Knit Democracy Together—Counting the Votes: the Process, the People, and the Electoral College
Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House, a metaphor for representative democracy
Image: Eve Jacobs-Carnahan with the collaboratively knitted New Hampshire State House, June 2024. Photo: Geoff Forester.
Knit Democracy Together—Counting the Votes: the Process, the People, and the Electoral College
Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House, a metaphor for representative democracy
Image: Eve Jacobs-Carnahan with the collaboratively knitted New Hampshire State House, June 2024. Photo: Geoff Forester.
Weaving the Wrackline with Rebecca McGee Tuck
Rebecca McGee Tuck, fiber artist, sculptor and dedicated ocean activist, leads a marine debris weaving workshop. In this hands-on experience, participants will learn weaving techniques to create their own unique pieces of sustainable fiber art.
Mend/Amend with Winnie van der Rijn
Join us for a Quilting Bee-style mending event! Quilting Bees have traditionally been used as a place for individuals to come together and affirm their communities. Taking this idea as inspiration, we will we come together to collectively mend and amend a large vintage, tattered, stained, rescued American Flag.
Knit Democracy Together—Representing All Voices: Alternatives to Gerrymandering and Winner-Take-All Primaries
Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House, a metaphor for representative democracy
Image: Eve Jacobs-Carnahan with the collaboratively knitted New Hampshire State House, June 2024. Photo: Geoff Forester.
Knit Democracy Together—Representing All Voices: Alternatives to Gerrymandering and Winner-Take-All Primaries
Increase your democracy literacy while you knit or crochet a piece of a collaborative sculpture of the Massachusetts State House, a metaphor for representative democracy
Image: Eve Jacobs-Carnahan with the collaboratively knitted New Hampshire State House, June 2024. Photo: Geoff Forester.
Natural Dyeing with the The Indigo Squirrel and Maggie Haaland
Join us for a day of natural dyeing. In the morning, learn the basics of Indigo dyeing with Cathy Wilkerson of The Indigo Squirrel.
Maggie Haaland will then teach you the basics of natural dyeing with locally foraged plants, focusing on cultivated daffodils and wild nettles.
Weaving Threads of Lace History
Join us in Ipswich for the largest gathering of lacemakers for more than 200 years!
Image: Ipswich lace pillow