On completion of the class participants will confidently be able to: - Use traditional 'Swiss Darning' techniques. - Recover dropped stitches using a 'Latch Hook' - Understanding how to work the 'Duplicate Stitch' across a hole - Apply techniques to different guages of knitwear from fine manufactured to hand knits - Explore Discreet or 'Visible Mending' choices - Learn how to re create ribbed areas (such as cuffs and edging) - Consider different weights, colours and creative features of different yarn combinations - Work on your own and family & friend's mending piles like a pro! In the afternoon, Selina is offering a "Woollen Repairs Surgery", giving participants the opportunity to get advice and apply the learning from the morning session to your own items of knitwear in need of repair. A discount is offered when you book the full day! About the Tutor: The class is taught by Selina Latour, a textile artist and repair specialist based in South East London. Alongside her workshops, she offers her mending services through the online platform 'The Seam'. She earned an MFA in Textiles from Concordia University in Montreal, where she specialised in mending and repair techniques. Selina excels at restoring garments with moth holes, stains, burns, animal damage, and general wear and tear. She is skilled in both invisible and decorative mending. Cost: £55 or £100 for Full Day with afternoon "Mending Surgery" class. (+ Eventbrite booking fee if booking online) Class Includes: Suitable needles, mending yarn and woollen swatches to practise on.