Blue Haze

Workshops

For those who are interested in our Workshops, why not take advantage of our comfortable, well lit studio upstairs, depending on the course there are 6 to 10 places available which ensures dedicated attention to you in all classes! Due to the size of the courses please book and pay early to avoid disappointment, all prices are per person per session! The workshop is also available for hire for Craft Birthday Parties! Nearest all day parking is available at the Water Meadow Car Park, just off the Red Lion Street Roundabout.

The latest courses are regularly updated in our windows and on the counter or perhaps you'd like to be added to our mailing list, please telephone or email us! We are hoping to hold future Workshops in Watercolour, Drawing and Jewellery Making.

Saturday 11 February 2012 Intermediate Knitting-Mitred Squares-Scarf; Cushion or Blanket with Ruth Huddle-1.30pm to 4.30pm £12/person Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You will need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease and start this interesting pattern.
Thursday 16 February 2012 Card Making with Jane Marbaix - 10am to 12pm £14.50/person Those of you who have already been on Jane's workshops will know what gorgeous cards are achieved! Further details on what you will be doing will follow! Please bring your regular card making equipment with you i.e. craft mat, craft knife/scissors, pencil, ruler, eraser, aswell as a guillotine or Trimmer, if you have one (saves time waiting to borrow one) black dye based inkpad and black pigment inkpad. Please book early as Jane's classes are very popular!
Saturday 18 February 2012 Jewellery Making with Jan MacDonald - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person You will recognise Jan from the shop. She has been a jewellery maker for some years now & she will be sharing her Jewellery making know-how with you. You will learn all about the tools & findings as well as how they are used. Further details to follow with regards to what will be made. Silver Plated findings are supplied, but Sterling Silver is available on request, at an extra cost).
Thursday 23 February 2012 An Introduction into the World of Wire Wrapping with Claire Hutchins - 1.30m to 4pm £17/person Make a delicate silver plated wire spiral hanging pendant. Weave pearls or beads of your choice onto your spiral to make a really beautiful pendant which could also be used as a hanging decoration or light catcher. Further wire wrapping workshops will take you on to make unique pendants earrings and bracelets. Come and discover your creative side. Tools and materials will be supplied. There is a sample on display in the shop window.
Saturday 25 February 2012 Card Making using CD-Roms - 10am to 4pm £24/person includes lunch with Jackie Collins Have we intrigued you already?? Full details will be available soon! Please bring your regular card making equipment with you i.e. craft mat, craft knife/scissors, pencil, ruler, eraser etc. You will be using CD Rom designs from a Laptop computer, then printing and making your cards. If you have any, please bring with you your Card Making CDs too. We will be using a laptop and wireless printer.
Saturday 10 March 2012 An Introduction into the World of Wire Wrapping with Claire Hutchins - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person Make a delicate silver plated wire spiral hanging pendant. Weave pearls or beads of your choice onto your spiral to make a really beautiful pendant which could also be used as a hanging decoration or light catcher. Further wire wrapping workshops will take you on to make unique pendants earrings and bracelets. Come and discover your creative side. Tools and materials will be supplied. There is a sample on display in the shop window.
Saturday 10 March 2012 Intermediate Knitting - Cables - Wristwarmers or Scarf with Ruth Huddle - 1.30pm to 4.30pm £12/person Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease aswell as start a more interesting pattern. You will be able to make a scarf in a more interesting pattern and matching fingerless mitts. Take home pattern for hat to match.
Thursday 15 March 2012 Card Making with Jane Marbaix - 10am to 12pm £14.50/person Those of you who have already been on Jane's workshops will know what gorgeous cards are achieved! Further details on what you will be doing will follow! Please bring your regular card making equipment with you i.e. craft mat, craft knife/scissors, pencil, ruler, eraser, aswell as a guillotine or Trimmer, if you have one (saves time waiting to borrow one) black dye based inkpad and black pigment inkpad. Please book early as Jane's classes are very popular!
Saturday 17 March 2012 Encaustic Art - 10am to 4pm £24/person includes lunch with Jackie Collins Ever wanted to know about Encaustic Art? Is there such a thing as instant art? Encaustic paint is a wax and pigment mixture applied to a shiny surfaced card with a hot tool and produces most beautiful colours and forms. Jackie will show you how to use small irons to apply wax to art card, aswell as encorporating Rubber Stamps into the process! Artistic skill is not necessary - you will surprise yourself as you produce pictures that are stunning to look at. What you produce can be framed or used as unusual greetings cards etc. This is a very popular class, so please book early! Please bring an apron with you!
Thursday 22 March 2012 An Introduction into the World of Wire Wrapping with Claire Hutchins - 1.30m to 4pm £17/person Make a delicate silver plated wire spiral hanging pendant. Weave pearls or beads of your choice onto your spiral to make a really beautiful pendant which could also be used as a hanging decoration or light catcher. Further wire wrapping workshops will take you on to make unique pendants earrings and bracelets. Come and discover your creative side. Tools and materials will be supplied. There is a sample on display in the shop window.
Saturday 24 March 2012 Jewellery Making with Jan MacDonald - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person You will recognise Jan from the shop. She has been a jewellery maker for some years now & she will be sharing her Jewellery making know-how with you. You will learn all about the tools & findings as well as how they are used. Further details to follow with regards to what will be made. Silver Plated findings are supplied, but Sterling Silver is available on request, at an extra cost).
Saturday 24 March 2012 Intermediate Knitting - Simple Lace - Mitts & Scarf with Ruth Huddle - 1.30pm to 4.30pm £12/person Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease aswell as start a more interesting pattern. You will be able to make a scarf in a more interesting pattern and matching fingerless mitts. Either for yourself or a child. Take home pattern for hat to match.
Saturday 14 April 2012 Intermediate Knitting - Starting Socks with Ruth Huddle - 1.30pm to 4.30pm (First of two sessions) £12/person Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease aswell as start a more interesting pattern. You will be able to make this pair of cute socks on either 4 or 2 needles with sewn seams.
Saturday 21 April 2012 Jewellery Making with Jan MacDonald - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person You will recognise Jan from the shop. She has been a jewellery maker for some years now & she will be sharing her Jewellery making know-how with you. You will learn all about the tools & findings as well as how they are used. Further details to follow with regards to what will be made. Silver Plated findings are supplied, but Sterling Silver is available on request, at an extra cost).
Saturday 28 April 2012 Intermediate Knitting - Finished Socks with Ruth Huddle - 10am to 4.30pm (Second of two sessions) £19/person At the previous session, you have already started your socks on either 4 or 2 needles, now you need to see how to finish them.

