To celebrate the final week of Soft sculpture, the National Gallery of Australia will be holding Knitta Please, a festival of events from 5 to 12 July. Founded in 2005, Knitta Please is a tag crew of knitters who turned their frustration with their half-finished knitting projects into a phenomenon sweeping across the world.
There will be Yarn-bombing and guerrilla knitting in the Sculpture Garden: Monday 6 July
Stitching up the NGA: Tuesday 7 July to Sunday 12 July – watch the Gallery be transformed with knitting. Held over four days, Magda Sayeg, founder of Knitta Please, and Sydney artist Denise Litchfield transform the front entrance and foyer of the Gallery. Knitters are invited to help create squares of knitting for the coverings.
Stitch ’n’ bitch: Wednesday 8 July – this event will bring like-minded knitters for a relaxed evening of clicking and conversation.
Children’s knitting workshop (ages 5+) Thursday 9 July – Children are invited to attend a finger-knitting workshop taught by Knitta Please founder Magda Sayeg.
knitting festival in Canberra information
Image: Jenny CHRISTMANN, 20 woollen books 1977-78, wool and acrylic, not signed. not dated
overall variable 140.4 (h) x 24.4 (w) x 54.6 (d) cm
Gift of the Philip Morris Arts Grant 1982. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, NGA 1983.2822.1-21, © G.S. Christmann
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Oh My Gosh,
I have just found this…… Excellent. I run Handmade made Canberra’s Upmarket and I would love to be involved in some way. I would love to have you all at Handmade also.
Can you contact me?
Cheers
Julie