April is #LoveToKnit month and in the run up to the 2016 Woollen Woods Grand Opening have a number of craft workshops across the Borough. This is a
chance for you to come along and make your woolly creation for the wood. Our
workshops are open to both experienced and novice knitters and we will have
experts at each workshop to help out. There will be a range of activities for all
abilities including pom-pom making, felting, and crocheting.
Workshops:
Saturday 16th April, 10am-1pm, The Braid Arts Centre,
Ballymena
Saturday 23rd April, 10am-1pm, Dixon Park, Larne
Saturday 30th April, 10am-1pm, Lighthouse Yarns, Whitehead
If you can’t make it to a
workshop but would still like to be involved you can send your woolly
contributions to:
Lighthouse Yarns,
12 Edward Road,
Whitehead,
BT38 9QB.
Deadline for submissions is 30th April 2016.
The grand opening of the Woollen Wood is Saturday 7th May
2016, Diamond Jubilee Wood Whitehead, with a free family fun day on site with arts,
crafts, environmental activities and more festivities on site from 1pm - 4pm. Diamond Jubilee Wood Whitehead is the first and only Woollen Wood in Ireland.