PCC Forums

I received this email from Angela Seals. She is the program director for the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh:

Angela Seals

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello!

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is launching a project for November that will theme the month here at the Museum around knitting, crocheting and weaving. To coordinate with the Mister Roger's Sweater Drive, which collects sweaters for needy families in our lobby, we will host a month-long series of knitting/crocheting/weaving workshops and creating tree sweaters (like the image attached) on the trees in front of the Museum. The tree sweaters will be a collaborative art installation by folks all over Pittsburgh.

Here's how you or your needly network can get involved:

Bring your colorful, handwoven sweater sections to be incorporated into the tree sweaters. Include playful pockets, buttons, ribbons, whatever you like! Don't forget a weather-proof tag with the name of the individual or group who made it. Sections should be 4'-4'6" in length to fit the circumference of our trees.

Help us to actually connect the strips onto the trees/existing sweaters. This would be a fun group project for a one time or multiple-time volunteer project.

Volunteer to lead a little workshop in how to knit/crochet/weave with children as a free program for Museum visitors.. Workshops will be held on Saturday afternoons for 20-30 min. each.

Donate some yarn or tools for the kids in the Saturday workshops to use.

If you'd like to be involved, contact me for more details. Please spread the word as far and wide as you can!

Angela

___________________________
Angela Seals
Education/Program Manager
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
P: 412.322.5058 x201
aseals@pittsburghkids.org

volunteer to help at the children's museum any saturday in november from 1-3pm, and get a $5 gift certificate for the fabulous Your Mom's boutique on the south side of pittsburgh! please email lonesomedove27@aol.com for more info.

are you already signed up to help? awesome! send me a photo of you at the workshop and i'll make sure you get your prize!


saw this already? i posted in both relevant threads, and i might even post a brand new thread if no one responds

i'll add to it lz!

if anyone is interested in doing this, the PCC has been slotted for the 29th. i will be there and anyone else is welcome and encouraged to join me in the process. it should be a fun 2 hours.

etsy pgh team will be there on the 22nd any local etsy enthusiast is of course welcome to hang out with us.

members of team etsy pgh will be at the children's museum for knitting workshops on nov 1 as well as nov 22.
with the sweater/craft supply swap on the 16th and the pcc there on the 29th, yinz have lots of options to hang out with other cool crafters this month - be sure to make it out to the children's museum at least one weekend in november, and if you help with a workshop, be sure to email me a photo of yourself to claim your $5 gift certificate to Your Mom's on the south side!