• Classes

    Residential Care Craft Classes

    I’ve been running craft classes in a set of residential care home classes since 2017. It started with 7 classes a month and currently I run 26 sessions over 14 days at 8 sites. This will increase to 28 by the end of 2025. Some locations do one session a month whereas others have two so I plan 24 separate activities. There are some favourites such as Christmas card making that take place every November but otherwise I try to mix it up so that they aren’t always doing the same thing time. Whenever possible I try to make the activities seasonal and have projects that can be enjoyed at…

  • Classes

    Wool Haven Classes

     I originally wrote this post in 2018 so it’s well overdue an update. We started running a Beginners’ Crochet Class at The Wool Haven in October 2016. Counting those and the occasional intermediate classes there’s been almost 50 groups through the door. That surprised me when I added it up especially considering the Covid shutdowns.