Yarn Hooking Workshop

Course Date:  Thursday, 20th May 2027
Time of Course:  10am to 4pm
Cost: £75 to include light refreshments, plus materials charge

*Please note that we no longer provide lunch.  Please bring a packed lunch*

Come and enjoy the relaxing art of yarn hooking.

Similar to rug hooking with strips of cloth, yarn hooking is achieved by using yarn, a smaller hooking tool and fine weave hessian.

On this course you will create your own Five Sheep picture.  You will be working on one of Carole’s custom made hooking frames which is yours to take with you at the end of the day.

You will first practice the hooking technique on a piece of hessian and continue until you feel ready to start on your Sheep picture.  The kit will include all the yarn you will need, the hooking tool, and the pattern drawn on the hessian.  There is a materials charge for the kit of £35 per person, payable direct to your tutor, Carole.

Everything is provided and there will be some extra yarn colours available so that you can choose the colours you like for your sheep.  Once you have mastered the technique it is a very rhythmic, relaxing and therapeutic craft.  You will not finish your design in the day, but you will have the skill, yarn and tools to finish your design at home.

Carole is a ‘yarnaholic’ and maker.  She got hooked on hooking with yarn after seeing the craft at a local agricultural show.  In 1993 she started Hooked by Design and regularly exhibits at shows such as Wonderwool, Buxton Wool Gathering and the Cumbrian Wool Gathering – to name but a few.  She also loves knitting and crochet and always incorporates some ‘making’ into her day.

Homemade light refreshments are available throughout the day but we request that you bring a packed lunch.

If we are fully booked please get in touch to be put on a waiting list or find out about further dates available.