Yarn Classes

I enjoy creating and producing. The therapeutic rhythm of the repetition in creation soothes the mind and calms the heart! I enjoy sharing this gift with my fellow yarnies and have started tutoring.

The last few years I have taken to crochet much. I love the freedom of crochet, the way you only ever need to keep an eye on one single stitch at a time. It is a simple task to crochet and progress is so much faster than knitting. I am fascinated my the different textures that can be achieved in crochet and not least the colour work possibilities there are.

Lately I have discovered Tunisian Crochet. The texture is almost a weave and gives a fantastic drape that I feel have very many uses particularly in soft furnishing, bags and not least jackets.

I also do Fair Isle knitting using the Continental technique. I find the intricacy of the colour blends and getting the tension right highly stimulating. I also love the texture of cable knitting but have not the patience for the extra needle and the fiddling. As for lace knitting, I adore it. It is beautiful and subtle, but again, I rarely have the patience to do it, which is a petty as I really find lace stunning.

My preference for Fair Isle knitting has to do with my background in the graphic world and not least my Danish background. Fair Isle knitting is very common in Denmark and I belive we become what we are exposed to, so what with me living in Ireland for a good few years now, I might just one day start loving to knit cables…

It was my father who first taught me to do garter stitch knitting, he was the one with the patience for the initial sticky warm fingers and glowing hot needles. My mother, a fine knitter herself, since taught me the finer points and refined my abilities. I am eternally grateful to them both for the gift they have given me, a gift of ability and to trust it – not only to knit.

One thing is for sure, I will keep knitting and crocheting. To feel the hands shape a garment or an item to be used is the ultimate joy of life! What with being the creator…