Past Workshops
Learning how to crochet granny squares can be challenging but I promise you its fun - once it clicks its just clicks and the muscle memory will take you from strength to strength! It's suitable for both beginners and improvers.
Are you left handed? Don’t worry we’ve taught hundreds of left handers how to crochet!
Complete beginners & improvers who would like to learn a new technique
Duration:
2.5 hours
What Do I Get When I Book:
You will get everything you need to learn how to crochet in the class and a hook and instructions to take home as well as access to our online 5 day "How to Crochet a Granny Square" course.
Are you left handed? Don’t worry we’ve taught hundreds of left handers how to crochet!
Complete beginners & improvers who would like to learn a new technique
Duration:
2.5 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No. A selection of colourful yarn, pattern, crochet guide and a crochet hook will be provided for you to take home with you. This class doesn't include all the yarn to crochet a blanket but we give you lots of tips on where you can get it.
If you can't take an in-person class why not try a live and interactive online class? More information can be found here.
All our workshops include unlimited tea and coffee. If you require gluten free or vegan sweet treats please let us know!
Get to know your sewing machine and leave the class with a machine sewn handbag - the perfect accessory to your wardrobe to carry all your bits around. This is also a great class to learn how to upcycle some of your unloved garments into perfect gifts for family and friends.
The class is aimed at those crafty souls new to using sewing machines or those who’ve not used one for a while. In this session you will learn how to thread a sewing machine, wind a bobbin, change needles and tips to sew in a straight line.
We keep this class small with a limit of only 4 people so you will get plenty of guidance and tuition over the 3 hours.
Make sure you try our next stage sewing workshop and make a gorgeously cute pouch. Click here to learn how to insert zips & buttonholes after you have attended this class.
All Levels
Duration:
3 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
You'll need to bring the fabric for your sack we recommend a metre of pattered fabric that is 100% cotton. You can also sewing with upholstery fabric too if you wanted something even stronger. We have pom pom makers, buttons and trims for you to use to your hearts content!
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
This is a 2.5 hour practical silver jewellery making workshop where you will learn the basics of silver jewellery making using sterling silver. It's an excellent introductory workshop to silver jewellery making without spending a fortune on an intensive course. You will turn a flat strip of sterling silver into a beautiful precious ring with a choice of textures, shapes and sizes to allow for creativity and to make it unique to your own style. You will end the class setting a stone in your ring for added elegance.
There is an option for our tutor to take your item home to have it gold plated or rose gold plated. Please enquire about the cost to have this done.
You will learn how to use various jewellery making tools to manipulate the silver into shape and add texture to your ring whilst learning how jewellers polish their jewellery and set a stone in rings.
The techniques covered in this Silver Jewellery Making class
- How to add textures to silver
- Sawing
- Sanding and polishing
- How to handle and work with silver
- How to insert a stone setting to a ring
- Tools and resources
The process is easily repeated at home with just a few few inexpensive tools you could be on your way to creating a handful of beautifully elegant rings.
Level:All levels
Duration:
2.5 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No, the sterling silver and pretty semi precious stones to make your ring are included.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
If you have piles of granny squares at home and not sure how to join them then come and join us in this workshop to learn how to join them "as you go along" – a very quick and easy method. You’ll learn three joining methods so you can pick and choose the methods that suit you and your project.
As a blanket isn't complete without a pretty border we will also teach you 2 different borders: scallops and picot edging to adorn your blankets.
Improvers - try one of our many beginner classes if you don't know how to crochet. See here for our beginner crochet classes.
Duration:
2 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
There is yarn and needles to use in the class, however we do ask that you bring in 6 granny squares for the joining part of the class (this could be from a project you need to tackle or just ones that you have crocheted). You're very welcome to borrow some of ours (but you won't be able to take it home though) just let us know when you book.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
Join us for an online session of Christmas cracker making, bad joke telling and mulled wine sipping! During this session we will show you our tried and tested Christmas Cracker method that's guaranteed to get you compliments during the entirety of your Christmas dinner this year.
We'll send you a selection of stunning paper, the 'cracker' inner and ribbons for the ends! All you need to provide is some joke inspiration and any goodies you want to pop inside.
Complete Beginners
Duration:
1 hour
What do I get?
We will send you everything you need including a seasonal tea! Although we do recommend enjoying some mulled wine whilst doing this that is, of course, totally optional.
Are you left handed? Don’t worry we’ve taught hundreds of left handers how to crochet!
Beginners
Duration:
2 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No, a full crochet hat kit that includes enough yarn to make the hat, crochet hook, stitch marker and pattern for you to keep to make more.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
Intermediate - aimed at people who have completed our Beginners Watercolour painting workshop, or who have some previous painting experience.
Duration:
3 hours
Do I need to bring anything?
No, all materials are provided and you take home a lovely painted piece you can frame and lots of reference practice sheets too.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
Needle felting is a delightful and therapeutic craft that allows you to sculpt soft wool into beautiful shapes and designs. Join us for this ONE OFF seasonal workshop of 2023 needle felting a super cute Robin with Hanne Crank. Suitable for beginners, as well as those with a little experience, this class teaches you the basic needle felting techniques in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Using lovely soft, English wool, and just a small needle, marvel as your pretty Robin comes to life in your hands creating the perfect rustic Christmas decoration for your home.
Hanne is a needle felting artist from the Lake District, where she creates natural, whimsical wool sculptures. Always reflecting the beauty of the north, her creations are made using local wool from Beatrix Potter’s farms and are sold throughout the South Lakes and beyond. We are so delighted to have her visit us for this special workshop.
Complete and total beginners
Duration:
3 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
You will be provided with high-quality felting materials, including colorful wool roving, felting needle, and a foam pad. Learn how to sculpt and shape these materials into a charming robin that captures the holiday spirit. All materials and equipment are provided and you will receive a kit to take home too that contains enough wool to make another robin as well as a needle and specialist needle felting mat!