Saturday 11 February 2012
Intermediate Knitting-Mitred Squares-Scarf; Cushion or Blanket with Ruth Huddle-1.30pm to 4.30pm £12/person
Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You will need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease and start this interesting pattern.

Thursday 16 February 2012
Card Making with Jane Marbaix - 10am to 12pm £14.50/person
Those of you who have already been on Jane's workshops will know what gorgeous cards are achieved! Further details on what you will be doing will follow! Please bring your regular card making equipment with you i.e. craft mat, craft knife/scissors, pencil, ruler, eraser, aswell as a guillotine or Trimmer, if you have one (saves time waiting to borrow one) black dye based inkpad and black pigment inkpad. Please book early as Jane's classes are very popular!

Saturday 18 February 2012
Jewellery Making with Jan MacDonald - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person
You will recognise Jan from the shop. She has been a jewellery maker for some years now & she will be sharing her Jewellery making know-how with you. You will learn all about the tools & findings as well as how they are used. Further details to follow with regards to what will be made. Silver Plated findings are supplied, but Sterling Silver is available on request, at an extra cost).

Thursday 23 February 2012
An Introduction into the World of Wire Wrapping with Claire Hutchins - 1.30m to 4pm £17/person
Make a delicate silver plated wire spiral hanging pendant. Weave pearls or beads of your choice onto your spiral to make a really beautiful pendant which could also be used as a hanging decoration or light catcher. Further wire wrapping workshops will take you on to make unique pendants earrings and bracelets. Come and discover your creative side. Tools and materials will be supplied. There is a sample on display in the shop window.

Saturday 25 February 2012
Card Making using CD-Roms - 10am to 4pm £24/person includes lunch with Jackie Collins
Have we intrigued you already?? Full details will be available soon! Please bring your regular card making equipment with you i.e. craft mat, craft knife/scissors, pencil, ruler, eraser etc. You will be using CD Rom designs from a Laptop computer, then printing and making your cards. If you have any, please bring with you your Card Making CDs too. We will be using a laptop and wireless printer.

