This year’s wool week has finally arrived! I kicked off the week by joining Toft Alpaca Shop for some live Yarn Bombing in a window display at John Lewis in Oxford Street. The idea is to start out with a completely white space, and gradually cover it in colourful stitches during the week. Lots of different artists are joining the fun, and there will be stints of live knitting and crocheting every day.
John Lewis is also hosting FREE knitting workshops every day, for more information and class schedules check the Campaign for Wool’s website.
We spent the afternoon covering the sofa in what will be a fitted throw by the end of the week, and were joined by Dan from Sheperd’s delight. Check out his pictures of Daisy Lowe opening Wool Week on tumblr.
After finishing the crochet session in the window I joined WOOL AND THE GANG for a free knitting class in the women’s fashion department. They had been doing some live knitting in the window earlier and were now busy teaching knitting chunky hats and scarves to anyone who dropped in.
I had so much fun and can’t wait to be back on thursday to check out the progress of the wooly window and join Rowan Yarns for free workshops during the day. Follow me on facebook for some live updates!
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