Fun Crochet Beanie with Needle Felted Embellishments on a Felt Crown - Gay Epstein
Fun filled creative class.
Materials $20.00 includes felting needles. Foam block, wool silver, felt circle, novelty yarn and crochet hook - payable to tutor.
Participants need no extra equipment
Saturday & Sunday 9.30-11.30
Beaded Beanie Buddies - Caroline Searle
Learn to make simple beaded critters, dragonflies, butterflies, frogs, fish and seahorses using beads and wire. Embellish your beanies or anything else you can think of to stitch, glue, pin, or otherwise attach these cute critters to. Once you have the basic technique you are only limited by your imagination.
$7.00 Kits available from tutor. Enough to make at least 3 critters.
Friday 3.30-5.30. Saturday & Sunday 3.00-5.00.
Monday 10.00-12.00
“Double Knitting” How to knit a fitting hat band - Jude Skeers
Double Knitting also known as two colour reversible knitting.
The Knitting of two layers at the same time, it forms a fitted hat band or head band
Yarn: $5 if purchased in the workshop. (Participants can bring their own yarn)
Needles: May be purchased or borrowed. Cost depends on the particular needle.
Yarn; Any 2 different coloured, 50 gm balls, of 8ply. Needles: Any
40cm or 60cm circular needle
Sunday 9.30-11.30
Felted Embellishments - Kathy Frank
Create different decorative felted items such as leaves, flowers, funky widgets etc that can be used to decorate a beanie. There will be a bit of needle felting in the class as well for finishing touches –
Kits $10.00 available from tutor.
Friday 1.00-3.00. Saturday 9.30-11.30. Sunday 3.00-5.00
Silk Fusion - Kathy Frank
This class allows you to go away with a knowledge of making sheets of plain, embellished , sculpted and landscape silk paper – Workshop
$25 - Kits $15.00 available from tutor
Sunday 9.30-11.30. Monday 10.00-12.00
Felt a Bag - Kathy Frank
In this workshop participants will create a bag using their own handmade felt. You will learn felting techniques to create a strong, durable, colourful fabric which will be transformed into an original bag. Kits $15.00 available from tutor
Friday 3.30-5.30. Saturday 3.00-5.00. Sunday 12.30-2.30
Crochet a Crazy Tea Cosy -Jude Mapleson
Participants must know how to crochet already - chain, double chain, half treble, treble.
Bring own hooks and a selection of plain and fancy wools in colours you would like to go together. We will
crochet a quick loose frame, and work on twirls, coils, bullion, leaves, flowers, popcorns and anything offbeat to cover the cosy.
We might not finish, but will view a collection of finished cosies to inspire, and walk away with a set of instructions and lots of completed bits to stitch on later!!
Two Part Workshop $45.00. Saturday 9.30-11.30 break 12.30-2.30
Free form Crochet - Margaret Perkins
Freeform Crochet is about thinking outside the (granny) square. If you can do the basics of crochet i.e. chain, slipstitch, DC, Half Treble and Treble, you can create beautiful textured fabric which can then be used to make bags, clothing, jewellery or whatever you please.
The idea is not to follow a pattern, but to look at the possibilities of yarn, stitch colour and texture and to use these to make your fabric.
Freeform Crochet is what it says – free. If you want to use a thick chunky yarn with a thin stringy one, then do so. If you want to see what torn strips of fabric would look like if crocheted – try it. If you think a piece of plain crochet looks too uninteresting – pick up some stitches across the surface and add a bit of crochet in a third dimension. There are no such things as ‘mistakes’ in freeform crochet – just new design elements. The main thing is to let your imagination run wild, to explore the possibilities of yarn, colour and texture and - above all – to have fun!
For each of the workshops I will have available kits for purchase at
$5 each. Participants should bring their own knitting needles or crochet hooks but if they don’t have them I will have some available for purchase and/or loan. A notebook and pencil might also be useful although not necessary.
Friday 3.30-5.30. Sunday 12.30-2.30
Free form Knitting - Margaret Perkins
What is “Freeform Knitting” you might ask. Well that is a very difficult question to answer because it depends on your own individual preferences. But to give you an idea – it is about letting go of preconceived notions of what knitting is all about. There are no patterns as such in freeform knitting – it is more about creating a fabric which can then be used in any way you want. It is about
‘giving yourself permission’ to play with yarns. If you want to use a thick chunky textured yarn with a thin stringy one then do so. If you want to see what torn strips of fabric look like when knitted – try it.
