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Coast knitters will share their skills at a free weaving, knitting and wool session at Estuary Arts Centre in Orewa, which is part of its school holiday programme.
Centre manager Kim Boyd says volunteers from Kensington Park’s knitting group and other local craft groups will show children aged four and older what knitting is all about.
The squares will be put together as part of a giant tea cosy that is under construction for Estuary Arts’ Anyone 4 T exhibition in August. The exhibition will cover all aspects of the cuppa – from ceramics and high teas to tea festivals and ceremonies.
Kim says that the knitting session is also about keeping those crafts alive.
“It would be tragic for those skills that our grandmothers had to be lost. Making things by weaving or knitting is a practical skill, but also creative and a very relaxing pastime. It also aids the development of manual dexterity in young children.”
All the materials needed will be provided, but Kim says donations of wool are welcome and can be left at Estuary Arts Centre. Any leftovers will go to the Kensington Park knitters, who make blankets for charitable organisations.
The free weaving and knitting session is on April 29, 10am–3pm at the Centre in Western Reserve, Orewa.
