$100 for a 6 Week Course
Thursdays 6-8pm
24 July - 28 August 2025
Hataitai Community House, 112 Waipapa Rd
Always wanted to learn how to knit but never been sure where to begin? Join craft tutor Stella Carruthers as she teaches the basic principles of knitting in this fun, informative and supportive class. In this workshop you will gain the essential building blocks of knitting using only knitting needles, your hands, and an open mind.
Come and reap the benefits of a mindful and meditative craft-form. Meet other people interested in making things with their hands. Chat over crafting and find out what the craft craze is all about.
Crafter Stella Carruthers shares her ten years plus knitting experience in this beginner’s knitting class that supports each student as an individual learner.
Master basic knitting techniques. Casting on and casting off. The knit and purl stitches. Practice how to hold the needles in a way that is comfortable for you. Then learn how to knit in the English style.
About Stella
Stella Carruthers is a keen textile crafter with a deep interest in sustainable living and green values. Areas of particular focus for her include low-waste-life styling in the context of creativity. Stella has been knitting for over a decade and brings a love of the meditative aspects of this craft to her community teaching practice. She calls herself a radical homemaker where domestic tasks and crafts are carried out to affect wider societal change. She believes small changes and acts of creative intention at a personal level can make a big difference on the global issues of our time as well as improve our daily quality of life. As well as tutoring, Stella freelances as a writer. The lifestyle supported by this portfolio career is one built on her sustainable living values. Living in this manner means she has the time and mental space to be creative and live according to her values.
Stella holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Victoria University of Wellington, a library diploma from The Open Polytechnic and has recently completed a Master of Writing degree at University Canterbury. Stella is a strong advocate for and believer in lifelong learning values and continuing education. She lives as a lifelong learner at a personal level wherein she regularly takes community classes in areas such as arts and crafts, contemporary business practice and creative writing. The spirit of curiosity and ongoing self-development these lifelong learning actions support are values she considers when approaching her whole life. A deep interest in the world around her, creativity, reflection and ethical consumption are central tenets to her personal philosophy.