Burnley's Big Knit Day

Tea Cosies For Towneley isn't the only knitting project currently taking place this summer in Burnley Town Centre.

Artist Liz Nobel is making a project for Burnley's Big Knit Day and you can take part in Liz's project by knitting flowers, leaves, bugs, bunting ... all manor of decorative knitted items that will be installed on the band stand on St Jame's street in Burnley Town Centre on the 19th June.

You can download a pattern guide HERE for many wonderful flower and leaf designs.

So get knitting and see your work on display in Burnley Town Centre in June.

For more info please visit: liznoble.com/knit, and www.burnley.gov.uk/arts 

Ravelry Group

We now have a Tea Cosies For Towneley group on Ravelry for you to join if you are a member of this fabulous social networking site for knitters and crocheters.

In the group you will get all the info you need to take part in this project and be able to share ideas and tea cosy patterns.

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/tea-cosies-for-towneley

Week 1 @ The Open Shop.

This week ArtYarn moved into the shop, or the 'knitting studio' as I am now calling it. With great thanks to Janes Wool Shop in Burnley, and to people who have stopped by to make a yarn donation sover the weekend, we have plenty of yarn and needles to create some super tea cosies for Towneley Hall.

Here are a few snaps from over the first weekend...

The Knitting Studio... come and pay me a visit and have a knit!

Setting up the shop with plenty of yarn and some lovely furniture which has been donated by the Burnley YMCA charity shop.

 Isabelle teaching a beginner how its done!

Here she goes again! 

Tea cosies in the making!

A very nearly complete tea cosy.

I will next be in the shop, knitting away, on Wednesday morning and then on Friday and Saturday 10-4pm and Sunday 11-3pm. Please come and join me and take part!

Open Shop artists...

ArtYarn are the first of 5 commissioned artists / artists groups to be given the wonderful opportunity of working at The Open Shop Project in Burnley Town Centre.
Visit the Open Shop Project blog to find out more about which other artists will be taking over the space during the summer months:

http://theopenshopproject.wordpress.com/

Tea Cosy

We have been testing out some new tea cosy patterns this week, and here is a beautiful finished tea cosy by Sarah. We will be using the tried and tested tea cosy patterns to modify into new knitted creations which will be inspired by the colours, embelishments and shapes of the Towneley Hall tea pot collection.

Installed Yarn Bombs at Towneley Hall

On friday we payed a visit to Towneley Hall to install 8 pieces of knitting in the gardens. We are joping that these pieces of knitting will stir up some interest for our residence at the old car shop in Burnley Town Centre.
Next week we'll be in Burnley town centre setting up our workspace in the shop and we'll be out and about knitting in local venues around the town. Come and join us !

Yarn Bombs for Towneley Hall

This week Artyarn will be installing a series of knitted pieces around the beautiful gardens at Towneley Hall in Burnley.

Once they are installed we hope that visitors to Towneley Hall will enjoy discovering them as they stroll around the gardens and that they inspire people to come and take part and visit us during our time as artists in residence at the old Car Shop in Burnley town centre.

For now here is a little preview of some of the knitted pieces we have been making..

KNITTING WORK SHOPS !!

Our taught workshops begin on Saturday 22nd May,  so if you would like to learn how to knit make sure you book your place ASAP! before all the spaces get snapped up! 

The Saturday workshops are designed to teach absolute beginners knitting skills, so if you have always wanted to learn but don't know how to get started, or you want to refresh your skills, please come along and take part. All materials are provided on the day and it's absolutely free to take part! :)


TO BOOK YOU PLACE PLEASE CONTACT: 

info@artyarn.org

laura.rodgers@blackburn.gov.uk

OR RING:

01254 677130

OR POP IN AND SEE US AT THE SHOP TO LET US KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BOOK A PLACE:

The old Car Shop, 14 St James Street, Burnley Town Centre.

(If we aren't in the shop when you call, please post us a note with your name and contact number)