Think shop­ping, hand­made, free treats, free mak­ing and out­door knit­ting, plus cup­cakes and craft – loads and loads and loads of craft – and you have Craft2.0.

It’s being held at the­New­Dowse this Sat­urday Octo­ber 24th from 11am till 3pm.

It costs noth­ing to turn up and if you are one of the first 100 people through the door at 11am  you score a FREE good­ie bag from Craftrun­ner chock full of treats, includ­ing good­ies from felt.co.nz, Cafe Reka, Teza iced tea, Super­very, Emma Makes and more. Plus there is tons of to-die-for swag from the Craft2.0 raffle and so much more. 

Typ­ic­ally over 60 booths are present selling everything from glit­ter­ing uni­corn pins to hand prin­ted t‑shirts. If you are a fan of indie fash­ion, then you’ve found your DIY para­dise. The best part is meet­ing the crafters behind the styles and see­ing how some of their cre­ations came to life.

What kinds of crafts will you find? Well, you won’t find any of that mass pro­duced or impor­ted stuff here, no sir­ee! There’ll be sur­prises galore includ­ing recon­struc­ted cloth­ing, punk rock baby clothes for that little Sid or Nancy, hand­craf­ted jew­ellery, whim­sic­al and demen­ted plush toys, hand-spun yarn, screen-print­ing, avant-garde art and much more.

Best of all, Craft2.0 is more than just shop­ping. Kids of all ages can design and cre­ate their own magic­al masks. Wheth­er you’re a bird lov­er or are just look­ing for some­thing exot­ic, feath­er masks are a great craft pro­ject. These beau­ti­ful cre­ations work well as cos­tume pieces or dec­or­a­tions. and it’s free. 

Par­ti­cip­a­tion from Wellington’s legendary Out­door Knit­ters round the fair out. You can hang out with exper­i­enced knit­ters, who can teach you some new tricks or if you’ve nev­er knit­ted before they’ll get you star­ted. Needles and wool sup­plied all you need to do is bring your­self.

So yes you can go to craft2.0 and just enjoy the fun, get your craft on and spend no money. But you prob­ably will want to buy things though!