At the weekend I hosted a workshop at The Crochet Sanctuary and what a fabulous experience it was! The lovely Lisa from The Wee House of Crochet and Lynda-Rose of Lyndas Craftroom were the organisers of the event and contacted me last year to ask if I would be willing to host a workshop. I’m never able to turn anything crochet related down so of course I said a big yes! And I’m so very glad I did… what an amazing weekend it was!
Lisa has written a blog post about it here and Julia from Julias Creative Year has also written some blog posts about it 🙂 One of the most special things about the weekend was finally meeting fellow bloggers, followers on Instagram and people who I have had an online connection with but never met in person! It was overwhelming but amazing! 🙂 🙂 Amanda Bloom from Little Box of Crochet was also there and she’d brought Jennys Blanket of Hugs that many of you may remember and have been a part of in 2016. Actually seeing Jenny’s blanket was a very emotional moment – it is truly special and beautiful in every way…
The Crochet Sanctuary is held in the North West of England which is 250 miles from where I live. My workshop was scheduled for Saturday afternoon so I left early in the morning to get there in good time…
I’d put a great deal of thought into the kind of workshop I would host and Lisa and Lynda-Rose put their trust in me and let me decide.
I felt it had to be something Coastal, something that is a little different and something that is achievable in an afternoon! So I decided on a ‘Crocheting Around Pebbles’ workshop!
It was a surprise for the participants and as they went off to lunch I set the room up so they would return with a little of the south coast to greet them…
…with some coastal bunting and (you can’t hear it)… but some seaside music too!! 🙂 🙂
The workshop was a huge success and I enjoyed every single minute of it! 🙂 🙂
This little bit of feedback from @LittleBoxofCrochet made my day…
and @LostinKnit shared this over on Instagram…
To be in a room together with so many people who love crochet as much as you is just wonderful. What an amazing, inspiring and special afternoon of crochet…
As it was such a long way for me to travel, Lisa and Lynda-Rose had kindly invited me to stay the night so I was able to enjoy taking part in the rest of the weekend too which involved pom pom making, crocheting socks (a first for me!) and generally having a fabulous time sharing good food, good conversation, good coffee and good crochet with lovely like minded people…
Next week I’ll write a little more about my actual workshop and the pebbles I crocheted around… 🙂 🙂