Introduction to Latch Hook

A beginner-friendly introduction to the highly textured and traditional craft of latch hook.

In this relaxed half-day workshop, you will create a 12cm squared sample of hooked canvas which you can take home to display as a wall hanging or place in a frame.

Tutor Caroline will guide you through the process of creating a design, cutting your yarn and using the latch hook tool to knot the strands onto the canvas. It is the perfect craft to use up any leftover yarn you may have which you are welcome to bring along and use, although plenty of yarn will be provided for you.

Tutor Caroline Colam is an experienced teacher who has been teaching textile-based crafts for several years. She is the author of the book ‘Punch Needle: Colouring with Yarn’ and is an exhibiting artist. She creates a wide range of fabulous textile crafts and is keen to bring these traditional crafts up-to-date with contemporary applications. She is as passionate about the therapeutic process of crafting as the finished pieces. Caroline is also a freelance punch needle designer/maker for Hobbycraft, writing tutorials for the Ideas Hub on their website.

All materials are provided.

Participants must be aged 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times.

This half-day workshop will start at 10:30am and end at 2:30pm, with a short break for lunch. Our café will be open or you are welcome to bring your own refreshments.

If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list - simply contact our box office team on / and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans!

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We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome - just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).