Workshops – Knitting and spinning party 2025
Chicken strike
Saturday 11/10 12.30-16.00
Course leader: Anna Bauer
Course description:
Hönsestrik is a cult, freer form of pattern knitting that originated in 1970s Denmark. Characteristic are the colorful pattern borders and the knitted personal and political messages. In recent years, Hönsestrik has found new expressions in guerrilla crafts. Hönsestrik is pure unskilled knitting, without pointers and where you have the opportunity to let loose and revel in colors and patterns and fill your knitting with your own content.
Course content: A taste of Hönsestrik The history behind Hönsestrik, inspiration, technique tips, color theory, pattern cavalcade and of course knitting!
We will get acquainted with Hönsestrik by starting to knit a smaller project.
Materials: Bring your own knitting needles, circular knitting needles and/or double pointed needles no. 2.5 or 3.
Yarn is available for purchase on site at cost price. It is also possible to bring your own yarn. Compendium 50 SEK.
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Time: Saturday, October 11th, 12:30-4:00 PM
Price: 595: – This includes an entrance fee of 100 SEK and lectures and a chance to try out activities.
You must register if you want to attend the lecture as there are limited places. This is done when registering for the workshop, which will be possible later.
Location: Rydal Museum
Number of participants 15 people
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Gansey knitting
Sunday 12/10 at 12.30-16.00
Course leader Anna Josefsson
A knitted gansey, smart solutions and beautiful surface patterns!
Try knitting details and surface patterns from English fisherman's sweaters, so-called Ganseys.
Our course leader shows pictures and shows 4 different details on the shirts she has with her.
While we knit, we discuss the history and construction of the garments. We knit braids, fields and ladders and learn more about how these sweaters have been knitted and used, and see what details help to give the garments a nice fit.
The course leader provides patterns on a sample patch in the form of wrist warmers or similar small knitting.
Material:
Bring: a round yarn that fits knitting needles size 3.5 (e.g. frangipani or Rauma 3-ply wool yarn) and circular knitting needles or double pointed needles size 2, 5, 3 and 3.5.
Materials for test knitting are also available for purchase from the course leader.
Prerequisites: For best results, you should be able to knit and purl and
also tried knitting with circular needles. If you want to try knitting with gansey yarns, you can buy a sample ball from the course leader.
Course leader: Anna Josefsson
Time: Sunday, October 12th, 12:30-4:00 PM
Price: 595: – This includes an entrance fee of 100 SEK and a lecture and a try-out of activities. You must register if you want to attend the lecture as there are limited places. This is done when registering for the workshop.
Location: Rydals Museum, Local Åbönninga
Number of participants 12 people
Adult education enrolment here: Anna Josefsson
Denna workshop är tyvärr fullbokat just nu men du kan anmäla dig genom länken som reserv och får då ett meddelande från SV om det blir en plats ledig!
Presentation:
Anna grew up by the sea in Bohuslän and has a lifelong interest in knitting, especially garments used at sea. With over 15 years of experience as a course leader and a pedagogical degree in her background, Anna combines her knowledge of textile techniques with a passion for ganseys. She has taught at knitting festivals and textile events both in Sweden and abroad. She creates textiles and teaches various techniques in her company Vinterverkstan, but is also a seaweed diver, fisher and teaches biology.
Do you want to know more about Anna Josefsson: www.vinterverkstan.se
Instagram: @Vinterverkstan Facebook:Vinterverkstan
Double-ended knitting
Saturday 11/10 at 12.30-16.00
Course leader Kerstin Jönsson
Double-ended knitting is the name of an old Nordic knitting technique. As the word double-ended knitting says, you always knit with two thread ends, either from the same skein or from two different skeins. We will start by casting on stitches and knitting straight stitches in the traditional way, which is slightly different from how many of us usually knit today. Holding the yarn in the right hand is usually the big challenge.
Double crocheting a bracelet can be quite a challenge to start with if you don't want to start something bigger. The course is suitable for those of you who have not done double-ended knitting before, but also for those of you who have tried double-ended knitting before and want to rehearse to get started again.
When double-ended knitting, you usually use a 2-strand yarn that is Z-twisted, i.e. twisted in the opposite direction to the S-twisted yarn we usually use when we knit.
But for test knitting, S-twisted yarn will do if you cannot get hold of Z-twisted yarn.
Det viktigaste är att du har ett starkt garn (som inte går av när du drar i det)
grovlek c:a 300 m/100g. Du behöver även ett spel (5 stycken) strumpstickor 2½ (eller lång rundsticka om du kan sticka med magic loop).
Notepads and scissors are usually good to have with you.
To enjoy this workshop you should be used to knitting in the round on double pointed needles, the technique can also be knitted with magic loop if you prefer (but this is not something we teach during the course).
Kursledare är Kerstin Jönsson
Tid Lördag 12.30- 16.00
Pris: 595: – Entré avgift 100 kr ingår i priset.
Location: Snurrebacken, Rydal Museum
Antal deltagare. 10 personer.
Presentation:
The course leader is Kerstin Jönsson, a craftswoman and course leader who published the book "Tvåändsstickning" in 2003.
Kerstin is educated at Nyckelviksskolan and the School of Fine Arts (Currently HDK).
