LEARN TO KNIT
10am – 1pm

£40

Craftyangel, Unit 2b, Hyde Hall Farm, Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0RU

This workshop is aimed at the complete beginner. During this project based workshop you will learn how to knit a super chunky hat.

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.craftyangel.co.uk

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Saturday 8 July
LEARN TO CROCHET
2pm – 5pm

£40

Craftyangel, Unit 2b, Hyde Hall Farm, Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0RU

Aimed at the complete beginner or those in need of a refresher.
We will cover:
How to hold the hook and yarn
Basic stitches – double crochet, half treble and treble
Turning chains
Changing colour
How to crochet in rows and rounds
A great opportunity to learn a new skill.

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.craftyangel.co.uk

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Saturday 15 July
NEXT STEPS IN CROCHET
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

Students need to bring a sewing up needle, several completed granny squares using DK weight yarn (2 x 4 rounds granny square and 1 x 3 rounds granny square) and a 4mm hook plus a selection of DK yarns in wool and in cotton.
This class is suitable for those who have confidently mastered the basics, can crochet in rows and rounds, can crochet a granny square.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 29 July
LEARN TO CROCHET
10am – 1pm

£30

Hosted by Yarns of Anarchy at The Bakehouse, 124 High St, Tonbridge TN9 1AS

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.yarnsofanarchy.co.uk

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Saturday 12 August
PROFESSIONAL FINISHING TECHNIQUES FOR KNITTERS
10am – 1pm

£40

Craftyangel, Unit 2b, Hyde Hall Farm, Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0RU

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.craftyangel.co.uk

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Saturday 12 August
FINISHING TECHNIQUES FOR CROCHET
2pm – 5pm

£40

Craftyangel, Unit 2b, Hyde Hall Farm, Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0RU

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.craftyangel.co.uk

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Saturday 2 September
FAIR ISLE AND STEEKING
10am – 3pm

£60

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

A class we have run previously and had many requests to repeat….Fair Isle in the first half, lunch break followed by cutting up your beautifully constructed knitting.

Part One: during this section you will learn how to work colour cast on, knit with two colours using the two-handed method, strand the yarn, knit in the round and read Fair Isle charts.

Part Two: learn how to reinforce your steek then take a deep breath, pick up the scissors and cut the fabric you have so lovingly created (we know…gulp) then pick up for edgings.
Having survived the shearing, you can celebrate with a cuppa and biscuits.

Students to bring a selection of DK or worsted weight wool in 3 colours, 4mm dpns and courage.
This class is for knitters with confident skills generally, who can read charts and have basic colourwork skills.
Refreshments provided. Fridge to store your lunch. Lunch break to stretch your legs.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 14 October

NETTY SHAWL
A project based workshop
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

During this class you will start work on the gorgeous Netty Shawl. You will learn chainless foundation, create scallop patterns, how to decrease and increase in pattern, read the pattern and how to follow a simple crochet chart.

Students to bring worsted weight yarn and a 6mm hook.
This class is for intermediate crocheters accomplished at crocheting in rows and rounds, understand and can produce the basic stitches with ease, can follow a pattern.
Pattern included in class.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 21 October
LEARN TO KNIT
10am – 1pm

£40

Craftyangel, Unit 2b, Hyde Hall Farm, Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0RU

This workshop is aimed at the complete beginner. During this project based workshop you will learn how to knit a super chunky hat.

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.craftyangel.co.uk

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Saturday 21 October
LEARN TO CROCHET
2pm – 5pm

£40

Craftyangel, Unit 2b, Hyde Hall Farm, Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, SG9 0RU

To book the class please visit the shop or book online: www.craftyangel.co.uk

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Saturday 28 October
ANNYS GLOVES
A project based workshop
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

As well as making a start on something beautiful and practical to give or keep, this class is a perfect introduction to colourwork accessories.
We will cover:
Knitting in the round with colour
One handed and two handed colourwork methods
Reading Fair Isle charts
Shaping the thumb gusset
How to choose the perfect size fit for your hand
How best to block Fair Isle gloves

Students to bring 3 colours of lightweight DK yarn (Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino or similar) 3mm dpns, 3 x stitch markers, stitch holder.
This class is suitable for knitters who can confidently cast on, knit, purl, increase, decrease and cast off. An understanding of knitting in the round is helpful.An excellent introduction to colourwork.
Pattern included in class.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 4 November
BRYONY SHAWL
A project based workshop
10am – 1pm

£35

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

Stunning new design from Moochka, the label of our regular tutor Anna.
During this class you will work on the border of your shawl (students will be given the pattern for the main section of the shawl at the time of booking. This needs to be crocheted and brought to class.) Colour combining and choosing the perfect palette is key.
We will cover:
A great array of techniques to create the eye-catching border
Working from the pattern
Reading the charted design

Students require 2 balls of Rowan Felted Tweed for the main section of the shawl and 6 contrasting shades for the border (the contrasts can, if you prefer, be chosen in class during the colour combining discussion) and a 6mm hook.
This class is suitable for those with confident basic ability looking to expand their skills with a stunning project.
Pattern included in class.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk

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Saturday 18 November
ETTY GLOVES
A project based workshop

£35
10am – 1pm

The Yarn Dispensary, 6 Market Place, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AG

Our final Saturday workshop for the year and a great class for making last minute gifts.
During this session you will play with colour to start work on the charming unisex gloves.
We will cover:
Chainless foundation
Creating wave and chevron patterns
Working the thumb opening

Students to bring 2 to 4 colours of Rowan Felted Tweed, 3.5mm and 4mm hooks.
This class is for intermediate crocheters.
Pattern included in class.

To book any of the classes please visit the shop or call on 01795 597 700 or email: gillian@theyarndispensary.co.uk