Hartsbrook Community Crafting: 2021

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Paper snowflakes

Join the Easthampton snowflake contest! Mail in by 2/1/21 (details at link below)

Share photos of your process or finished shape with your Hartsbrook crafting community by emailing them to communitycrafting@hartsbrook.org to get them posted here.

Schedule

February 9, 2023 Miniature Paper Band Boxes
March 16, 2023 Needle-Felted Landscapes

February 2020~ Waldorf Dolls
December 2019 ~ Felted slippers
October 2019 ~ Crafts for the Holiday Fair
EC families especially invited
September 2019 ~ Yo-yo quilt fundraiser group project final tufting (raffle drawing Sept 21 at the Farm 2 Table event)

Wellness items (healing basket/first aid kits, tick kit, poison ivy kit, winter immune-boosting herbs, etc.), possible video or weekend workshops
Mending bee: patching clothes (especially woolies)
Other ideas? Email us your suggestion/request!

"As our materials are imbued with new life, we ourselves are transformed. The work of our hands becomes a contemplative practice; we develop an artistic heart-centered sensibility. This very satisfying way of working brings awareness to the contrasting consumer trend in our culture and appreciation to the importance of handwork." ~Kelly Minehart

Past activities

2018-19

May 23 & 30 ~ Baskets and/or wet felting outside
5/9 ~ Yo-yo project - final squares laid out for quilt!
Hearts for community (through May 4th, distributed at the Northampton Pride parade)
Spring school break April 15-19
Pesach/Passover April 19-27, Lailat al Bara'ah 4/20, Christian Easter 4/21
March Needle felting animals (2 weeks)
Feb 28 & March 7 ~ Pysanka batik egg decorating
Location: Earth Sciences lab in the North Mod (near Piening Hall, closer to the cow barn)
Thank you alum parent Kristin Hall for providing everything for us to learn!
Feb 14 ~ Making Hearts for community and eating sweet treats! Bring something to share. Materials for making paper valentines will also be available.
Feb 7 ~ Learning to make "yo-yos for a group-project quilt to auction in September as a fundraiser. Bring cotton fabric if you have extra to spare, sewing needle, scissors. (See Granny Hexagon project from last year.)
Jan 31 ~ Paper cutting and other items in honor of festivals at this time: Imbolc - Lughassad & Candlemas 2/2, Asian Lunar New Year of the Pig begins 2/5 (see Lunar new year crafts), Valentine's Day 2/14...
...Hearts for community ongoing
Jan 24 ~ Hot water bottle covers (knit one or make from an old sweater, patterns available) and/or Upcycled wool sweater children's pants.
Jan 17 ~ Planting bulbs in jars in honor of Tu B'Shvat(New Year of the Trees) on 1/20
(Bring narcissus or other bulbs, and sturdy jars or vases; optional glass marbles etc. We have stones to share.)
Jan 10, 2019 ~ Hearts for community (ongoing)
Dec 6, 13 & 20 ~ Knitting socks
Nov 29 ~ Straw stars
Nov 8 & 15 ~ paper window star folding
All October Thursdays + 10/24 evening ~ small Crafts for the Holiday Fair, EC families especially invited
Sept 13, 20, 27 ~ Twining small baskets
Sept 6 ~ intro crochet or help with final touches on our Granny Hexagon blanket

Past activities

2017

June 1 ~ Making cards & gifts for teachers
May 18 ~ Weaving (various)
May 25 ~ Knitting - all levels (Memorial Day)
May 11 ~ Kites
(let's try again another time!)
May 4 ~ Needlebooks
April 27 ~ Knitted animals
April 13 ~ Knitting, finishing baskets & candles (Easter)
April 6 ~ Candle decorating (Passover)
March 30 ~ finish baskets, dream catchers
March 23 ~ Fiber rush baskets
March 16 ~ Wet felted eggs and chicks (Spring)
March 9 ~ Knitting - all levels (also upcycled wool sweater Hamentaschen for Purim)
March 2 ~ Masks, hats, crowns... and tissue paper flowers (Carnival, Mardi Gras, Purim)
February 16 ~ Knitting - all levels
February 9, 2017 ~
Heart pouches Kits available!
Heart making for our "hartburst" community action
Bulb planting in honor of Tu Bishvat on 2/10