It’s Queens birth­day most of us have the fol­low­ing pri­or­it­ies

1. sleep­ing in
2. won­der­ing who isn’t doing a pub­lic hol­i­day sur­charge on Monday

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some of us have anoth­er over­rid­ing annu­al pri­or­ity How much mak­ing can one per­son do in a single week­end at Hand­made. Wel­ling­ton annu­al Fest­iv­al cel­eb­rat­ing those who make, the bakers, the sew­ers, the brew­ers, the illus­trat­or, the knit­ters, it’s all there. Mas­ter classes, work­shops, pop up cafes, and our annu­al happy place, The Hol­land Road Knit Lounge.

Yes you can vis­it one of the 2 Hol­land Road Yarn shops in Wil­lis Street and Petone most days of the week, but the knit lounge is like and immers­ive yarn exper­i­ence, part shop, part exhib­i­tion & part hos­pit­al (they have answers to ever knit­ting or crochet crisis) it’s the very best part of Hand­made, So make sure this week­end you pop upstairs to the ren­ouf foy­er at the MFC for the Hol­land Road Yarn Exper­i­ence. Grab a cup of tea and settle in with your yarn pro­ject or come squish all the dif­fer­ent yarns.

wetaNew this year are the work­shops in asso­ci­ation with Weta Work­shop.

Sadly the sculp­ture and paint­ing work­shops have sold out. But a wee craft bunny tells me there are spots left for the Sunday Weta Ten­zan Chain­maille work­shop, which also incudes a Weta Work­shop tour. You can book online or pop into the hub at the MFC for more info.

You can sign up for oth­er classes at any time over the week­end just pop online or  along to the MFC and sign your­self up for a mak­ing exper­i­ence.

 

Sat­urday night is the New to Hand­made  – Night Mar­ket, the things on sale are guar­an­teed all hand­made in NZ (no nasty imports here) and look to be spec­tac­u­lar. Includ­ing artists like Zipppity do dah  Things Unseen and Jo & Jess from the Hast­ings Shop Coco & Co, it like the hol­land road knit lounge is free to the pub­lic and comes with the bonus of a bar. Bubbles and shop­ping? Yes please

 

See you at hand­made