Material Adventures in Knitting

Knitting with unconventional materials (wire, garden twine, string), fancy and neon yarns

Making yarns from strips of fabric, plastic and paper

Threading beads, buttons or fabric onto the yarn

Knitting needles or crochet hooks, ideally larger sized needles or hooks 6mm or more

Yarn, any conventional knitting yarn, plus string, garden twine, braid, thin ribbon or lace, gift wrap tape, etc., could be used as an experimental yarn

Plastic bags, carrier bags and clean food wrappers such as bread bags or frozen food bags

Fabric, a closely woven cotton fabric, jersey T-shirt fabric, or an unwanted garment

Paper, newspaper, brown paper, tissue paper, old wrapping paper, etc

Beads, buttons, sequins, small scraps of fabric, anything which can be threaded onto a yarn

Scissors, for both fabric and paper

Hand Needles, preferably large-eyed tapestry needles

Thread, for hand sewing

Internet access, with a microphone and webcam. Please only book is you are able to attend in real time.