Crochet, Knitting, Felting Workshops.

Workshops have commenced at Precious Purl for 2011. Our first class will run this Saturday 26th February 10.30-4.30 This is an introduction to Felting with Robyn Steel-Strickland and is booked out, but if you are interested in such a class, let us know and we will plan to run it again.

On Saturdays 19th March and 26th March we have planned 2 workshops with the fabulous, outrageous, Crochet Queen, Penny O'Neill. Penny has run classes for us previously and all participants have had a "ball!"
                                 

On 19th March 2.00-4.00 Penny will run her Bower Birdz class.Crocheted flowers and treasures embellish a "stitch holder" to adorn hair,bags,scarf or wrap.Cost will be $55.

On 26th March 2.00-4.00 a crocheted Scarflette that can also be worn as a head band embellished with crocheted flowers that are used as fastening. Also $55.

These fun classes are designed for both beginners and experienced crocheters.

Saturday 30th April, Pam Goble of Lara Downs will run a Felting workshop using her hand dyed Merino/Silk laps to produce cobweb felt. Get in quickly as numbers will be very limited!

Saturday 14th May Jude Skeers, well known knitwear designer of Moebius Wrap fame will take you through the process of knitting his latest vest design using our Superfine Kid Mohair.

Register your interest by email now (go to my profile for address) and all details will be sent to you or visit Precious Purl to see Samples.

Great Hat!

Just look at this great hat!
Louise crocheted this after just 2 lessons with the fantastic tutor Penny O'Neill!

Luv all those colours! We plan to have Penny the "Crochet Queen" back again to Precious Purl. Stay tuned for dates.

Did Louise mean to leave that tail hanging out the top?? We'll never know!

Perhaps she could add a few extra threads to look like a tassel or even some beads!

Penny would approve, she's not one for fussing about all the ends being neatly finished off!

Thanks for sending me the picture Louise!

What Fun!

Another great workshop at Precious Purl! 

The o-so entertaining Penny O'Neill, Queen of the Crochet Hook, took us all on a fun ride yesterday, while urging everyone on in their quest to crochet a Beanie or Beret .

Great work from Natasha, who had never crocheted before. It's starting to take shape!

Penny couldn't resist showing off her gorgeous crocheted skirt.

We will plan more workshops with Penny, so stay tuned if you missed out this time.

Workshops workshops workshops!

Workshops are happening at Precious Purl!
Register your interest by email or visit Precious Purl for more details.

Saturday 8th May 1.30-3.30pm      $40
"Bowled Over" Crochet Hats/Beanies/Berets
This is a follow up class to our Introduction to Crochet where participants made a necklace.
 (see post on 23rd March) Feel free to join us even if you didn't do this class, only a basic grasp of crochet is needed.
This promises to be lots of fun with Penny O'Neill of Artrageous Fashions and Alice Springs Beanie Festival fame! Penny is a magnificent story teller, a recycling queen and a fabulous teacher. Her crochet skills were pitted against a world record on "Rove" -ask her to tell you the story??

 

Saturday 22nd May 1.30-3.30pm  $30

Beginners Knitting class.

(Bek)Rebecca Scott of Calico House will run this class for those people keen to learn this wonderful craft.

This class is particularly aimed at those around Bek's age(26) but her bubbly personality will enthuse all ages.

Bek has been a passionate Knitter since her Nan taught her and she is one of Precious Purl's best customers, after all she does just work downstairs!!! Follow up classes will be discussed on the day.

Saturday 5th June  1.30-3.30pm  $40

An Introduction to Felting   - a Demonstration and some participation class.
This will be an absolute beginners class open to all those wanting to learn about the materials, techniques, and enthralling possibilities of wet felting. A Kit to get you started will be included in the cost.

Your Tutor will be Catherine Byatt of Feltazia. Catherine has held exhibitions of her wonderfully theatrical garments and in particular hats, showcasing her amazing use of fibre and colour.

Contact us soon, some places filled already.

Crocheted Necklace.

Not really a new camera but a big step up from the little basic one that I had. My son remembered (or maybe that was his gorgeous partner!) that he had this Panasonic sitting idle that "Mum" could probably manage to use, so along with a new whizzbang card reader cum USB,  there is no looking back for this Blogger now!

Virginia's glitzy neckpiece was made at Penny O'Neill's Crochet workshop last Saturday 20th March.

This was an introductory class where a few rows of crochet were turned into a great neck adornment with bits and pieces of "bling" stitched on. Penny will run more fabulous classes for Precious Purl, so if you want to be part of the fun, whether you are a beginner or experienced crocheter, contact us via email to be put on our mailing list for updates. 

The necklace looks great with one of Lara Downs Superfine Kid Mohair scarves to add colour to the outfit.

These beautifully lightweight, hand dyed scarves are available at Precious Purl for $39.

Birthdays and Crochet!

What a great week of Birthday Celebrations we have had!
Many of our loyal customers and new ones too, came in to take advantage of the 20% discount we offered last week. Much happiness for all!

As well as this, we ran a Crochet class with Penny O'Neill, seen here in full teacher mode, explaining the intricacies of "hooking"to Tricia.
Penny is a fabulous teacher with so many entertaining stories to tell and samples to inspire.
Customers in the shop were quite envious of the fun we were having, as was poor Holly, having to work downstairs at Calico House, but hearing all the laughter!
These 4 girls and more we hope, are coming back to do "Beanies or Berets with Lunch" on a date to be fixed. Stay Tuned! Sorry about the poor pictures, these are the last I took before my camera died!

Virginia is using basic chain stitch to create a neck piece which she then adorned with treasures from Penny's Stash! Fabulous!!
Will post a pic of the finished masterpiece when I  have a new camera!

Our Birthday giveaway is running until the end of March, (see posts on 3rd & 15th March), so be in it!