Up and Coming Crafty events this June

image from here

:: June 3 - Etsy and FBi Radio Party - Kings Cross

:: June 5 - Crafternoon #38 - TBC  

:: June 10 - Etsy Craft Party - Eagle Soup Studio, Chippendale

:: June 11 - World Wide Knit in Public Day - Worldwide

:: June 18 - Creative Lane Festival - Marrickville

:: June 22-26 - Quilt & Craft Fair - Darling Harbour

:: June 23 - Ready, Steady, Craft! - Pine St Art Centre, Chippendale

So many things on this June, I guess it is the first month of winter, it just seems right to make crafty home-y things...

Are you going to any crafty events this June? Or will you be staying home like the rest of Sydney?


P.s This is not strictly in June, or just not at all - it's in July, but it is definitely worth a mention:

:: July 30 - Love Lace Exhibition - Powerhouse Museum

Sydney Crafternoon :: Now with Sunshine!

It's been faaaar too long since our last blog post! And so much has happened :: our crafternoons have moved from the cosy & wintery Pocket Bar to *sunshiney* Centennial park. Now we can bring delicious baked things to share, warm our backs in the sun, and stretch our legs on the endless grass. Picnic crafternoons feel so much more relaxed...

There are so many crafty things happening in Sydney this month (and next) from a BIG Crafternoon in Hyde Park for Art & About to the Sydney screening of the documentary "Making it Handmade". Pop over to our events page for dates and links and what have you.

What have you been up to?

fun ideas for craft collectives

It's been one year since our first crafternoon!
To celebrate our first birthday we met at our favourite cosy venue for mini zines, afternoon crafting, lucky door prizes, crepes, tea and fruity frappes.

Do you attend a crafting group or collective?
Or maybe you run your own on the other side of the world? (If so, Please say hi!)
either way, here are:

14 ideas to make craft groups more fun, connected, happy and awesome-er:

:: go to a crafty book launch
:: start a flickr group
:: hold a spring crafting picnic
:: organise a swap party
:: crafty daytrips - visit country town
    op shops, knitting shops and cafes
:: make mini zines
:: visit a craft show together
:: organise a craft crawl
:: knit stuff for charity
:: make something collectively
:: meet up with people from other groups
:: have an exhibition of your work
:: have a collective etsy store, to sell your wares
:: start an art project together

Got any ideas for us to try? I'd love to hear about them...
Happy Crafting!

Perfect winter antidote...

 images from Nordic fair isle knitting patterns

The second week of winter is getting rather chilly here in Sydney.
And...cosy crafting events are the perfect antidote (aside from staying in bed and eating warm apple crumble...)

So get out your diary, because these wintery, noteworthy events are happening in Sydney over the next 2 weeks! Yippee!


World Wide Knitting Day - Sydney Event
(organised by pompom)
Saturday June 12
1-5 pm
Abraham Mott Community Hall,
Argyle Place, Millers Point (The Rocks)


Yarn in the pub
(organised by Brown Owls)
Wednesday June 16
From 5:30 pm
Madison Hotel, Surry Hills


Etsy Craft Party
(organised by Corrie on Meetup)
Friday 18th June
6:30 pm
Notebook's photographic studios in Alexandria
$20 pp
more info to come...


Crafternoon #20
It's our first Birthday!
Sunday June 20
2-5pm
Pocket Bar,
13 Burton St, Darlinghurst

Happy winter crafting!