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