Knit Your Bit Saturdays @ SLQ

Join The Stitchery Collective for group craft to crochet, construct and decorate our ever-growing comforter every 1st and 3rd Sat. Enjoy the beautiful SLQ Gallery surrounds and connect with fellow crafters in this free, hands-on activity.

What: Knit Your Bit Saturdays crochet workshop with The Stitchery Collective

When: 10am – 5pm
Saturday July 4th, July 18th
*Further dates TBA.

Where: The State Library of Queensland
Stanley Place, South Brisbane

Cost: FREE – all materials provided.
Just bring yourself + dress for the weather!

How: Don’t worry about that! We will teach you, no experience necessary
(though practiced crocheters are very welcome too!)
If you wan’t to get practicing early, check out Instructional Crochet Videos

Find us: Look for the giant group of colourful crocheters on the grass outside SLQ main entrance.
We will be crocheting a giant rainbow comforter – you literally can’t miss us.

Check out the Knit Your Bit Saturdays Facebook Event Page to invite friends!
Outside of these Saturday workshop, this activity is open to the public every day 10am-5pm from June 6th – July 26th, 2015.
Materials and instructions are on site and ready to be used!

Visit the From home, With Love display by The Stitchery Collective when you visit to explore the role of comfort that material objects and crafting played in keeping loved ones connected during WW1.

This activity and installation is part of Distant Lines: Queensland voices of the First World War, exploring the unique Queensland experience of the war — before, during, and after.