{"id":264,"date":"2013-02-04T09:43:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T09:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?page_id=264"},"modified":"2019-05-04T17:37:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T16:37:25","slug":"beyond-scarves-granny-squares-crochet-102-shaping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?page_id=264","title":{"rendered":"Crochet Improvers &#8211; Shaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"internal-source-marker_0.7675509569975809\" dir=\"ltr\">This course will next\u00a0run with Purlescence on Saturday 13th April 2013<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>Beyond Scarves and Granny Squares<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>will take you from \u2018beginner\u2019 to \u2018confident\u2019.\u00a0 Teaching loads of techniques to expand your repertoire, increase your confidence and improve your skills, we\u2019ll be talking about those little secret \u2018tricks of the trade\u2019 along with the more conventional wisdom gained from my 30 years of practical experience.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be covering<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Starting \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0how to get a pretty cast on edge and how to do away with foundation chain<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Couture Touches &#8211; such as how to get rid of \u201cthat\u201d gap at the edge of your work, useful stitches to know and how to change yarn<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Shaping &#8211; how to do shapes other than squares, rectangles and circles, lots of increases and decreases<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Short rows &#8211; what they are<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Gauge &#8211; *why* it\u2019s important and when we can ignore it<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Blocking &#8211; how to do it and why it matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">You will need:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">to be comfortable in the basics of crochet &#8211; holding the hook &amp; yarn, chain, Single Crochet, Double Crochet (American terminology)<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">a crochet hook of type and size of your choosing (we recommend a 4 &#8211; 5mm)<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">about 50g of light coloured yarn with a nice twist (so it doesn\u2019t come apart too easily or split) of a weight to match your hook (we recommend a 4ply or DK weight).<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">A pencil\/pen and notepad<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We won\u2019t be making anything specific in this class, just having a play with techniques in an informal, fun, environment. \u00a0If you have any questions or want any advice, please feel free to contact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course will next\u00a0run with Purlescence on Saturday 13th April 2013 Beyond Scarves and Granny Squares will take you from \u2018beginner\u2019 to \u2018confident\u2019.\u00a0 Teaching loads of techniques to expand your repertoire, increase your confidence and improve your skills, we\u2019ll be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?page_id=264\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":262,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Ifg0-4g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/264\/revisions\/746"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}