Jennifer Willett
I'm an enthusiastic and experienced teacher with formal training and 7 years of classroom experience. I regularly volunteer teaching knitting and am confident to an advanced level.
I can teach you to knit from scratch and will help you develop your confidence and love of textiles, enabling you to make the projects you want and even design your own.
Let me help you solve your knitting problems! Bring along projects you need help with, however much of a mess they may be in.
Making textiles plays a key role in my life, I regularly volunteer at knitting events in London and have just completed a two month long internship learning about traditional Thai weaving in Thailand. There I also taught young refugees and girls who were victims of human trafficking to knit as a way to build confidence and relax, as well as engaging with their textile heritage through creating their own pieces. I'm dedicated to sharing the joys of knitting with the world! Let me show you how!
One-to-one lessons
Group Classes
Knitting class
I will tailor make regular classes for you, so you are totally in control of your own learning. I can teach beginner's knitting or more advanced skills, make a regular class for a set number of weeks or plan a short intensive course for 1-3 days.
Here are some examples of the courses I could offer, if you don't see what you're looking for, please contact me to discuss what you'd like to learn:
Beginner's knitting
Knitting for children
Knitting for teens
Learn how to read patterns
Learn how to read knitting charts
Learn how to make socks
Circular knitting
Fair Isle knitting
Cable knitting
Beginner's lace knitting
Finding knitting resources online
How to alter patterns to your size/yarn/needles
Make a hat/scarf/leg warmers/ bag/ knitted flowers/ baby clothes/ toys etc.
It's a:
class
Venue:
I will travel to a venue of your choice
Location:
, London, United Kingdom
Date and time:
Please contact me to arrange a regular time slot for the class
Rates:
£15 per participant for groups of less than 4, £10 per participant if there are more than 4 members Experience
Textiles internship
During the course of this two month internship in Chiang Mai, Thailand I worked at Studio Naenna with Patricia Cheeseman, a globally renowned expert in Thai and Lao textiles and professor. I learnt how to prepare traditional indigo dye from plants, how to weave using a backstrap loom and gained insight into weaving traditions in Thailand.
Dates:
Oct 2010 - Nov 2010 Knitting teaching
I have experience of teaching over 100 people how to knit. I regularly volunteer teaching the basics of how to knit, I have taught individuals and small groups as well as running several intensive short courses for groups of up to 25 students.
In Thailand I ran a two day workshop in October 2010 teaching young refugees how to knit to provide them with a potential source of income, form of relaxation and to enable them to make clothes for themselves and their children. I taught the participants how to cast on, cast off, knit, purl, increase, decrease, read English patterns and access ravelry.com to enable them to continue learning. The students made hats and baby booties. I also set up online resources to enable the students to continue their own learning and contact me to facilitate their development upon my return to the UK.
I also ran a day long workshop at a refuge for girls who were victims of human trafficking where I taught the girls how to cast on, knit, purl and cast off, making fingerless gloves as the project for the group. the aim of the workshop was to help the girls relax, build self esteem and a sense of achievement through the successful creation of a knitted item and to help them bond as a group through teaching and supporting each other.
Dates:
Feb 2010 - Dec 2010 Educational history
PGCE (Secondary) Art and Design
Dates:
September, 2003 - July, 2004
Institution:
Goldsmiths College, University of London BA (Hons) Fine Art
Dates:
September, 2000 - July, 2003
Institution:
Kent Institute of Art and Design Teaching
Services
Aimed at: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.
THE SMALL PRINT
Prices will be negotiated dependent on individual circumstances and agreed upon before the class is confirmed.
I require 48 hours advance warning if a class will be cancelled for any reason in order to avoid a charge.
Classes cancelled within 48 hours of their allotted time will be charged a 25% cancellation fee.
If the class is cancelled less than 24 hours before it is due to take place you will be liable for a 50% cancellation charge.
Classes can be rescheduled up to 48 hours before they are due to take place without charge, if they are rescheduled after this point they will incur a 15% charge.
Adult participants in my knitting classes are responsible for their own health and safety. Children under 18 will be closely supervised and their participation must be authorise by written consent from their parents/guardians.
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