Community Educator
Wanting to reach out past her personal domestic realm, Stella runs a variety of workshops in community contexts. Her workshops are warm, welcoming, and rooted in the values of curiosity, sustainability, and lifelong learning. Through gentle guidance and a spirit of exploration, Stella invites participants to slow down, make thoughtfully, and discover the powerful change that can emerge from everyday creative practice.
Her sustainable lifestyle classes are tailored to her teaching context and range from the practical to more ideas-based learning.
Stella’s textile workshops focus on repurposing second hand fabrics and fibres and invite people to rediscover the joy that making with our hands can bring. They also give people the skills to make rather than mindlessly buy. Stella is passionate about fostering supportive, community-minded workshops that honour the long history of sewing as a social practice.
In all her workshops, Stella crafts not only objects, but also connection, creating relational spaces that reverberate past the walls of the classroom
Join crafter Stella Carruthers as she shares her ten years plus knitting experience in this beginner’s knitting class that teaches the basic principles of knitting. Class held at Wellington High School Community Education Centre.
6 weeks starting Saturday 1 August 2026
9.30am-11.30am
6 weeks starting Thursday 15 October 2026
5.30pm-7.30pm
Price $149 per person
Beginner’s Knitting
Join crafter Stella Carruthers as she shares her ten years plus knitting experience in this beginner’s knitting class that teaches the basic principles of knitting. Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
STARTS THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2026
(6X CLASSES)
6-8pm
Price $390 per person
Mindful Mandala Workshop
Be inspired by the circular cycles of the natural world with a stitched mandala workshop. Use the simple embroidery stitch of couching to start work on an embroidered mandala and benefit from the meditative act of slow stitching. Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
SATURDAY 9 MAY 2026
10am-1pm
Prive $85 per person
Crochet - Reusable Produce Bag
Join craft artist Stella Carruthers for an afternoon of sustainable living inspired fibre crafting. Engage with a beginner’s crochet project and do something positive for the planet at the same time! Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
SATURURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2026
2-4PM
Price $70 per person
Sock Knitting
Join craft tutor Stella Carruthers as she teaches the basic principles of knitting socks. Learn the ins and outs, rounds and turns of sock knitting! You will gain skills in a fun craft niche that also has a lovely practicality! Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
Offering 1: starts Sunday 15 March 2026
Offering 2: starts Sunday 26 April 2026
1-3.30pm
Price $175 per person
Not Your Nana’s Embroidery
Engage with a traditional artform in a new contemporary context as you explore free form embroidery. Apply upcycling principles and an awareness of textile waste to create a unique piece of art. Build on the idea of eco-textiles and slow stitching as a movement and make the whole item by hand.Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
SATURDAY 30 MAY 2026
9.30am-4.30pm
Price $175
Join craft artist and eco lifestylist Stella Carruthers for a day of practical textile upcycling and learning about sustainability in the context of low waste living. Class held at Wellington High School Community Education Centre.
Saturday 13 June 2026
Saturday 20 June 2026
9.30am-3.30pm
FEES FREE!
Cable Knitting
Join craft tutor Stella Carruthers as she teaches the core principles of cable knitting in a small class size that enables more one on one time with the tutor. Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2026
4-6pm
Price $70 per person
Doodling with Thread
If embroidery is drawing with thread, then this workshop is all about doodling designs and having fun with colour and line. Students will learn 10 embroidery stitches while also having the space to socialise and stitch. You will be supported to explore your creativity to make a textile artwork that is uniquely your own! Class held at Yonder Craft Room.
SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2026
1.30-4.30PM
Price $85 per person