Archive for October, 2011

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Not wanted to throw away a favourite piece of clothing or material?

Wanted to make it into something new?

Need a hat for this winter?

The Pump House has all the answers this weekend! Kooky Creations are facilitating an upcycling workshop in the meeting room upstairs at the Pump House this saturday from 10am.

Phone 01905 357305 or see www.kookycreations.co.uk for more information

Calling all hat enthusiasts- on Saturday October 29th upstairs in the meeting room we have a Kooky Creations hat workshop from 10am to 1pm.

All you’ll need is a piece of clothing you’d want to ‘up-cycle’ or a favourite piece of fabric and Gaynor from Kooky Creations will help you create a new hat for the autumn winter season of 2011!

Booking is necessary so contact Gaynor on 07956 844865 or visit www.kookycreations.co.uk to find out more!

‘To mark this year’s national Tree Dressing weekend, in Gheluvelt Park on Friday 2nd December, we will be sharing in a social celebration of our park trees.

Over the coming weeks we aim to create a community art expression of everyday nature by using the tradition of knitting and french knitting to draw attention to the trees we take for granted.

From October 15th when we celebrate the 5th Birthday of the Pump House based ‘United in Knitting Group’, we will have french knitting ‘dolls’ and wool at the Centre.

From this date onwards we invite young and old, professional and amateur to ‘drop in’ and make a stretch of knitting to create a glade under our favourite Beech Tree in the formal part of the park.

We will honour the tradition of knitting by creating a scrap book of thoughts and memories that everyone involved can add to, sharing their experiences.

The City Council Tree Team will be involved in hanging the knitted creations on December 2nd. All are welcome to watch them scale the trees with harnesses and ropes to hang our creations.