Knitting and crochet workshops and retreats

[...] The dates for the next two knitting and crochet retreats at La Verderie are - Thursday 20th - Tuesday 25th March 2014 and Thursday 27th March - Tuesday 1st April 2014 [...]

[...] elements and tea, coffee and cream teas were readily consumed. kilims for sale the gallery at La Verderie On the Sunday in a moment of madness I decided to do Sunday Roast in two sittings, so we fed 8 [...]

[...] , Sue and Janet were sitting in the garden with their knitting a few minutes after arriving at La Verderie. We spent the first morning relaxing in the sun with our projects. Pia is here to improve her [...]

[...] A new year and there is lots happening at La Verderie! We still have just a few spaces available for the 2015 knitting holidays in May, September and [...]

[...] shop in Cognac, then a wander through the town and a coffee in the square. flower stall at St Jean d'Angely market shopping in St Jean d'Angely the old streets in St Jean Saturday morning was a visit [...]

[...] Yesterday the sun was shining again, we stopped at St Jean d'Angely for a quick visit to the market and of course the yarn shop. Franziska bought a new project [...]

[...] . The sun shone and we managed to sit outside for a few hours nearly every day. lunch in St Jean d'Angely Burie Burie the lovely coffee shop in Saintes We started the weekend with a lovely lunch of [...]

[...] , seafood pasta and chocolate torte. On Saturday Sandra, Margaret, Richard and I went into St Jean d'Angely for the market and Culli took John back to the airport for his flight home. We wandered [...]

[...] of knitting and crochet. On Tuesday we went into Cognac to visit Tissus Bonnet the fabric and yarn shop in the centre of town. Everyone loves the beautiful ribbons, trimmings, fabric and yarns and we [...]

[...] Yesterday morning we went to Cognac, first stop was Tissus Bonnet the lovely fabric and yarn shop for fabric remnants printed with colourful macaroons and cupcakes, gorgeous ribbons and [...]

[...] design and lace edging on tuesday morning we went shopping in Saintes to the huge fabric and yarn shop where we all bought, pattern books, yarn and ribbon then on to Maison du Monde then back home [...]

[...] shining again, we stopped at St Jean d'Angely for a quick visit to the market and of course the yarn shop. Franziska bought a new project bag for her sewing and knitting, we wandered around the market [...]

[...] between socks and her crochet shawl. edge of Le Vieux Port meringues the lovely streets of La Rochelle gift packed sardines hand made soaps sadly not the real Jack Sparrow Ice creams We have an [...]

[...] , Franziska is all geared up to start on a cable and beaded cowl tomorrow. Tomorrow a trip to La Rochelle. [...]

[...] knitting and crochet retreat started on another beautiful warm and sunny day. I drove to La Rochelle to meet Catherine, Alison and Dorothy who all flew in from Southanpton. Dorothy and Alison had [...]

[...] with the colourful pumpkins and flower stalls, then all bundled back into the car and on to La Rochelle. First stop was a coffee, then a wander through the town to the Cafe de la Paix for lunch. Then [...]

[...] The second day of the Mystery Blanket workshop and the sun has vanished, as we had a full day workshop planned no-one minded (except [...]

[...] The mystery blanket workshop with tutor Debbie Abrahams started on Sunday. The sun was shining as I picked up Pat, [...]

Friday started with a wet walk for me with BeBop & Buddy, followed by a morning workshop. The group have done amazingly well, with a total of 68 [...]

[...] others company. I now have a few days for housework, shopping and cooking before the Mystery Blanket workshop starts on Sunday, fingers crossed for a bit more sunshine. [...]

[...] off then Franziska and I went into the centre of Angouleme for a coffee and a final bit of retail therapy. It is years since I have been into the city centre and had forgotten how lovely it is with a [...]

[...] in St Jean d'Angely on thursday, a coffee and a wander around Burie on Friday and plenty of retail therapy in Saintes at the weekend. Puck, our visiting French bulldog discovered that Lesley was a [...]

[...] It was another sunny day on Monday morning, so to break everyone in gently with a little retail therapy we went into Saintes for the monthly market. The colourful market stalls stretch the full [...]

[...] the colourful pumpkins, giant beef tomatoes and beautiful flower stalls, then a bit of retail therapy in the yarn shop and kitchen shop followed by a coffee and a walk through the old medieval [...]

Due to a cancellation we have two spaces available (sharing a twin room) for this fantastic workshop. The dates are from 28th June - 4th July 2014, wh [...]

We had four residential guests for Carol's workshop at La Verderie, Jan, Wendy, Sonia and Cath and day girls Gill, Natasha and Lorraine. We started th [...]

The week continues with warm, sunny weather. Three of us are up early every morning, Carol for a cycle ride around the lanes, Cath goes running and I [...]

We finish the final day with a visit to Egreteau, our local Cognac producer for a little sampling session of their Cognac and Pineau and a few purchas [...]

[...] Knitting and crochet retreat with knitting workshops tutored by Sue Culligan 2nd - 7th July 2015 at le Logis de la Courade [...]

[...] The October knitting and crochet retreat started on another beautiful warm and sunny day. I drove to La Rochelle to meet Catherine, [...]

The May retreat started with wall to wall sunshine. The three guests Pia, Sue and Janet were sitting in the garden with their knitting a few minutes a [...]

The September knitting retreat started on a glorious hot sunny Sunday. All five guests arrived at Bordeaux airport and by late afternoon were sitting [...]

[...] holiday with optional workshops on various knitting techniques and basic crochet. For further details click here. Thursday 24th April - tuesday 29th April 2014 - knitting and [...]

[...] bag with lace edging in soft heathery shades. In addition to this there were workshops on basic crochet and how to read a crochet diagram. Mary and Barbara arrived a day early to tie in with flights [...]

[...] ), a fitted cardigan knitted in Rowan Big Wool, she is also like me trying to improve her crochet techniques. the start of my crochet cushion cover I am working on a crochet cushion cover in a mix of [...]

[...] tutor and the small group of 4 or 5 people allows one to one tuition on all knitting and crochet techniques. For further details visit the Knitting holidays in France website here, or email [...]

[...] basics of crochet, Sue and Janet are confident knitters, but are both keen to improve their crochet techniques. They have all brought various projects along and are keen to start. In the afternoon we [...]