If you think a piece of knitted fabric looks too plain – pick up some stitches across the surface and add a bit of knitting (or crochet) in a third dimension – above all – to have fun!
Friday 1.00-3.00. Saturday 12.30-2.30

Needle Felted Hats – Patricia Miller
Needle felted hats are an easy to learn craft suitable to all ages, no knitting, felting or sewing experience needed. A hat can be finished in 2 hours or less. Students will be supplied with dense hat form, wool tops/roving and felting needles.
Hats are made by applying wool in layers to the hat form. Design is applied to the last layer.
Kits are $30.00 each which includes all supplies and the dense hat form that the student can keep.
Friday 1.00-3.00. Saturday 3.00-5.00.Sunday 3.00-5.00
Nuno Felted Scarf - Philomena Hali
(felting on to a woven surface)
Students will learn make a sheer light weight wearable item using wool on to a woven light weight surface - this will involve felting in the traditional manner with exciting and endless textural possibilities. Silk, muslin, hemmed scarves and cotton voiles will be available for purchase from tutor.
Sunday 12.30-2.30. Monday 10.00-12.00
Basic Felting - Philomena Hali
Learn to make felt, an ancient method of making cloth by layering animal fibre with the use of soapy water and friction to create durable cloth. Lots of options will be offered to create lacey work, highly decorated work, and resist techniques to create 3D works.
Materials available for purchase from tutor: - varied coloured 18 micron wool at assorted and affordable prices can be selected before the class.
Saturday 12.30-2.30.
Weaving on hand held mini frames - Ada Markby
Learn to make small woven pieces on hand held frames. These can then be used for a variety of purposes.
Bring yarn or purchase from Tutor for $5.
Saturday 12.30-2.30. Sunday 3.00-5.00.
Japanese Braid - Ada Markby
Learn to create round braid on a card disc. Can be used to decorate any creation
Materials available from tutor for $5
Saturday 3.00-5.00 Sunday 9.30-11.30
Misers Coin Purse in Hemp - Jenny King
Learn the magical misers opening while making a coin purse that can hang from your belt of attach to your bag. Being made in hemp means that it will last a life time. Materials cost is $14 for hemp and hook.
Saturday 3.00-5.00
Solomon’s Knot Hemp Eco Shopper - Jenny King
Solomon’s or lovers knot is a favourite yet well kept secret in the crochet world. It is ideal for bags tops and shawls. Learn how to make a string bag while mastering the technique. The strength of the hemp makes it an ideal yarn and it is a great gift idea as it is quick to make. Materials cost is $14 for hemp and hook.
Saturday 9.30-11.30.
Peruvian Styled Felt Hat - Jenny King
Crochet this hat super sized then washes it to felt. Ideal class for those who have crocheted once and would like to create their own festival memento while learning to read patterns This class includes
increases, decreases and finishing techniques. Fun for the more experienced too. Materials cost is $30 for wool, pattern and hook.
Friday 1.00-3.00.
Gum Leaf Scarf - Jenny King
Make one super huge gum leaf using many strands of yarn and a large hook following the instructions in Jenny’s Bouquet .Learn how to read a pattern and use international symbols while creating an iconic piece of Australia. Materials cost is $35 for wool and hook.
Friday 3.30-5.30
Making Felt Balls - Jenny King
No crochet or skill required for this one and it is ideal for kids.
Students use wool and some elbow grease to make small felted balls. These can then be used to adorn headbands also can be made into dream catcher window styled decorations, necklaces or a belt.
Materials cost is $8.
Sunday 12.30-2.30
Create a Wonderful Hat – Waltraud Reiner
Waltraud is a visiting tutor. She has come from Austria, via London to Australia. Since her Graduation from Fashion School in Austria in
1976, Milliner Waltraud Reiner has made her name in millinery and fashion and has followed her passion for hats.
I will bring all materials needed to make it a successful Workshop. I also work with peoples’ own material, old material or 2nd hand and they can buy anything new from me with what I bring along.
Materials cost $30 from tutor.
Saturday 9.30-11.30. Sunday 9.30-11.30 Monday 10.00-12.00