Hobbycraft One to One Crochet Workshop

Hobbycraft is running one-to-one crochet workshops at its Leeds store in Crown Point, and it's a bit different from your usual craft class. Instead of a set lesson, you get an hour of a Hobbycraft Artisan's time all to yourself, and the whole session is built around whatever you've brought with you. If you've got a project that's gone a bit wonky, a specific stitch you can't quite nail, or a few questions that keep cropping up, you just bring it along and work through them together. It's a direct way to troubleshoot problems, master new stitches and gain a bit more confidence.

That's why it's pitched as a step up from the store's Beginners' Workshops. Rather than following a fixed syllabus, the hour is shaped by your own questions and your own project, so you're spending the time on exactly what you need rather than what's on a pre-set plan. The session is led by a Hobbycraft Artisan — one of the store's own colleagues or an expert from their Artisan programme — so you're working with someone who knows the craft inside out.

One thing to keep in mind is how it's booked. You don't pick your date straight away; it's sold as a gift voucher, and the recipient chooses their own date at the Leeds store. The voucher is valid to book any day within 12 months of purchase, so it works just as well as a gift for someone else as it does for yourself. The session lasts an hour, and the store is at Crown Point RP, Great Wilson Street, Leeds, LS10 1ET.

It's £28 per guest, though that's discounted to £22.40 if you order on or before 21 October. The booking goes through ClassBento, and they donate 50p from every booking to Mental Health UK.