Try summat new!

Here are some lovely stitches you may wish to try out to make your yarn strip for the Yarn Forward project. Just make sure your strip measures 7cm wide by 40cm long.

Knitting..

• Close Checks - www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/closechecks.htm
• Squares in Squares stitch - www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches/squaresinsquares.htm
• 2 colour diamonds stitch - www.free-knit-stitch.com/knit-stitch41-60/52.htm
• Icicle stitch - www.free-knit-stitch.com/knit-stitch21-40/39.icicle.HTM
• Eye of the Partridge - www.knittingfool.com

Crochet...

• Crochet cable stitch - www.lionbrand.com
• Rasberry stitch - freevintagecrochet.com/how-to-crochet/raspberry-stitch
• Open work and lace -www.mypicot.com/crochet_patterns_openwork_lace01.html

Yarn bombs and workshop

To accompany our project 'Yarn Forward' at the Manchester Craft and Design Center, we managed to place a few sneaky little yarn bombs in and around the building for people to discover..

And on the opening day of the UK DIY Craft Mafia's exhibition, ArtYarn led a free crochet workshop inviting memebers of the public to come and learn, share their skills and have a nice afternoon of yarny business..

Getting stuck in to some serious crochet

Valpuri's beautiful knit work , a strip for the bannister

The end of a very busy afternoon.

Installation 1

Over the past few days ArtYarn have been busy at the Manchester Craft and Design centre with all of the received strips of knitting and crochet.

Stage one of the installation has taken place, attaching the yarn strips to the first floor bannister. It is already looking vibrant and eye catching , which ever angle you view the installation from, and has already been of great interest to the visiting public.

We are still collecting yarn strips, so there is plenty of time to send in your knitted or crocheted strip to the Manchester Craft and Design center. Also, if you would like to many more than one, please feel free!!!

For those of you who have already contributed a massive thanks to you all:-

• Marie Pattison, Manchester UK
• Dawn Elwell, Audenshaw, Manchester UK
• Margaret Dayman, Angus, Scotland
• Abbaballistic, Haringley, London UK
• Helen Best-Shaw, London UK (www.busknitter.blogspot.com)
• Samantha Thorley, Sale Moor, Manchester UK
• Cathy Henry, Ontario Canada
• okadascat, Hartlepool UK (www.okadascat.blogspot.com)

Pictures from today..
Installation 1





First Lot up and looking amazing...






Keep posted for pictures from the Yarn Forward workshop taking place Saturday 21st March from 2pm @ The Manchester Craft and Design Centre.

1st strip recieved!!

Last night at our weekly knitting club at the King's Arms in Salford, we had a very special guest!
That Roger! (aka Roger Newton) came along to show us some more of his incredible crochet work and to drop off a crocheted strip, made to perfect measure, for the Yarn Forward project.



I really hope that roger will become a regular member of our knitting club!