Cate got in touch to tell me about a great program she’s organising down in Melbourne. She says… I’m organising a 8 week series of ‘craftea chats’ for women who have experienced mental illness and are based in Melbourne. We’ll have different materials and teachers each week and you can bring along your current project or learn a new skill such as knitting, sewing or cross stitch. All materials are provided and each session is free. Depression, anxiety and the [...]

Vickie Howell, author of the Knit Aid book tucked away in the right sidebar there and presenter of the How To Channel’s awesome knitting show “Knitty Gritty” on Foxtel has put a call out for crafters of all types to appear in her new book. Vickie Says… Calling all crafters! I’m gearing up to write my next book, Craft Corps (pronounced Craft Core) which will focus on the community perpetuated by craft and the designers & hobbyists who feed it. [...]

Melbourne seems like the place to be for crafty types, maybe I should be considering a move south?! Sayraphim got in touch yesterday to tell me about “Totem”, the latest exhibition presented by Omnific Assembly. She says… “Totem is a group exhibition exploring self identity through the resurging craft movement. Artists are invited to create a self portrait doll, not of how they look on the outside, but showing how they feel about themselves or how they secretly see themselves [...]

PlanningQueen over at Planning With Kids has a great write up of the activities currently going on in Federation Square at the moment. As well as showing some classic monster animations they’re giving the kids a chance to make their own using cardboard cut outs and stop-motion animation. It sounds like PQ’s children had a great time, and the resulting animations are just fabulous! The workshop is suited for children aged 6-13, will run until this Friday and best of [...]