This Year “The Crochet Lounge” Wool Shop Opened in Southend – and 2018 has been an Amazing year………
As we approach Christmas and the end of an amazing year for The Crochet Lounge was have been looking at back ……
We opened in March this year and as you will know from our blog and Facebook and Instagram pages we love to show you what’s going on at our Wool Shop in Southend.
Fun Events and Workshops
From fun Events like Let’s Knit Magazine “Yarn Shop Day” to our in house and guest Workshops, we were very lucky to have Edwin come and run several workshops on Tunisian Crochet and London based Crochet designer Joe Brown came for a fabulous day and ran a workshop on her Mandala Shawl.
A Crochet Epidemic
The epidemic this Summer for crocheting ….. which was the Virus Shawl which so many of our customers, students and friends made, som e of us made several and still continues to be very popular, with the designer wedding version featuring on our blog.
The Crochet Lounge Crochet Patterns by Corinne
This year also saw a range of exclusive designer crochet patterns, The Crochet Lounge Patterns by Corinne included
The Strawberry Garland
The Duvet Day Cardigan
Fingerless Gloves
Christmas Gloves
Sid The Pocket Snowman
With more new and exclusive patterns planned for 2019 too.
Crochet and Knitting Classes
Crochet and Knitting Classes have gone from strength to strength with additional sessions added as when we opened the book was full almost immediately.
Lesson are for beginners to intermediate and some people enjoy coming they are now working on more advanced projects.
Show and Tell – Knit ‘n Natter and Crochet ‘n Chatter
The show and tell Tuesday feature on our Facebook page has had an amazing response and is such a fun weekly event with people far and wide posting.
Our Knit ‘n Natter and Crochet ‘n Chatter meet up on Thursday mornings has had a wonderful response and is a lovely friendly group if you fancy joining see our Facebook page for updates.
And we even had a poem written about the shop by local Poet Katie Hook
Looking Forward to 2019
And as we head into 2019 we have plans for many more new projects, events and of course patterns, so please follow our blog, like our Facebook page and join in the fun at The Crochet Lounge.