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One of the happiest things about publishing the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook is that it has opened up more teaching opportunities for me.<\/p>\n

\"Quotidian

Quotidian Colourwork class at Purlescence, February 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

I thoroughly enjoy running workshops whether the subject is creative uses of sound in radio or translating everyday inspirations into stranded colourwork. <\/p>\n

\"Tuned

Teaching radio students with Valeria Merlini at our Tuned City Workshops in 2013, Brussels<\/p><\/div>\n

Teaching Music Theatre Practice to undergraduate students was one of the highlights of my year-long post at Oxford Brookes University because I led that module and was allowed to create the content myself. We performed all kinds of scores and had all sorts of discussions. My students made wild performances – including a very messy food-based performance with field recordings of which I was especially fond…<\/p>\n

…teaching is all about finding forms for sharing ideas. <\/p>\n

So when Sarah from Purlescence invited me to lead this steeking workshop<\/a> I was totally jazzed. I began thinking right away<\/em> how best to use the available workshop time to explore cutting knitted fabric.<\/p>\n

I wanted to design a very small, low-investment type of project… but I also wanted to design something which would serve as a daily reminder that STEEKING IS EASY AND FUN! <\/p>\n

\"Cutting

Cutting up a coaster worked in the Lemon colourway<\/p><\/div>\n

I also remembered that everybody likes cake<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Fruitcake

Fruitcake explored in stranded colourwork for the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook<\/p><\/div>\n

I really wanted to work with the palette that I developed through working with Fruitcake for my book but it uses many, many shades of yarn! A tiny pattern should not use such a wide variety of shades. After all I cannot assume that everyone is like me and wants to have 10 million shades of Jamieson & Smith 2 Ply Jumper Weight Yarn on hand at all times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"The

The sliced cake motif from the Fruitcake swatch in the KNITSONIK Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook worked in just three foamy latte shades of Jamieson & Smith yarn<\/p><\/div>\n

I always find constraints helpful for creative projects. In this case the project had to<\/p>\n