By Lisa Goudy
Knitters have a chance to knit in public.
Knitters or anyone wanting to learn more about
knitting can participate in World Wide Knitting in Public (WWKIP) Day
on Saturday
between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the zero block of River Street at the
Farmers’ Market. The event is hosted by a small group of
knitters and is sponsored by Stitcher’s Nook.
Additional comments
Adrienne Forsyth, event co-ordinator and owner of Stitcher's Nook, described WWKIP as:
“It’s really
just an opportunity for us to get together and share our love of knitting and
other stitchery forms and just have fun doing it and show people that here’s
another thing you can do with your leisure time if you want to do that,” said Forsyth.
She said the hardest part was finding a location to hold the event, but once she came up with a place, everything came together nicely.
“When I was
thinking of places to knit in public, I mean, obviously things like the mall
came to mind first and I thought, ‘Oh, that’s kind of dull. What else could we
do?’” said Forsyth. “Then I remembered about the Farmers’ Market. I’d read that
they were moving down to River Street and I thought, ‘Well that would be a nice
little opportunity. Maybe we could just go down there and create a little
bustle down there too.”
