Join Maria Lee McCollum for this knitting session with beautiful 100% wool. If you’ve ever wanted to progress your knitting and learn how to do cables, this is a great opportunity.
By the end of the workshop you’ll have had the chance to practise and make your own sample, using traditional Irish Aran wool. We’ll have some made up samples of other classic Aran stitches, so you can familiarise yourself with these legendary traditional stitches you might like to try later.
· Please bring your own 5mm knitting needles. This workshop is for those who can already knit, and is not a beginner’s workshop.
· All workshops for over 18s only.
About Maria
A maker since being a small child, Maria is a textile artist in her own right with a particular interest in traditional skills in knit, weave and stitch. Over the last 25 years she has trained as a teacher and delivered classes and sessions in college, numerous arts and health community based projects in both Yorkshire and Cornwall and later owned a shop in partnership with her husband selling local crafts, supplies and textile workshops. It is with a sense of humility and honour that she has helped countless people to sew and learn a wide variety of new crafts within their communities. She has recently been delivering workshops around Kerry under the Creative Cahersiveen taster sessions part of the new Arts and Culture initiative inpartnership with Kerry County Council. She is a member of the Festival of Wool & Cloth Committee.
