HOMEMAKERS have teamed up with Ideas magazine, and their readers and are taking Yarn Bombing to the next level! One of the biggest highlights at the Gauteng HOMEMAKERS Expo on from 23 - 26 February at the Coca Cola Dome will showcase a house as well as its contents entirely covered in wool!
The public will be donating knitted and crocheted woollen shapes of all colours and sizes which will be used to Yarn Bomb a creative masterpiece. After the event all wool creations will be donated to the organisation Knit a Square who will join all the items together to make blankets, scarves and woollen hats for charity.
We need your Involvement!
Every reader who owns a pair of knitting needles, crochet hook or French knitting kit can help us with this giant yarn-bombing project.
Our "wool house" will require the following elements:
- Circles with a 10cm diameter
- Circles with a 20cm diameter
- Squares of 10 x 10cm
- Squares of 20 x 20cm
- Strips of 100 x 20cm
- Strips of 50 x 10cm
- Flowers and leaves for the ‘garden’
- French knitting – make it as long as you like
Each room on the house will have its own colour scheme, so please use these colours:
- Pinks, oranges, purples and reds
- Blue and Green
- Black and White
By submitting your entries you stand a chance to win one of three R5000 cash prizes.
Hand deliver your items to the Ideas Offices:
Johannesburg
2nd Floor Protea Place 5, South Block, Protea Park, Sandown
Cape Town
20th Floor, Naspers Centre, 40 Heerengracht, Cape Town
Or send your contributions via registered mail:
To: Tharwah Nolan, PO Box 1802, Cape Town 8001
Make sure you label your items Ideas/Yarn Bomb Competiton and include your name, and contact details.
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