Moebius Workshops
Thursday 31st January 2013
I do feel that getting emails which say things like:
‘Dear Ali
I don’t want to go to work today because I need to stay at home and work on my Moebius. Please may I have a sick note?’
or:
‘Dear Ali
I am now at home, PJs on, feet up, ready to continue Moebiusing until the early hours of tomorrow.’
are the reward I get for passing on Moebiusitis. You’re welcome!
The workshop, which was the first group-teach for Moebius knitting, went really well. In fact I would go so far as to say it was my favourite workshop here at Court Cottage. I think this is because it’s a single technique workshop, albeit a single technique that breaks down into several components for the purposes of teaching. It’s also a subject that delivers almost instant results, because as soon as the cast-on is mastered (this takes a few minutes really and about 4 goes to reinforce the muscle-memory in your hands), the following rounds very quickly lead to a Eureka! moment as the way a true Moebius evolves just becomes clear and its mystery is fully appreciated.
Anyway, there is another Moebius workshop here in April which is fully booked. I am also teaching it in Modbury, Devon at
Hulu Crafts on Thursday 21 March and in Swansea, South Wales (venue and link to follow) on Saturday 8 June.
If however, what you really want is to come here for an event on Moebius knitting*,
contact me and if there are enough people (6 or 7) Millington and I will arrange a further day, probably in the summer.
*Warning: Moebius knitting is highly addictive and can lead to obsessive Moebiusing and in advanced cases, Moebiusitis. I am not in the least bit sorry about that, in fact I am hoping to unleash a lot of Moebiuses on the world in 2013. The collective noun for a group of Moebiuses is a
chant of Moebiuses.
(It’s not, I made that up – but it should be).
My moebius addiction could easily bring me back for another workshop!! Almost don’t want to cast off the current moebius as knitting round and round is extremely pleasing…
Ah, another Moebius is born! X
*IF* we run an additional Moebius session in the summer, it will be split in to 2 groups: people who need to learn how to cast on and knit a basic Moebius; and those who have done that and want to knit one of my new designs. I now have a choice of 4 designs aside from the basic one – which is in any case possibly still the most simply beautiful.
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