After a day of visual feasting on all the festival has to offer it’s time to indulge your ears and tastebuds at the Fishy Pub with dinner and our Festival bluegrass band!

Dinner bookings advised (kitchen closes at 8pm)

Jump Feet First into Brioche

In this workshop, Pru Raymond will support you to develop a deep understanding of brioche fabric and skills, by firstly working two colour basic brioche in rows, and then exploring one colour brioche in rows, and one and two colour brioche in the round, using both written and charted instructions. This is a shape-free class, ie. no increasing or decreasing.

Materials
4.5mm circular knitting needle with 80cm circumference or DPNs
2 x 50g balls of 8 ply/DK yarn in solid/semi solid colours with high contrast (ie.one white/very light coloured yarn and one mid to dark coloured yarn).

Skill Level
This class is designed for knitters, novice level and above. This class is not suitable for beginners. As some of the swatches are worked in the round, it is beneficial to know Magic Loop technique, but it isn’t a prerequisite.

Pru Raymond has sold out knitting workshops and stackable retreats in yarn stores, knitting festivals and community centres Australia-wide, and in yarn stores on the east and west coast of USA.
Pru has worked as a qualified teacher for almost 20 years. She combines her expertise as a professional educator and her lifelong passion for knitting to develop original, engaging knitting workshops that are inclusive of all learners. Pru has an in-depth knowledge of diverse styles and techniques and demonstrates new skills in English, Combination an Continental Styles.
Pru also designs and publishes knitting patterns and has produced a range of knitting themed books which are available in select yarn stores and on Amazon globally. Learn more at http://www.dearpru.com

This year we're offering smaller selections of market stalls across multiple weekend days. It's a makers market - with local artisans, producers and crafts people. We'll also have a bit of entertainment for you to get into a groove while you graze.

Come and marvel at the depth and breadth of our creative types!

Sponsored by the Bendigo Bank - Toora & Foster

Wonthaggi Fabric and Yarns hard at work at the 2024 festival.

Inspired by the creativity and skills of our tea cosy competition? Fish Creek local Helen Sammonds presents this workshop for everyone who wants to crochet but doesn’t know how to start. Be daunted no longer! Helen will help you overcome your nerves and get you into the crocheting groove.

All materials provided

Helen is a local crafter, maker, country-liver, beach-lover, mother, wife. Partner and maker for @thehandmakersstore. She's got it all going on!

On a Quest to Knit the Perfect Sock? This workshop is designed by Pru Raymond to guide knitters through a series of choices to plot their personalised ‘sock story:’ cuff down or toe up? Afterthought heel or short rows? What toe shaping and bind off should I choose? At the end of the workshop, participants will write a personlised ‘sock story’ to guide future sock knitting adventures.

Materials 3.75mm circular knitting needle with 80cm circumference or DPNs 100g ball/cake of DK sock yarn (NB a 100g ball/cake is sufficient to make a mini sock in class and complete a full size pair using the recipe designed in class) OR 50f 8ply wool yarn in light colour (to make mini sock for learning purposes only).

Skill Level this workshop is suitable for novice knitters who are keen to learn how to make sock, or for more seasoned knitters who want more power and insight to customise their socks or design their own. Experience of Magic Loop recommended but not essential.

Pru Raymond has sold out knitting workshops and stackable retreats in yarn stores, knitting festivals and community centres Australia-wide, and in yarn stores on the east and west coast of USA. Pru has worked as a qualified teacher for almost 20 years. She combines her expertise as a professional educator and her lifelong passion for knitting to develop original, engaging knitting workshops that are inclusive of all learners. Pru has an in-depth knowledge of diverse styles and techniques and demonstrates new skills in English, Combination an Continental Styles. Pru also designs and publishes knitting patterns and has produced a range of knitting themed books which are available in select yarn stores and on Amazon globally. Learn more at http://www.dearpru.com

Join Sarah to transform old clothes and textiles into hand-twisted fabric cord. Explore colour and texture as you create your own cord and coil it into a pot holder to take home. Fabric is provided, but feel free to bring materials you’d like to use.

A glass of wine or non-alcoholic drink and

 a shared cheese platter are included.

Sarah Parkes is an artist/designer who knots and weaves narratives of place and home into her sculptural rope works, creating a personal topography of her life and surroundings. Sarah’s endless curiosity informs her drive to explore, experiment and push the boundaries of knotting and materiality in both her artworks, commercial interior installat

ions and commercial products.

This low-key, guided upcycling felting workshop is run by one of our es-TEA-med (see what we did there) Tea Cosy Committee members. It’s about new skills and flexing the brain and hands whilst being part of our tea cosy festival magic. Come along and make a sustainably sourced scarf, tea cosy or oven mitt.

No bookings required

Gold coin donation

Value all around

It’s what we’re all about - our beloved tea cosies. Do you want to learn the basics, upskill, embellishments? Well our local legend Leonie will gently help you on your way. And then at the next festival you’ll be ready to cosy your way into our hearts and minds!

Leonie Margetts moved to the area in 2004. She has five daughters and three grandchildren. She lives with her devoted dog Maisie who allows her to knit as long as she gets out for the occasional stroll. Leonie's active, creative

brain is always thinking of what to knit next and what colours will work with what. She's always loved sewing and knitting and usually doesn’t need patterns - she just makes them up.

Knitting tea cosies helped Leonie cope with the loss of her daughter to cancer in 2009. When Fish Creek held its first Tea Cosy Festival in 2013 she came second, with a design that to this day is one of her favourites. Over the years she has made hundreds - all original and whatever idea came into her mind. What a genius!

Leonie is joining us to assist knitters with getting started, getting finished and creating any embellishments their active and creative brains dream up in the session.

Leonie is running three sessions this week, so there's plenty of opportunities to get that cosy completed!

This low-key, guided upcycling felting workshop is run by one of our es-TEA-med (see what we did there) Tea Cosy Committee members. It’s about new skills and flexing the brain and hands whilst being part of our tea cosy festival magic. Come along and make a sustainably sourced scarf, tea cosy or oven mitt.

No bookings required
Gold coin donation.
Value all around!