Craft Master Series 2

Craft Master Series two on RTE one


Knitwear designer Edel MacBride of Knitfield is knitting mentor on this exciting craft series where five craft disciplines are pitching for the ultimate title of Craft Master.  
With a prize of exhibiting at an international trade fair, Showcase Ireland at the RDS in January (with mentoring from the Crafts Council of Ireland) up for grabs by the winning apprentice!
Sonya Lennon (off the rails) and Brian Mc Gee (crafts council of ireland) lead the episodes with irish designers Louise Kennedy and Paul Costelloe making the final judgement call.
The Crafts featured in series two are Millinery, Jewellery, Woodwork, Knitting and Basketry.

introducing the knitting apprentices

apprentice Derek Montgomery finds a green corner at the studio

Derek who loves to handknit on BIG needles with chunky yarns finds wings when he gets his first machine knitting lesson with Edel MacBride during his craft master week at the Knitfield studio in Donegal

Sandra Bogan is a whizz with a small hook and a ball of cotton

With a great smile Sandra puts her crochet talent to the ultimate commercial test during Craft Master.
Can this great irish tradition of fine crochet and lace making find a place on top shelves and bottom drawers around the globe? A week at the Knitfield studio paves the way....

Fashion designer and apprentice Rebecca Marsden gives Clodagh Harris a peek at her creation

Talented designer Rebecca was locked away in our upstairs workroom... with her incredibly fine yarn on an ambition knitting vision for the Craft Master week.

Tune in on Tuesdays at 7pm on RTE one from September 3 - October 8 2013

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