Crochet - Next Steps - Mansfield Woodhouse Library - Community Learning

About this course

For learners to work towards creating a variety of crochet stitches with a crochet hook and yarn/wool and making different swatches to sew together or create bowls / boxes, scarves / bags, tops / dresses, cushion covers and throws, the list is endless! To understand the different terminologies used for English and American Crochet stitches and Crochet Hook Size Conversion for Metric, US & UK.

What will be covered on the course?   

• How to perform a variety of crochet stitches with a crochet hook and yarn/wool and making different swatches to sew together to create throws, cushion covers, hair bands, bowls / boxes, scarves / bags, tops / dresses, cushion covers and throws, the list is endless! To understand the different terminologies used for English and American Crochet stitches. Crochet Hook Sizes Conversion for Metric, US & UK. A History of crochet. 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?  

• By the end of the course learners will show secure knowledge of how to perform a variety of crochet stitches and have finished projects, such as bowls / boxes, scarves / bags, to tops / dresses, cushion covers  and throws, the list is endless! Understand the different terminologies used for English and American Crochet stitches and the Crochet Hook Size Conversion for Metric, US & UK. 

As this is a follow on from the beginner’s class Learners must have some skills in performing crochet stitches, this is not a beginner’s course

What resources should learners bring?

• A drink – water or juice, notebook and pen, a hook size 4/4.5/or 5 and yarn/wool  

Suggested Reading for the course:  

• Crochet : the complete step-by-step guide : essential techniques, more than 80 crochet patterns. 

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking.  If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Any questions?

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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