Where do you knit? Do you knit in the privacy of your own home? What about in the tearoom at work or the waiting room? Have you knitted on the train, tram, bus or ferry? What about the park? Have you taken your knitting to a café or library?
Saturday, 18 June is World Wide Knit in Public Day and you are encouraged to do just that. Grab your knitting and knit in public. Do I hear you ask 'why'? I say, 'Why not'? It is a great way to show the world that knitting isn't just for little old ladies with grey hair and pink cardigans.
World Wide Knit in Public Day at Central Library Peterborough
Join us at Central Library Peterborough with fellow Peterborough Street-ers Knit World to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day. Bring your knitting or crochet and enjoy tea, coffee and a chat on Saturday 18 June from 12 to 2pm. Better living through stitching together!
Midwinter Woolfeast at Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
This year, Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre will be hosting a Midwinter Woolfeast from 10am to 5pm. The Midwinter Woolfeast will have artisan dyers selling their wares as well as a whole series of workshops for knitters.
Knit around the Orbiter
How about knitting on the bus? Knit around the Orbiter!:
Celebrate World Knit in Public Day with fellow knitters and crocheters doing a loop on the Orbiter bus. Then we will pop along to a café. Bring your knitting or crochet and friends. There will be some wool and knitting needles and crochet hooks and tuition available. It takes approx 1hr 40 mins to knit all the way round.
Here's our blog post on last year's Knit around the Orbiter event.
More knitting action
If you can't make it to a Knit in Public Day event, don't worry, some of our libraries have knitting groups. Just look in our events calendar.
Now if you like the idea of knitting in public, but don't want to be seen doing it, you could try yarn-bombing, but I think I'd prefer the company of others at a WWKIPD event. I might meet someone new, learn a new technique or introduce someone to the art of knitting.
- Check out our catalogue for books on knitting or knitting magazines
- Find out more about World Wide Knit in Public Day
- Find information about knitting groups in Christchurch
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