Saturday 10 March 2012
An Introduction into the World of Wire Wrapping with Claire Hutchins - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person
Make a delicate silver plated wire spiral hanging pendant. Weave pearls or beads of your choice onto your spiral to make a really beautiful pendant which could also be used as a hanging decoration or light catcher. Further wire wrapping workshops will take you on to make unique pendants earrings and bracelets. Come and discover your creative side. Tools and materials will be supplied. There is a sample on display in the shop window.

Saturday 10 March 2012
Intermediate Knitting - Cables - Wristwarmers or Scarf with Ruth Huddle - 1.30pm to 4.30pm £12/person
Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease aswell as start a more interesting pattern. You will be able to make a scarf in a more interesting pattern and matching fingerless mitts. Take home pattern for hat to match.

Thursday 15 March 2012
Card Making with Jane Marbaix - 10am to 12pm £14.50/person
Those of you who have already been on Jane's workshops will know what gorgeous cards are achieved! Further details on what you will be doing will follow! Please bring your regular card making equipment with you i.e. craft mat, craft knife/scissors, pencil, ruler, eraser, aswell as a guillotine or Trimmer, if you have one (saves time waiting to borrow one) black dye based inkpad and black pigment inkpad. Please book early as Jane's classes are very popular!

Saturday 17 March 2012
Encaustic Art - 10am to 4pm £24/person includes lunch with Jackie Collins
Ever wanted to know about Encaustic Art? Is there such a thing as instant art? Encaustic paint is a wax and pigment mixture applied to a shiny surfaced card with a hot tool and produces most beautiful colours and forms. Jackie will show you how to use small irons to apply wax to art card, aswell as encorporating Rubber Stamps into the process! Artistic skill is not necessary - you will surprise yourself as you produce pictures that are stunning to look at. What you produce can be framed or used as unusual greetings cards etc. This is a very popular class, so please book early! Please bring an apron with you!

Thursday 22 March 2012
An Introduction into the World of Wire Wrapping with Claire Hutchins - 1.30m to 4pm £17/person
Make a delicate silver plated wire spiral hanging pendant. Weave pearls or beads of your choice onto your spiral to make a really beautiful pendant which could also be used as a hanging decoration or light catcher. Further wire wrapping workshops will take you on to make unique pendants earrings and bracelets. Come and discover your creative side. Tools and materials will be supplied. There is a sample on display in the shop window.

Saturday 24 March 2012
Jewellery Making with Jan MacDonald - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person
You will recognise Jan from the shop. She has been a jewellery maker for some years now & she will be sharing her Jewellery making know-how with you. You will learn all about the tools & findings as well as how they are used. Further details to follow with regards to what will be made. Silver Plated findings are supplied, but Sterling Silver is available on request, at an extra cost).

Saturday 24 March 2012
Intermediate Knitting - Simple Lace - Mitts & Scarf with Ruth Huddle - 1.30pm to 4.30pm £12/person
Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease aswell as start a more interesting pattern. You will be able to make a scarf in a more interesting pattern and matching fingerless mitts. Either for yourself or a child. Take home pattern for hat to match.

Saturday 14 April 2012
Intermediate Knitting - Starting Socks with Ruth Huddle - 1.30pm to 4.30pm (First of two sessions) £12/person
Are you returning to knitting or just wanting to improve - Come along to these new Intermediate Knitting Classes. You need to be able to cast on & off, Knit & Purl to join this class. You will learn to read a pattern, knit a swatch and adapt it to the tension required in the pattern. Increase & Decrease aswell as start a more interesting pattern. You will be able to make this pair of cute socks on either 4 or 2 needles with sewn seams.

Saturday 21 April 2012
Jewellery Making with Jan MacDonald - 10.30am to 1pm £17/person
You will recognise Jan from the shop. She has been a jewellery maker for some years now & she will be sharing her Jewellery making know-how with you. You will learn all about the tools & findings as well as how they are used. Further details to follow with regards to what will be made. Silver Plated findings are supplied, but Sterling Silver is available on request, at an extra cost).

Saturday 28 April 2012
Intermediate Knitting - Finished Socks with Ruth Huddle - 10am to 4.30pm (Second of two sessions) £19/person
At the previous session, you have already started your socks on either 4 or 2 needles, now you need to see how to finish them.

2 Church Street, Market Square, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1HT
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