Stella’s
Textile Craft workshops

If embroidery is drawing with thread, then this workshop is all about doodling designs and having fun with colour and line.

Start work on making a lovely embroidery piece to decorate your home with or give as a gift. Utilise the embroidery hoop you will be using in the workshop to show off your finished work for super easy display. Explore with different fibres and threads to achieve a variety of textures and lines. Students will learn 10 embroidery stitches while also having the space to socialise and stitch.

You will be supported to explore your creativity to make a textile artwork that is uniquely your own!

BEGINNER LEVEL
Price: $85 pp

For your convenience, Stella has put together an embroidery kit for this workshop. It is available for purchase for an extra $40.

Kit includes:
‣ embroidery hoop (can choose size but suggested between 15 and 25 cm)
‣ 1 fat quarter cotton fabric (plain colour)
‣ chenille needles – size 18
‣ 5-10 colours embroidery floss
‣ 1 ball baby yarn – any colour
‣ selection of 5-10 buttons – student choice, varied colours and sizes.

✨ CLAIM 10% OFF

⊳ Buy your materials for this programme from your local yarn or craft shop. Upload your receipt at check-out: you could claim 10% off the price of the programme.

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World (185 Willis St.)

Bring along your fabric and fibre scraps (no scrap is too small!) to use as material inspiration for a textile collage workshop that embraces zero waste principles.

Organically design a composition that utilises textile waste to create something beautiful out of what might otherwise be thrown away.

Learn a few basic embroidery stitches and set up your design so you can start stitching in class but also be able to finish the piece at home. You will be supported to explore your creativity to make a textile artwork that is uniquely your own!

Join us for an afternoon of sustainable living inspired fibre crafting.

Stella will guide you step by step on how to make a simple crochet produce bag out of cotton. Enjoy a meditative craft form through learning some basic fibre craft techniques. Engage with a beginner’s crochet project and do something positive for the planet at the same time!

For your convenience, your tutor has put together a kit for the workshop. You will be able to purchase this kit directly from the tutor on the day of your workshop. This kit is available for purchase for an extra $12, it includes:
‣ 4.5mm crochet hook
‣ 1 ball 8ply/ DK cotton yarn

BEGINNER LEVEL
Price: $70 pp

Class offering in September : Monday 7th September from 6pm to 8:30pm.

Class offering in October :
Saturday 10th October from 10am - 12.30pm

✨ CLAIM 10% OFF

⊳ Buy your materials for this programme from your local yarn or craft shop & upload your receipt at check-out: you could claim 10% off the price of the programme.

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World (185 Willis St.)

Learn the ins and outs, rounds and turns of sock knitting! You will gain skills in a fun craft niche that also has a lovely practicality!

Join craft tutor Stella Carruthers as she teaches the basic principles of knitting socks. Utilise a mini sock pattern to learn all the techniques – how to knit in the round using the magic loop technique, turning a heel, foot shaping and the final toe grafting.

This programme goes over 3 sessions of 2.30hrs each. That’s a total of 7.5hrs of teaching time.

LEVEL: students should be familiar with basic techniques such as cast on, make knit and purl stitches.

Wednesdays 23/09, 30/09 and 7/10
Time: 6 ~ 8.30PM
Price: $175 pp
Secure your spot with a $75 deposit for now.

For your convenience, your tutor has put together a kit for the workshop. You will be able to purchase this kit directly from the tutor on the day for an extra $26.

Sock knitting kit:

• 1 pair circular knitting needles 2.75mm (with at least a 40-50cm long cable)

• 1 ball woollen sock yarn

• stitch markers

• 1 darning needle

✨ CLAIM 10% OFF

⊳ Buy your materials for this programme from your local yarn or craft shop & upload your receipt at check-out: you could claim 10% off the price of the programme.

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World (185 Willis St.)

Join craft artist Stella Carruthers for this two-hour workshop explaining some of the more technical aspects of knitting.

Learn how to read a knitting pattern and decipher the shorthand terminology.

Practice the wraps per inch hack to determine yarn weight and learn about tension and why gauge swatches are important.

What to bring: just your notebook and a pen.

PRICE: $45 pp

Sunday 25th October
TIME: 2PM to 4PM

Be inspired by the circular cycles of the natural world with a stitched mandala workshop.

Use the simple embroidery stitch of couching to start work on an embroidered mandala and benefit from the meditative act of slow stitching. Engage with low waste textile practices as you reuse fibre scraps.

