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WORKSHOP: Introduction to Assigned Pooling with Helen Reed of The Wool Kitchen (Saturday)

Date
Saturday, 4 April 2025

Time
09:30 - 12:30 (3 hours)

Price
£70

Location
Edinburgh Printmakers
(Castle Mills, 1 Dundee St, Edinburgh, EH3 9FP)

Age guidance
16+


Assigned pooling turns knitting upside down by letting your yarn lead the way with your stitches. Using The Wool Kitchen's unique zip yarns, Helen will show participants how they can create special stitches with each zip of colour as it appears in the yarn.

Skills Required

Intermediate

This workshop is suitable for knitters who already know how to cast on, knit and purl and work in the round.

Materials Required

All materials provided, including pattern and 100g skein of hand dyed DK yarn.

Teacher Biography

The Wool Kitchen specialises in assigned pooling yarns. There’s always something special for your needles and hooks!

Indie dyer Helen is based in East London, where she performs colour alchemy in her garden studio shed. For the last 10 years, Helen has been creating yarns that you truly want to knit, working with subtle base tones and hints of bright neon pops on luxury bases - making beautiful assigned pooling, variegated, & speckled yarns that never disappoint.

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