There is a bit of a knit­ting renais­sance tak­ing over the world. It’s cool, it’s hip and as proof, the ulti­mate gen­tle­man of hip­ster cool, Ryan Gosling, likes to unwind after a long day with some yarn & pair of nee­dles — he’s described a day-long knit­ting ses­sion as “one of the most relax­ing days of my life”.

So men of Welling­ton, and beyond, why not embrace the cool and sign up for The Man Made ses­sions at Hol­land Road Yarn Com­pa­ny. Host­ed by Mike Dick­i­son: man knit­ter, ukulele play­er, bird expert. You’ll learn every­thing there is to get knit­ting: cast­ing on, knit, purl, bind­ing off, knit­ting in the round, cables (which includes mak­ing a cable nee­dle from no. 8 wire) and you’ll be work­ing with WWII knit­ting pat­terns

 

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a league of knitting gentlemenTools, (good) beer and fin­ger food will be pro­vid­ed at each ses­sion. Book here — it won’t hurt. Promise.

To top it off and as a nod to the days of old when only men were allowed to join knit­ting guilds you’ll be made a mem­ber of  the league of knit­ting gen­tle­men, a very exclu­sive club of  men who are ‘man enough’ to knit.

it’s just $40 for four ses­sions — you choose which ones you would like to attend.

It’s held Wednes­day nights begin­ning May 1 through to June 5 at  Hol­land Road Yarn Co, 281 Jack­son St, Petone.