October workshops at Little Woollie Makes Yarn Store!!

Hello!  October is looking like it will be a great month of yarny craft learning with lots of workshops planned.  We will be holding crochet and knitting workshops in the shop with Mel running the knitting ones and me running the crochet ones, I'm anticipating a nice hum of creative energy in the shop! the schedule of workshops is as follows, if you would like to book a spot in any of them please get in touch through email, or text a message and I will pop you on the list! xxxxx

Sunday October 6th,  1-4pm Crochet Beads Workshop. Come along and learn to crochet little 4ply beads for a necklace or slightly bigger 8ply beads to make a string of beads that make a lovely garland to hang across a window or around the Christmas tree.  You need basic crochet skills, we will be playing with lots of lovely colourful yarns form my stash. Feel free to bring along your favourite crochet hooks in size 2.5mm for 4ply and 3mm.

Sunday October 13th, 1-4pm Eyeball Square Crochet Workshop Have some crochet fun playing with colour combinations making these cute eyeball squares!

Sunday October 13th, 1-4pm Beginners Lace Knitting Workshop In this workshop we will be knitting little swatches of different lace patterns and learning a variety of different stitches, and you will gain confidence with lace pattern reading and knitting.

Sunday 20th October, 1-4pm Tapestry Crochet Workshop Make a washcloth using the tapestry crochet technique, basic crochet stitch knowledge needed for this workshop.

Sunday 20th October, 1-4pm Colourwork Cowl Knitting Workshop Learn to knit this cowl using colourwork knitting techniques, learn about tension and pattern reading and gain confidence in your colourwork knitting! Basic knitting knowledge needed for this workshop.

Sunday 27th October, 12- 4pm Embroidered Crochet Flowers Workshop with Kate Bruning from Greedy for Colour. we are very luck to have Kate Bruning all the way from NZ to present a special workshop to make a gorgeous flowery necklace or brooch.  Kate is a super talented crochet designer and has a special pattern to share for this workshop.  Numbers are limited, and Kate's workshops fill up fast! $75 a head, all materials provided, basic crochet skills needed for this workshop. Feel free to book a spot to any of these workshops by emailing me at littlewoollie@hotmail.com or popping into the shop and letting me know!    Happy making everyone!!

Workshops and groups coming up at the shop!

 Hi there!  Hope all has been good with you!
I have made a timetable for classes and groups at the shop for the next few months so thought I'd pop it on here for a reference.
If anyone would like to book a spot for any workshop or class, just send me a message or comment on here or facebook or instagram. 
These dates are in addition to the Tuesday and Thursday morning weekly get togethers which are on going. :)

Thanks peeps, I have so many blog posts in my head to share with you, I have been making lots of stuff and life has just been busy!  Hopefully there will be a bit more blogging time soon! xxxxxx

June workshops

Hi there! I thought I'd share the workshops that are organised for June in the studio, I think they will be a lot of fun!  All workshops are held at my place in Crib Point on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, I provide afternoon tea too! 

I have two dates for Tapestry Crochet, where I will teach you this technique while you begin a washcloth, it is a nice relaxing afternoon of crochet fun!  

The Crochet Moth Workshop is a special event with Kate Bruning teaching one of here amazing designs for crochet moths that are then embellished with embroidery.  Just so beautiful and cute! 

You may know Kate from her wonderful blog Greedy For Colour , she also writes patterns for magazines, has a gorgeous feed on Instagram and she has produced some amazing crochet books with her fabulous crochet creations! 

I am so thrilled to have her visit my shop and run this workshop! 

Edited: This workshop is now full :) 

Next Wednesday the 7th June is also the First Wednesday of the Month Crochet Club, 7pm at my place in Crib Point, if anyone is local and would like to come along, feel free to message me for the adddress!  

Have a great day everyone!

Workshopping :)

Hello!  How was your weekend?  Good I hope!

It was a busy one around here, I held the first of my 'Mini Makings' workshops on Saturday, and it was a fun afternoon. I almost forgot to take a few photos, but remembered just in time and got these few shots while everyone was hooking away on there necklace bits and pieces.  

It was a lovely chatty afternoon and I think all the girls had fun too! ( I hope so anyway! :) ) 

Ten lovely ladies came to my workshop, my little space was pretty full despite my best efforts at creating space! It was ok though, as they were all so friendly and helpful to each other, they didn't seem to mind the rather cramped space, crafty types really are fabulous people! 

 I think we are growing a  fabulous local crafting community around here, it is such a great thing to be part of, so nice to find like minded peeps to share some crafty times. :) 

Thank you so much for coming everyone, it was great to share some hooky love with such a lovely group of girls, 

The second  workshop is happening next weekend, so hopefully I won't be quite as nervous and it will be just as much fun for my next class of lovelies! 

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......concentrating on little stitches......

.....but still smiling!  :) ......

..........and still everyone was smiling, a good sign I think! :) ............

Have you got a big week ahead? 

Are you doing something fun? 

Are you getting time for any crafty action?

I'll show you some things I've been working on recently, hopefully I'll have some new crochet finished soon!  There are so many things to make on my to-do list I don't know where to begin!! 

Talk soon!

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Yarny Love Club and Mini Making Workshop

Hello there! I hope you're having a good day! 

I wanted to tell you that I have opened sign ups for the Spring 2016 Yarny Love Club. heres a bit of info about the Club if you've never heard of it before.

The Yarny Love Club is a subscription box for people who enjoy yarn (that would be everybody, right?) .

By joining my Yarny Love Club you are signing up to receive 1 parcel per month for 3 months,(September, October, November) so 3 parcels in total.  Each parcel will contain at least 100g of beautiful, premium quality yarn, project/pattern suggestions from Ravelry for crochet and knitting, and crafty treats specially for my club members.(Such as ribbons, labels, buttons, stitch markers, washi tape, stickers, handmade embellishments, or anything else I think might be a cute addition!)
  Your parcel will be a surprise each month, and hopefully will be a great way to try some beautiful yarns!

The cost for Australians is $120.00, which is for September, October and November, and includes postage. :) 
The cost for Americans and Canadians is AU$150.00 including standard Airmail postage.

I will be sending out the yarn club parcels in the first week of each month, you can sign up by emailing me and I will send you a Paypal invoice for the subscription, or you can pay through direct deposit, or you can buy a subscription from my shop here .  Your membership is not  secured until payment has been made. There are limited places for this Yarn Club, sign ups close 31st August
(or earlier if full),so get in quick!


PS.I want you to love your yarny parcels, so when you email, tell me your colour preferences if colour is important to you

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I have one more thing to share with you today, I am holding a couple of Mini Making Workshops soon, to make a crochet necklace with fine threads.   I put this up on Instagram yesterday, and both dates are nearly full, but I thought I'd let you know about it here too, just because I think my sign turned out pretty cute! :)  The cost is $45 a heads including materials and afternoon tea. :) 

Sorry to be so wooly business focused today, but I am trying to hold a few more workshops and classes and this is a great place to put the info for people to find. 

That's about it for now, I'll be back soon with some other interesting things I'm sure! :)