Crochet for Beginners - Part 1 (16 years and older)
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11 Oct 10:30 AM event_repeat
Until 11 Oct, 01:30 PM 3h

Crochet for Beginners - Part 1 (16 years and older)

Westacott Cottage Arts & Crafts Centre 107 Railway Parade, Canley Vale NSW, Australia
Crochet for Beginners - Part 1 (16 years and older)
Westacott Cottage Arts & Crafts Centre

Built in 1886, Westacott Cottage is a late Victorian masonry cottage, bought by Fairfield City Council in 1978 and listed as a local heritage site. Westacott Cottage has since undergone some minor restoration, and was officially opened to the public in 2010. The cottage has become a meeting place where members of arts and crafts groups can socialise and develop their creative skills. The public is also invited to buy and/or sell their handcrafted goods in the cottage.

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Organized by Barbara Jeromin

Crochet has been used for centuries and remains a popular technique for making a wide variety of clothing and other items. Crocheting is well known for offering a variety of health and wellbeing benefits. Studies indicate that the repetitive motions involved in crocheting have a similar impact on the brain as meditation.

This course is designed for those who are new to crocheting or have little experience working with a crochet hook.

Learn from a Certified Crochet Teacher (Crochet Guild Australia), Barbara Jeromin. In this workshop she will teach you:

  • How to use and hold a crochet hook and the yarn
  • How to do a slip knot
  • How to do basic stitches
  • How to read and count stitches

What to bring:

  • 1 ball (50 gm) of 8 ply wool in a light colour, no multicoloured yarn!
  • crochet hook size 4.5 mm
  • scissors
  • yarn needle
  • pen and notepad for taking notes

 

WHY YOU SHOULD CROCHET regularly or learn to crochet:

As we age the pace of memory loss increases. Research at the Johns Hopkins University found that adults who regularly participate in a range of hobbies had a reduction in the risk of memory impairment. A study by the Mayo Clinic also found that engaging in these hobbies during the ages 40 – 60 was particularly important. And the longer we participate in these activities, the lower the risk.

Hobbies such as crochet continue to challenge your brain – both, the strategic/logic side and the creative/artistic side. As you create stitches your brain is constantly active to decipher the pattern you’re using – what stitch is coming next, counting the numbers of stitches to work or have been worked, identifying where to increase or a decrease should be, recognising when the next colour change will occur, challenging whether it is looking like it should, identifying the recurring patterns emerging?

This activates several areas of your brain, stimulating the nerves and helping maintain mental sharpness and alertness.

Having a variety of hobbies – or a variety of projects on the go at once – is just as important to keep the brain engaged.

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