Come along and enjoy sewing in a social space!

For your convenience, your tutor has put together an embroidery kit for this workshop. You can purchase this kit valued at $36 each on the day. The tutor’s kit includes: an embroidery hoop, backing fabric, needle and 5 colours embroidery floss + access to the tutors collection of threads.

⊳ we would recommend buying your kit directly from Busy Bee in Kilbirnie or Knit World on Willis St. By uploading your receipt at check-out, you can claim 10% off the price of the class.

‣ embroidery hoop (can choose size but suggested between 10 and 20cm)
‣ 1 fat quarter cotton fabric (plain colour)
‣ chenille needles – size 18
‣ 5-10 colours embroidery floss
‣ 1 ball baby yarn – any colour

BEGINNER LEVEL
Price: $85 pp

Email us to join the waitlist info@yondercraftroom.co.nz

✨ CLAIM 10% OFF

⊳ Buy your materials for this programme from your local yarn or craft shop & upload your receipt at check-out: you could claim 10% off the price of the programme.

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World on (185 Willis St.)

Engage with a traditional artform in a new contemporary context as you explore free form embroidery.

Apply upcycling principles and an awareness of textile waste to create a unique piece of art. Build on the idea of eco-textiles and slow stitching as a movement and make the whole item by hand. In this class you will create a simple embroidery design that uses recycled fabrics and threads. Learn how to make yarn from old t-shirts. Master the simple stitch technique of couching. Understand how to finish the work so your creation can be displayed using an embroidery hoop.

Be welcomed into a space where you can connect with others as you sew in a friendly and fun environment.

Stella has put together an embroidery kit for convenience. You will be welcome to purchase it directly from the tutor for an extra $65.

The kit includes:

‣ embroidery hoop (can choose size but suggested: 25cm or 30cm)
‣ 50cm x 50cm square cotton fabric (plain colour)
‣ chenille needles – size 18
‣ 5-10 colours embroidery floss
‣ 2 balls baby yarn – any colour
‣ 1 ball chunky yarn – any colour
‣ selection of buttons – student choice. (between 10 to 20 in varied colours and sizes)

Price: $ 175 pp
BEGINNER LEVEL

Saturday 5th July
9.30am-12.30pm (3 hours)
1 hour lunch break (not provided)
1.30-4.30pm (3 hours)

✨ Register before 1st of July and CLAIM 15% OFF

We also recommend buying your kit from your local yarn or craft shop:

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World on (185 Willis St.)

Stella will teach you the basic principles of knitting in this fun, informative and supportive class.

Come along and learn the essential building blocks of knitting, using only knitting needles, yarn and your hands!

The programme will run for a period of 6 weeks, back to back. That's a total of 12 hours teaching time (2 hrs each class).

For your convenience, your tutor has put together a kit. You will be able to purchase this kit directly from the tutor on the day of your workshop for an extra $12.

‣ 1 set 4mm knitting needles
‣ 1 ball 8 ply wool yarn

Price: $390 pp
Only 4 spots available.

Email us to join the waitlist at info@yondercraftroom.co.nz

✨ CLAIM 10% OFF

⊳ Buy your materials for this programme from your local yarn or craft shop & upload your receipt at check-out: claim 10% off the price of the programme.

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World on (185 Willis St.)

The twists and turns of cable knitting may look complex, but it is a deceptively simple knitting technique!

Stella teaches the core principles of cable knitting in a small class size that enables more one on one time with the tutor. You will learn the twists of a basic cable stitch using a cable needle and how to read a cable pattern and diagram.

Your tutor will put together a $16 kit for this workshop. You will be able to purchase this kit directly from the tutor on the day of your workshop.

Cable kit includes:
‣ 1 set 4mm knitting needles
‣ 1 cable needle
‣ 1 ball ply wool yarn

LEVEL: basic knitting skills such as cast on and off, knit and purl.

Price: $70 pp
New date to be confirmed - email info@yondercraftroom.co.nz to join the cable knitting waitlist.

✨ CLAIM 10% OFF

⊳ Buy your materials for this workshop from your local yarn or craft shop & upload your receipt at check-out: you could claim 10% off the price of the workshop.

Joy of Yarn (149 Willis St.)
Busy Bee (in Kilbirnie)
Made Marion (166 Cuba St.)
Knit World (185 Willis St.)