I always look forward to receiving e-mails from the London Stitch and Bitch group. They're normally funny and have useful likes in to various knitting resources or other knitting related things that are going on in and around London. Today's e-mail was very much the same and one particular thing caught my attention.
When I initially read the title V&A Knitting for Victory it sounded like the sort of thing that would be right up my street. Something that combines knitting with my interest for all things war-time. I clicked through and was even more excited to see that it was a knitting course and that S&B members could get a discount.
I clicked through to their website feeling all excited. Initial disappointment hit me when I saw that it was taking place on Tuesday afternoons during work hours. Further disappointment when I saw the price – £230! For a beginners knitting course. For 15 hours. You can get one of the Rowan one day courses at a John Lewis store for about £35, and that includes lunch.
Accordingly to the blurb on their website this course will "help you kick the credit crunch!" I'd seriously recommend that if people do want to learn to knit and kick the credit crunch then they can save quite a bit of money by looking to do it another way. Attending one of the (free) Stitch and Bitch sessions for a start!
While searching for something on the web I stumbled across this site http://www.teaandcrafting.co.uk/Default.aspx It might be of interest to you as it is in central London and the short courses are in the evenings.
Anjie – many thanks for letting me know about these people as I certainly hadn’t come across them before! Much better timings and better value for money by the looks of it!