Beginners knitting with Kay Dudman Saturday 18th June 1-3 & Saturday 25th June 1-3 £60.00

Created by Suzanne Kelly (See other events)

Jun 18, 2022 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm UTC+01
Location: Stitch Crafts and Classes, 364 Green Lanes, (inside Post Office entrance) Palmers Green, N13 5XL
Latest Activity: Apr 4, 2022

The ABC of Knitting!

With Kay Dudman.

Would you like to learn to knit? Perhaps you tried it years ago, but your project ended up in a bag behind the sofa… and now you feel ready to get started again with some help.

COST: £60 total (includes refreshments, knitting needles and some wool)

DATE & TIME: Saturday 18th June, 1-3 & Saturday 25th June, 1-3
DURATION: 4 hours in total (2 hours each class)

WHAT TO BRING : A notebook and pen if you wish to jot down ideas. Needles and yarn will be provided but if you have your own, you are welcome to bring them.

LOCATION: 364 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, N13 5XL (entrance inside Post Office)

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

Part 1. Introducing knitting

- Equipment essentials: knitting needles, yarn

- Useful extras: crochet hook, wool sewing needle, scissors, tape measure/ruler

- How to hold the yarn - important to maintain an even tension

- Casting on - starting to knit

- The knit stitch and garter stitch fabric

- Casting off - finishing a piece

- Finishing off - sewing in ends, making seams

Part 2. Introducing purl stitches

- The purl stitch

- Different patterns using knit and purl: garter stitch (all knit or all purl)

- stocking stitch and reversed stocking stitch

- ribbing variations (single rib, double rib, mock rib

- moss (seed) stitch

- Irish moss stitch

- basketweave

Please ensure you have read fully our terms and conditions.

We look forward to seeing you at Stitch soon!

The Stitch N13 Team! x

learn to knit, crafts, make your own, crafting, knit and perl

E-mail me when people leave their comments –

You need to be a member of Alexandra Park Neighbours to add comments!

Join Alexandra Park Neighbours

To post an event:

click +Add Event at top right (if it is not there, you are not signed in)
enter your event details - you will be prompted for date, time, location of the event and an image.
click on black button below.

To later edit it, click on its header, then on Options at top right, and Edit Event.

A moderator will later add your event to a calendar, with a link to your post.

To view all the events taking place on a particular day, click on 'Date Range' above the calendar, then double-click on the date.

Events Calendar

Events and Activities

Posted by Admin on November 21, 2016 at 12:37pm

from 13 April 2024

Plant sales in April at Broomfield Park.

April Jazz every Thursday evening at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green.

Saturday 13 April – Learn how to do scrappy patchwork at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 1.30-3pm.

Saturday 13 April – Collage Kids presents: Old McDonald and the Three Pigs Plus at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road Wood Green, 2-4pm.

Saturday 13 April – London Vegan Mixer at Karamel, Coburg Road Wood Green, from 7pm.

Wednesday 17 April – Movement and Ease: Alexander Technique with Tanya at CUFOS, Top of the Avenue N10 2QE, 11-12pm.

Wednesday 17 April – Talk/discussion: Seniors: Lively up yourselves! at Hornsey Parish Church Hall, Cranley Gardens (bottom) N10.

Wednesday 17 April – Is London Dying? London Assembly Election Hustings at Karamel/McQueens Theatre, Coburg Road Wood Green, 6.30-9pm.

Thursday 18 April to 2 May – Your Community Choir needs You! Try some taster sessions at Bounds Green School (upstairs hall), 6.45pm. Bowes Park Community Choir rehearses every Thursday, 7.15pm.

Thursday 18 April – Learn to use a sewing machine at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 7-9pm.

Thursday 18 April – Kaiyo 3 with Helena Kay at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road Wood Green.

Saturday 20 April – Sewing machine confiedence-boosting workshop at 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-12pm.

Saturday 20 April – Patchwork workshop: learn to sew a Dresden plate at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-2.30pm.

Saturday 20 April – Muswell Hill Creatives Spring Makers Fair at St. James Square Muswell Hill, 10.30-5pm.

Sunday 21 April – Geekstraveganza: regular boardgame meetup on the third Sunday of every month at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

Sunday 21 April – Crows at Bowes Park Folk Club, Shaftesbury Hall, N11 2QN, 2.30-5pm.

Saturday 27 April – Granny Squares workshop at 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 1-3pm.

Saturday 27 April – Fortismere Community Choir and Orchestra Concert – All-Mozart Programme, at St. Andrew’s Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road).

Saturday 4 May – Introduction to blackwork embroidery at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-12.30pm.

Saturday 4 May – Learn to make a crochet basket at 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 10.30-12.30pm.

Saturday 11 May – Puppet making workshp at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 12-3pm.

Ongoing courses and activities

Geekstravaganza – regular boardgame meetup on the third Sunday of every month at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Em Power fitness classes – Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings in OR Tambo Rec, 9-9.30am (term time only). The main focus is on core and legs.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturday mornings at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 10-12pm.

Zumba and fitness classes – Zumba is on Wednesday evenings, 7-7.50pm. All classes are at Bounds Green Bowls and Tennis Club, Goring road N11.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm.

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

Enjoy your painting – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm.

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green N22 6UJ.

Events