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and cake of some sort. If you require gluten free or vegan sweet treats please let us know!
A fun and colourful beginners crochet workshop. Learn how to crochet these cute zig zags (chevrons). They make really pretty colourful blankets. No experience necessary as this is a total beginner workshop. We assume that no one has even picked up a crochet hook. This is a fun beginners class and lovely variation to the Granny Squares and Granny Stripes if you would like to crochet a blanket.
Are you left handed? Don’t worry we’ve taught hundreds of left handers how to crochet!
Beginners
Duration:
2 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No, all materials and instructions to use in the class as well as take home instructions for further crochet fun.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
Have you been umming and ahhing about learning to crochet because you just can't find that thing you really want to make? Well let me introduce you to Tunisian Crochet. This form of crochet is a hybrid of crochet and knitting and is a highly addictive and perfect beginner form of crochet.
During this workshop you will learn how to Tunisian crochet and crochet yourself a face cloth at the same time you will practice (which after all, does make perfect) the simple stitch.
We send you everything you need for this craft, including a lovely Tunisian crochet hook (it's a fun cross between a crochet hook and knitting needle) and some high quality cotton yarn which means you can pop this in the wash! This also makes a lovely gift for someone.
Suitable for absolute beginners to crochet - its a great one for knitters to ease their way into learning how to crochet.
We also have a Beyond Beginners Tunisian Crochet workshop here if you already know how to crochet!
Duration:
1.5 hours
What if I Can't Make the Class:
Don't worry - everyone who books will have access to the recording for 30 days.
What Do I Get When I Book:
You will get a Tunisian crochet hook to keep and cotton yarn all sent to you by post in a cute package as well as a handout with lots of information.
Please note that we may not be able to give you the same colour yarn that is in the product pictures.
A good silver ring is a timeless piece that will transcend the life span of any wardrobe, however, a silver ring that's perfect for you is always hard to find... so why not make one? In this is a 2.5 hour practical silver jewellery making workshop you will learn the basics of silver jewellery making by our resident expert designer silversmith. Using sterling silver and all the tools of the trade you will walk away with a ring that you will keep forever.
In the course of the class you will learn to:
- Thread a piercing saw
- Size your rings
- How to cut your ring to size
- Solder using a blow torch
- Shape using a hammer and mandrel
- File and finish
- Add detail and texture
All levels
Duration:
2.5 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No, everything is included and you'll take home a unique, made to fit, ring that you will cherish forever.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
Amigurumi dolls are big news in Japan and quite frankly we aren’t surprised – cute, dinky and each one with buckets of personality. Make like the Tokyo cool-kids and learn the basics of Amigurumi in this online lesson.
This session is perfect for expanding those crochet skills as you will learn:
- To crochet in the round
- Crochet invisible increase and decrease typical of Amigurumi
- Learn how to crochet the using the single crochet stitch (US) / double crochet (UK)
- Learn how to read Amigurumi patterns
Improvers - You do need to know basic crochet techniques. Try our beginners virtual or in-person crochet classes first. Details here
Duration:
2 hours
What You Receive:
We will send you a kit containing:
- 100g ball of wool - enough wool to crochet 2 bunnies
- Crochet hook
- Embroidery floss for your bunny eyes and a pair of toy eyes so you can decide on your bunny's face. We advise, for safety, using embroidery floss if gifting this to a young person.
- Toy stuffing to make your bunny extra squishy
- Instructional booklet with the exclusive bunny pattern
- We will also provide you with a host of information on where to find some free patterns, some great amigurumi websites and inspiration as well as a 20% discount code you can use at Lovecrafts to purchase more wool and all your others crafty supplies.
If you think crochet charts just look like a random set of squiggles on a page then this class was made for you. During the class we'll teach you how to decipher a crochet chart as well as create a basket for you to keep!
We are continually finding uses for these little baskets around the studio so this project is helpful in more ways than one. These baskets have been designed specifically to teach you how to read charts so you know you'll leave this class fully understanding how to read those pesky crochet charts.
The reason we love teaching you how to read crochet charts is then you can go on to understand crochet in any language! So why not join us and master the art of crochet charts? We're be making a basket using eco friendly t-shirt yarn and its all provided for you.
Improvers - try one of our many beginner classes if you don't know how to crochet. See here for our beginner crochet classes.
Duration:
2 hours
Capacity:
Reduced to 6 per workshop, we have decided to leave our seating at 2m apart.
Please get in touch if you are a family living together or part of a "support bubble" so we can make arrangements for you to sit together.
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No everything you need to make your own little crochet basket will be given to you. Including the t-shirt yarn, hook and leather handles!
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
Get your GAL PALS out tonight for a treat! Come to our Galentine's workshop, create your own luxurious soap and learn how to create stunning Vegan marbled biscuits. No animal fats are used in our soap base so it's suitable for vegetarians and vegans, and our soap base is also not tested on animals.
Come by yourself and hang out with like minded Londoners or treat that special gal pal in your life to an evening of crafting, and you'll both walk away with new skills and some handmade goodies (by you!). We will be providing a glass of pink fizz for each attendee as well as a Girl Power playlist to sing along to whilst you craft! What's not to like? We look forward to seeing you there...
What You Make & Learn:
You will make some soap as well as a selection of marbled biscuits decorated for you take home and enjoy!
All Levels
Duration:
2 hours
Do I Need to Bring Anything:
No, everything else is supplied for you.
All our workshops include unlimited tea, coffee and we always have plenty of cake on offer at every workshop and vegan friendly biscuits. Please note this is not a vegan chocolate making class but vegan treats are available. If you require gluten free sweet treats please let us know!
