Knitting Clinic

At Birkhill House CIC is an animal assisted activity and crafting centre near Earlston in the Scottish Borders. Our mission is to improve mental health in the Scottish Borders through caring, creativity and collaboration.Working with local makers and artists, we offer a mixture of modern and traditional crafting opportunities ranging from pewter casting to embroidery, stained glass to paper making. We are in the process of developing our fleece and fibre programme, putting an emphasis on traditional hand-processing techniques such as skirting, picking, carding and spinning. Making the most of our connections with local fibre artisans, we offer workshops in knitting, crochet, weaving and felting. We also stock kits with patterns specially designed by local makers for At Birkhill House. Our workshop programme, kits and products allow us to support our animals and our partnership projects.The focus here is on wellness and mindfulness – taking a moment out to be compassionate and nurture the creative side in all of us.Set on nine acres of beautiful land about 30 miles south of Edinburgh city centre, the workshops take place in renovated stables dating back to the early 1800s. With a rich farming and equine history, the property is now a busy small-holding, whose residents include Huacaya alpacas, rare breed Castlemilk Moorit sheep, pygmy & Golden Guernsey goats, Ragdoll cats, hens, ducks, peafowl and more.Please visit our website for detailed directions to Birkhill House >>

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Book into our Knitting Clinic - for knitters at all levels that feel stuck with a project, pattern or technique.

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Are you stuck on a project? Have you found an old WIP, and would like to finish it, but do not remember or cannot make sense of where you stopped, or where you are in the pattern? Are you stuck on a project that you are currently working on, because of a potential error in the pattern, or because the pattern asks for a specific skill / technique that you are not familiar with, in order for you to continue? Or are you stuck because you keep making the same mistakes in a particular section?If any of the above applies to you, come to our project and pattern clinic! Professional knitting and crochet teacher, designer, pattern writer and pattern technical editor Samira Hill will look at your project and provide help and guidance on how to proceed. In order to get the most out of your clinic time, groups are limited to 3 people maximum per hour, and booking is essential. Note: these sessions are not suitable for learning an entire new craft, as knitting for beginner classes are better suited for learning a whole array of new skills.You will need to bring:- the knitting project you need help with (please bring all the pieces you have made, not just the part you need help with)- the knitting pattern (please bring the WHOLE pattern with you, not just the part you need help with)- the yarn you are using or intend to use with at least one label or ball band, and with your swatch(es) if you have any- the needles you have been using, stitch holders, stitch markers- your project notes if you have any- pen and paper or notebookA﻿ges 16+W﻿hy is this free?For the second year in a row, At Birkhill House CIC is dedicating a whole week in July to the celebration of locally grown, traditionally processed slow fibre in all of its glorious forms. This is part of a series of FREE fleece &amp; fibre and natural dye based workshops funded by a generous Community grant from the National Lottery.

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