Traditional Aran Cable Knitting at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England

Knitters wanted.

Niamh O’Maille from the Galway School of Knitting will be teaching Traditional Aran Cable Knitting this Fall at . The classes are suitable for beginners and more advanced knitters and will begin on Tuesday, September 20 for 10 weeks running through Tuesday November 22.

If you have ever thought about learning to knit or if you have always wanted to learn the techniques of Aran Cable knitting, this is a wonderful class. Niamh will teach the patterns she has designed including a double Aran cable headband to begin with, an Aran cable beanie and the Aran diamond and cable scarf. Students will also learn the blackberry stitch with a quirky blackberry tea cosy and blackberry hat. Niamh will also discuss the Aran knitting tradition and the symbolism of each stitch.

Niamh really enjoys teaching classes and said, "this will be the first knitting class I have taught since moving to the U.S. from Ireland and I am very excited about meeting new knitters and sharing the traditions that I learned as a child."

"I have been working on some new patterns and it will be wonderful to share them with my fellow knitters," she said.

To find out more about the classes and to pre-register please see www.irishculture.org/academy/ Pre-registration is required and registration closes the week classes begin. Alternatively you can call the ICC at 781-821-8291 and sign up over the phone. Classes are $150 for ICC Members $175 for non-members.

About Galway School of Knitting:
Niamh O'Maille (pron. Neeve O’Malley) hails from Galway City, on the West coast of Ireland. She is the third generation of her family to be involved in the knitting business and first learned to knit when her Grandmother Finnegan, aged 80, taught her to knit after school.

"Each evening on my way home from school I would visit my Grandmother," O'Malley said. "She was a lovely old lady and sat in an armchair in the sitting room knitting hats, toys and Christmas decorations for her grandchildren. Some of my happiest childhood memories were spent knitting with my Grandmother. It’s been a lifelong hobby ever since."

It was no surprise that she loved knitting, as her family's business, O’Máille’s on High St. in Galway, is one of Ireland's longest established knitwear businesses in Ireland. It was founded by Niamh’s grandparents, Séan and Bridget O’Máille in 1938. From an early age she was surrounded by knitwear and has met some of the most talented knitters in Ireland who knit sweaters for the family business.
Galway School of Knitting was founded by Niamh in November 2008 and since then hundreds of knitters, both beginners and more experienced knitters have joined the class.

Each pattern has been designed by Niamh and the classes are very sociable and enjoyable and a relaxing and rewarding experience. For more info on Galway School of Knitting, please see www.facebook.com/galwayschoolofknitting

This press release was contributed by Niamh O’Maille.