Community Climate Action Series

Hi, Newlanders.

Next up in our Community Climate Action Series (normally at the neighbourhood house but currently via zoom) we have the following fun offering:

Winter mending and sock-repurposing (FB event here and zoom registration here) THIS SATURDAY (25TH JULY) 2PM.

Here’s your chance to learn needle felting - an amazingly fast and simple method for your woollens. Give your old (moth-hole ridden) favourites a new life and new character with the help of Mary Ellen Jordan from Newfangled Mending. We’ll also be turning our collective attention to all those lone and holey socks that accumulate in most households. Local sock-repurposing-enthusiast Pascale has plenty of ideas to share and would also love to hear any you have. Bring your socks and ideas along, either online or in a real room and we’ll attempt a spot of lone-sock speed dating; you never know, there could be a match.

***SPECIAL NOTE ON WHAT TO HAVE ON HAND FOR THIS SESSION***
This session will include an opportunity for you to practice needle-felting and get advice on any mending projects you have in mind or are in progress. We therefore recommend you have the following things on-hand to get the most out of it:

• Needle-felting needle, foam and un-spun wool (NB. We have made up some kits of these items to facilitate you getting started with needle felting. Kits will be only $3 and available for contactless local pick up in Preston or Coburg North from Monday 20th July - message Nina on 0400123336 for pick up address details).
• One or more woollen items you would like to either work on or discuss during the session.

Please also have on-hand a collection of odd and/or damaged socks for the sock-focussed part of this session. We would love you to also share your own ideas so if you have an example of sock re-purposing please bring it (or a photo of it).

Please check out our other events for Term 3 and 4 HERE… there’s a great range and we look forward to having your join our growing our active and solutions-focussed community.