Blue dyeing with Indigo
Sat 11 Oct 13.00-16.00
Course leader: Camilla Sten
For three hours you will learn the basics of Indigo dyeing and reservage techniques from Camilla from Hamra farm. We will start by talking about indigo and how to dye with it. I will tell you a little history and tradition about the mythical plant. Then we will look at some inspiration samples and show you how to create reservage and flame yarns by bundling, covering and tying the material. Then it is time to put a stock pot and dive into the blue dyeing pots! You will take your own unique blue dyed yarns home. We will dye 1 hg of wool yarn each from the course leader's own sheep. The material is provided on site.
Bring comfortable clothing (there are some protective gowns in the studio) and dishwashing gloves so you don't get stained hands.
The participant will need to come back one hour after the end of the course to pick up their yarns.
Course leader: Camilla Sten from Hamra Gård. Max 10 participants
Material cost (1kg of wool yarn, pigment, recipe and equipment) 250 SEK incl. VAT per participant.
Location: Studio at the bottom of the museum.
Register through Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan here:
Blue dyeing with indigo Workshop price: 775: – This includes 100g of yarn and an entrance fee of 100 SEK which applies to admission to the lecture and to try out activities. You must register if you want to attend the lecture as there are limited places. This is done when registering for the workshop.
More information about Camilla and Hamre Gård at www.hamragard.se
The Red Thread of Garnet - Dyeing Plants in Red Tones
Sun 12 Oct 13.00-16.00
Course leader: Camilla Sten
This is a workshop for the creative dyer! For three hours we will dye with different natural color pigments in the red, orange, yellow, purple color scale. We will go through different techniques for plant-dyeing flame yarns, speckled yarns and shades using steaming and dyeing in a jar. The result will be watercolor soft or fiery. Methods that are easy to continue at home. Unleash your creative side and come and plant-dye the yarn's red thread! Of course, we will look at inspiration samples and talk a little about the history of plant dyeing, mainly about Krapp and Koshenill.
You take your own unique red-dyed yarns home. We dye 1 tbs of wool yarn each from the course leader's own sheep. The material is provided. Bring comfortable clothes and dishwashing gloves so you don't get stained hands.
The participant will need to come back one hour after the end of the course to pick up their yarns.
Course leader: Camilla Sten from Hamra Gård. Max 10 participants
Material cost (1kg of wool yarn, pigment, recipe and equipment) 250 SEK incl. VAT per participant.
Place: The studio at the bottom of the museum.
Register through Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan here:
Price: 775: – This includes 100 g of yarn and an entrance fee of 100 SEK which applies to admission to the lecture and to try out activities. You must register if you want to attend the lecture as there are limited places. This is done when registering for the workshop.
More information about Camilla and Hamre Gård at www.hamragard.se
Presentation
Course leader Camilla Sten.
Together with my brother, I run Hamra Gård in Åsa, an organic farm with, among other things, Ryafår. The sheep give us lovely wool yarns in natural colors and these are the ones we dye during my courses. I am trained in plant dyeing, among other things, on the farm clearing and have over 20 years of successful and unsuccessful plant dyeing experiences under my belt. I have worked with traditional and historical dye plants from our local area, as well as more modern techniques and imported pigments and plants. Holding courses and exchanging experiences is perhaps the most fun thing about the craft and I am really looking forward to spreading the craft and creativity during the two courses at Rydal!
There is yarn from my own organic sheep for participants to purchase, either during the course or at our table at the fair. Regular price (for 2- and 3-ply natural dyed) is 250 SEK/hour, course participants have a 15% discount (on 2- and 3-ply yarns) throughout the entire Knitting and Spinning Party
Intarsia knitting
Sun 12 Oct 13.00-16.00
Course leader: Karin Weststrand and Emilia Jensen.
During the workshop we will go through the basics of intarsia knitting. By knitting sample pieces we will practice knitting intarsia and we will explore the possibilities of the technique. We will also touch on color choices and the influence of colors on each other.
We knit in two-ply wool yarn (approx. 350 m/100 g) which is included in the fee.
Bring:
Your own knitting needles, circular knitting needle (approx. 80 cm) that matches the yarn, approx. No. 3.
Kursledare: Emilia Jensen och Karin Weststrand. (Sticklabb)
Price: 595 SEK. Includes entrance fee of 100 SEK.
Location: Kanalbönninga
Number of participants 15-20 people
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Presentation:
Karin Weststrand and Emilia Jensen.
(Sticklabb) consists of Karin Weststrand and Emilia Jensen. Both are professionals in the textile industry and a large part of their free time is devoted to knitting. Karin Weststrand, together with her sister Stina, makes knitting patterns under the name @theweststrandsisters. Some of their patterns are called Pluret, Marketta and Viveca and can be found on Ravelry.com. Emilia Jensen also makes patterns for knitting and then under the name @emiliajensenknits
Emilia Jensen runs the Yarn Factory in Kinna together with Linda Lindeblom.https://garnmakeriet.se/ Some of her patterns are called Vertikal, Kedjan and Krait and they can also be found on Ravelry.com. She also runs Their shared interest has led to them starting to hold workshops together in 2016 to share their experiences.
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