Contemporary Crochet - Pushing Beyond the Granny Square

Fay Dashper-Hughes feel passionate about crochet and in this session hosted on Zoom she will be sharing her love and enthusiasm for this wonderful craft with us. She will start the session by giving us a whirlwind tour of crochet history followed by a closer look at contemporary crochet practice that goes way beyond the humble granny square.

Fay will also be busting the urban myths around this gorgeous, flexible craft and will leave us with a load of resources to forage through at a later date, from her favourite designers and podcasters, to helpful blogs that will guide crocheters through their contemporary crochet journey.In brief the session will look as follows:

• Brief history of crochet• Where crochet sits in the current crafting landscape• Examples of patterns, designers, magazines, resources etc that I can point people to.• Busting the urban myths around crochet• My top three John Arbon Textiles yarns to crochet with• Q&A session

This event will be hosted on Zoom. It is one of many being planned for our Virtual Mill Open Weekend celebrations. Please follow this link to see all that we are planning for this year's Virtual MOW.

Thanks for joining in with our annual bash! - The Mill Folk x

Tutor Bio:

Fay Dashper-Hughes started designing crochet and knitwear, almost as soon as she picked up a hook and needles. She has a real love of British sheep breeds and proper woolly wool and showing crochet off in those gorgeous wools.

A key part of Fay's crochet designs is to show the craft off in all its contemporary glory. Not a massive fan of granny stitch or squares, Fay prefers to create less dense crocheted fabrics with lots of drape that are very wearable.

Follow her work at https://www.provenancecraft.com/pages/fay-dh-designs

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faydhdesigns/