Sleep Tight Baby Blanket

Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/02/2024
10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location
Home

Category: Crochet for Beginners

Sat 24th Feb and Sat 23rd Mar

Sleep Tight Baby Blanket is made using the classic Granny Square. It is a perfect first project if you are starting your crochet journey and would be a beautiful present for a new baby.

In this 2 part project-based Beginners Course you will learn all the techniques to get started aswell as providing you with a kit with everything you need.

Cost of  2 x 2.5 hour course: £98 includes all materials

Sleep Tight Blanket Kit (see below) tea, coffee & delicious homemade cake

If you would prefer to bring your own yarn and materials just choose the option when booking.

 

Sleep Tight is made of 30 Granny Squares in 3 contrasting colours. Once sewn together, the squares are framed with a colourful border and finished off with a pretty picot edging.

In the first workshop you will learn all the basics for making a classic Granny Square and begin looking at the Sleep Tight pattern showing you what colours to use for your squares.

In the second workshop you will be shown how to sew your squares together, work on the border and add the picot edging.

NB With the workshops spaced apart, there will be time in between to crochet all or a number of squares for working on in Workshop 2

Workshop 1: Granny Squares 

  • how to hold the hook.
  • making a chain
  • slip stitch.
  • Treble crochet (Tr).
  • to read simple Granny Square pattern reading.

Workshop 2: Joining your Squares and Adding Borders

  • Methods of sewing your Granny Squares together
  • Borders and Edgings
  • ‘Blocking’ your blanket for a beautiful finish

Sleep Tight Blanket Kit £40

For the Sleep Tight Kit I have chosen a pretty mix of Toffee and Caramel shades with a soft grey base in Country Classic Worsted. This is a lovely soft wool-mix worsted weight yarn (machine-washable) by Sirdar, the popular UK brand established in Yorkshire 1880 and a household name in the knitting and crochet world.

Sleep Tight Baby Blanket Kit: 6 x 100gm balls  Sirdar Country Classic Worsted, size 4.5mm crochet hook, darning needle, pattern.

The class sizes are small (maximum 5 people) and fill up quickly!

If the class is showing fully booked please email me so I can add you to the waiting list and let you know when the next mini course will be taking place.

 

 

 

Bookings

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