We are meeting on Saturday 30 September 2 – 4pm to cast on a new crochet project. The idea is to help people advance their crochet skills beyond granny squares! Some people will be casting on the Lowestoft Pullover, others the Holkham Snood from the Sailaway pattern book by Elena Fedotova (all patterns available on Ravelry). Others may prefer to bring different projects, perhaps clothes, perhaps a blanket – I am tempted to start a pattern by Janie Crow like the one in the picture. It is very much up to you! We will then all be there to offer support to each other as the projects progress.

A 10% discount on yarn is available to anyone buying yarn here for their project for this crochetalong.

If you want any more information, contact me either by email or pop into the shop for a chat.

Beginners knitting: Saturdays 2, 9 and 16 September 4-5pm. £35 per person

Needle Felting – Sleepy Squirrels: Saturday 23 September 10am to 1pm. £35 per person

Jewellery Making – Stacking Bangles with Claire Howard: Saturday 30 September 10am to 1pm. Details here

Looking for something new to do with your kids or grandkids over the summer holidays? How about helping them to learn a new craft? Something that will get them off their phones (briefly) and perhaps start a life long hobby.

Starting this coming Friday 21 July until 25 August, we will be running a Kids Club in the shop from 2 to 3.30pm. We will provide needles, hooks and yarn and the teaching to help your kids or grandkids to learn to knit or crochet.

Open to all kids aged 5 or over but they must be accompanied by an adult.

Cost: £5.00 per child. Adults free!

Contact me for further information or to book a place.

Absolute Beginners Crochet – 1, 8 and 15 July 4-5pm

Needle Felting – Sleepy Fox – 8 July 10am to 1pm

Learning to Knit Socks on Double Pointed Needles – 22 July, 5, 12 and 19 August 4-5pm

Contact us on info@venetiasyarnshop.com for further details.

On 22 July at 2pm we will be casting on the Tulip Guernsey by Midori Hirose. The pattern can be found here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tulip-guernsey. It is a lovely sweater, and can be knitted in a variety of different yarns from 4 ply to worsted weight. There is a 10% discount on yarns for this sweater if you purchase them from the shop.

On Saturday 10 June at 2pm we will cast on the Buggiflooer Beanie – this year’s Shetland Wool Week pattern. This is a lovely Fair Isle knit, designed by Alison Rendall and can be done in as few as 2 colours or as many as 6, depending on your tastes.

The pattern can be downloaded from the Shetland Wool Week website https://www.shetlandwoolweek.com and costs £1.20 if you print it yourself, £2 plus P&P if you want a hard copy. I stock Jamieson & Smith 2 ply jumper wool in 25g balls but other wools are available if you prefer!

I strongly recommend that you read the pattern before you start, as we think it might be a good idea to colour in the charts with the colours you have chosen to make it easier for you to read as you are knitting. The hat is knitted in the round on 40cm circular needles or double pointed needles if you prefer.

I look forward to seeing you on 8 June.

A couple of people have said that they want to join in online – if you are interested, send me your email addresses (info@venetiasyarnshop.com) and I will set up a Zoom meeting so that you can be part of the cast on!