Knitting Workshop with Jude Skeers

Jude Skeers, Master knitter will run a workshop featuring the skills, design techniques and principles in knitting a sampler of this Long Line vest made with Lara Downs Superfine Kid Mohair.

Participants will use provisional cast on, 3 needle cast off, picking up stitches to create a band, lace and cable patterns and will also look at the techniques involved in the famous

Elizabeth Zimmerman Surprise Jacket knitted from the bottom up!

Jude has had Major exhibitions of his knitted webs, trees and other sculptures and also teaches Australia wide.

We are looking forward to him teaching at Precious Purl and if you are looking to extend your knitting skills this workshop is for you.
We have several places still available so email me soon to receive all details!(go to my Profile for address)

When: Saturday 14th May 10-5pm
Cost: $80

We have 1 space available in the repeat of Pam Goble's workshop "Application of wool/silk laps in Cobweb and Nuno Felting." This has been very popular so "first in ..... you know the rest!"
When: Saturday 25th June 10.15 - 4.15
Cost: $150

Birthday giveaway and Vic Feltmakers.

I finally had a chance to catch up with Narelle, the winner of our Precious Purl Birthday giveaway, at the Vic Feltmakers monthly meeting in Hartwell yesterday. I had been invited as a trader and had a wonderful time meeting many new friends and catching up with many familiar faces from our customer base.

Narelle, the workshop coordinator for Feltmakers, was a delighted winner, never having won anything!!! she says.

A long time between posts thanks to communication problems between Picasa and Blogger!! Thanks John for sorting it all out.

And the Winner is ..............

Well our 2nd birthday at Precious Purl has come and gone and all we need to do to round out our celebrations is announce the winner of our Gorgeous Giveaway - a box crammed full of crafting goodies.

The lucky winner is Narelle, a Lara Downs subscriber and follower of this blog, with ticket A43.

Congratulations Narelle, we will be in touch and thank you to everyone who joined in our celebrations.

Cram Jar Dyeing!

I had a day last week to enjoy a Dyeing workshop with friends. It was such fun! I am still trying to find the time to rinse all my fabric - 24 jars each, with 24 different colours! That's a lot of jars to find for 7 ladies!

We had the perfect venue, outside but under cover, as it decided to rain. We were not deterred as we mixed our potions according to the recipe. 

We are now so well organised that I can't wait for our next day when I will dye some yarn, muslin and crinkle cotton!

Some of the pieces drying on my Mum's old clothes horse.

The first few dry, ironed and folded. Just gorgeous, vivid colours with subtle colour variations, just the way I like it! Now!! What will I do with them?

UPDATE: The completed Rainbow! How Delicious!

A bit heavy-handed on the blue end of the spectrum, but it is my favourite colour range!

Meanwhile, back at Precious Purl!!! We had a Crochet workshop yesterday with Penny O'Neill.

I was so busy I forgot about the photos. Everyone seemed to have lots of fun! 

Please Note: Our next scheduled workshop- Cobweb Felting with Pam Goble is booked out. I hope we can persuade Pam to run another later in the year!

We still have vacancies in Jude Skeers Knitting workshop on 14th May - see 22nd Feb post on this blog or email me for details if you are interested.

A Reminder: There is still time to get a ticket in our Birthday giveaway! See the previous post!

Another Birthday & Another Giveaway!!

Precious Purl is celebrating its 2nd Birthday during March and the customers are receiving the gifts!
No cake, candles or balloons, maybe some lollies, but there's more........................

We are launching a Reward Scheme for all our loyal customers (more details available in the shop - needless to say, the more you spend the more rewards you get!) and also offering this gorgeous box of goodies as a gift to the lucky customer whose number is drawn out on Friday 1st April.This will appeal to Felters, Knitters, Spinners, Sewers, Quilters, Embroiderers or would make a lovely gift for that special crafting friend, if you could part with it!!

How to be in with a chance to win this crafting delight! 

1. Leave a comment on this blog. If you also become a Follower of the blog, I will give 2 entries into the draw!

2. Send an email to the Lara Downs email address- see sidebar (check out the great pattern offer on the website at the same time!)   OR

3. Visit Precious Purl to collect a ticket (do check out our lovely products too!)

Thank you to all our customers - without you there would not be a 2nd birthday to celebrate!

Don't forget our workshops! - see 22nd February post.

A great workshop!

Participants in Precious Purl's  "Introduction to Wet Felting Basics" workshop were most industrious on Saturday.

Robyn Steel-Strickland our tutor, (in the red) kept the girls working very hard all day! They learnt heaps, and so did I,as I watched on, between customers and shop business.

They produced beautifully felted samples.

The gorgeous flowers were a lovely way to use their newly acquired skills.

 Adding the stem, was tricky!

 Note the Jelly Beans! Always on the worktable for Precious Purl workshops, helps with the occasional sagging energy levels.

We will run further felting workshops. See the previous post for details.

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.