Free up your knitting and/or crocheting skills while learning to create multi-directional and seemingly random patches that can become the building blocks for wearable art garments or unique home furnishings…

Requirements:

• at least 15 different yarns, in colours that will go well together. Freeform knitting and/or crochet is a great way to use up all those small spinning experiments that have not yet found a home, but don’t be afraid to combine them with commercially-made yarns as well. You can combine different weights and fibre contents, and while textured and unusual yarns are fantastic for freeforming, be sure to bring along a few plainer yarns too, and try to include some thick and some much thinner yarns in your selection.
• ..a range knitting needles and crochet hooks (approximately in the 3.5mm to 5.00mm range)
• ..a pair of scissors
ABOUT YOUR TUTOR PRUDENCE MAPSTONE
Prudence’s unique way of blending two traditional crafts whilst often using upwards of 100 different yarns in the fabric for a single garment enables her to produce richly textured wearable-art pieces that still retain all of the flexibility, drape and fit of traditional knitwear. She has developed many techniques that make it possible to combine very diverse weights, gauges and yarn types, so that she can create the colour palettes and tactile fabrics she desires.
Over the past seven years she has shared her knowledge at many different shows and workshops in the UK, Denmark, New Zealand, Bermuda, Singapore, Canada and the USA, where she also once filmed an episode about some of her handbag-making techniques for a crafts program on American cable TV.
She loves colour and texture, and often just takes her inspiration from the wide range of interesting threads she chooses for each individual garment, working each yarn in a way that she feels will best add to the organic quality of the fabric she is creating.
In her workshops you can learn how easy it is to combine the age-old crafts of knitting and crochet together in the one design, discover just which stitches and techniques work best in particular situations, and find out how you can eventually join all of your freeform experiments together to create your own totally unique works of textile art. Freeform fabrics can be made to fit any size or shape of pattern, and could eventually become your own personal wearable art garment, one-of-a-kind accessory or unique home furnishing.
http://www.knotjustknitting.com.

Please note that the price for all QSWFA Workshops is now $60 members and $80 non-members per day.

For any queries regarding workshops please contact Phillipa Rooke
Ph 3369 2003 | Email : phillipa@powerup.com.au

Enrolment forms are available from http://www.qldspinners.org.au