Exciting news! If you are in Kintyre or Argyll and fancy joining me at the Campbeltown Museum on February 7th or 21st to learn about the history of local gansey knitting (and knit your own miniature version) then please register for a Keeping it Creel place on the CHARTS Eventbrite page. (Tickets to these workshops are completely free, but they are also limited!)
The excellent Keeping it Creel project has been developed by CHARTS (Cultural Heritage and Arts Assembly, Argyll and Isles) and has been made possible by the Stafford Trust with further support from liveArgyll, Argyll and Bute Council, Creative Scotland, and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.
Fishing and knitting are closely intertwined in Kintyre, and generations of women in Campbeltown have created beautiful, original pullovers worn at sea. The Campbeltown gansey is an original form of maritime workwear and an important expression of local culture and identity. My workshops will place gansey knitting within the wider context of the West Coast of Scotland’s maritime culture, celebrating history through acts of practical, creative making.
There are four workshops over two Saturdays in February. Three of the workshops are for adult participants only, and the fourth is a family workshop, at which anyone can attend (as long as you are over 8 years old). Knitters of all abilities are very welcome, and all materials – including yarn and pattern to create your own miniature gansey – will be provided.
Would you like to join me for Keeping it Creel?
I can’t promise my robin friend will join us, but I look forward to seeing you there!
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