Rowntree Park Reading Café :
Fri 5 May :
10.00am – 12.00pm :
Free
Join Sally Stone & Deborah New to make a giant yarnstormed brilliant birds installation for Rowntree Park to raise funds for St Leonard’s Hospice.
At our bird making workshops, there will be knitting, stitching, pompom making, finger knitting, knitting with very large needles & hopefully even some hula hoop weaving.
Drop in – all materials provided and leave your makes behind for display in the park.
This is a free drop in session – no booking is required.
For more information please contact Sally Stone from Hippystitch on (01904) 635486 or hippystitch@hotmail.co.uk.
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Full details of the project are available at: hippystitch.
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