BRAIDED TRADITIONS: ARM KNITTING WORKSHOPS
Black Girl Knit Club (BGKC) invites participants to take part in creating a public knit yarn bombing installation in the heart of East London.
Black Girl Knit Club (BGKC) invites participants to take part in creating a public knit yarn bombing installation in the heart of East London. Exploring arm knitting techniques (no needles) to create pieces that will decorate Endeavour Square Pavilion public viewing platform, steps, and railings.
The large-scale arm knits incorporate upcycled industrial scaffolding material, ribbon, netting, rope textures and other repurposed textiles some sourced locally from East London based textile reuse hubs such as the Childrens Scrap Project and Yodomo, a Hackney Wick based business that identifies waste materials that can be reused by the maker community.
This series of 5 workshops will allow participants to explore arm knitting and braiding techniques, inspired by various hair textures during the workshops. The workshops will be led in collaboration with a facilitator and will involve reflecting on the historical and cultural significance of hair within the Black community and references to the Hair: Untold Stories exhibition and the hair shop installation curated by Korantema Anyimadu at the Horniman Museum.
Take a look at our gallery below - We can’t wait to announce the final project on Monday 8th Jan!
Plese use hashtag: #StratfordCrossxBGKC
A second set of BGKC yarn bomb tree designs is to be launched on 16th January 2024 at Endeavour Square, in collaboration with five individual knitwear designers. Seven tree trunks will be yarn bombed by five BGKC knitwear designer members. Each designer has responded to the brief of “ Braided Traditions: Common Threads.” Exploring various yarn textures and techniques to showcase their individual relationship with the subject of “hair” through knitting.
NOW GALLERY: RIBBONS - KNIT IN WORKSHOPS
Black Girl Knit Club hosted 3 sold out workshops from 6-9pm at NOW Gallery in response to Matty Bovan Ribbons exhibition.
Black Girl Knit Club hosted 3 sold out workshops from 6-9pm at NOW Gallery in response to Matty Bovan Ribbons exhibition. We thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the craft night, meeting loads of knitting enthusiasts and creative people. It was such great night.
Our attendees were able to create knitted squares as a part of @craft_forward
Blankets for Lambeth initiative, keeping those experiencing homelessness warm this winter.
A massive thank you to our team on the night, the NOW team, Crochet Cookey & Craft Forward; to Wool and The Gang for providing the supplies.
See images below
All images taken: @Kings_art
BLACK GIRL KNIT CLUB PRESENTS: BEGINNERS GUIDE TO KNIT
BLACK GIRL KNIT CLUB - Our very first workshop in February 2019 to launch Black Girl Knit Club and it was sold out! Take a look at the images to see our event in full glory!
BLACK GIRL KNIT CLUB - Our very first workshop in February 2019 launching Black Girl Knit Club and it was sold out! We were so ecstatic to meet the women who took part in our workshops and left with an item that they’ve made. Take a look at the images below to see the event in its full glory!
Photos taken by Kings_Art
It was so great to meet everyone that made it what it was. Keep up to date with our upcoming events on our social media accounts.
Instagram : @blackgirlknitclub
Twitter: @blackgirlknits