Thursday evening from 6 to 9 pm
Instructors: Tumaini Lyaruu & Chason Yeboah
Spring session: April 6 to May 4
Fee: $175 for 5 weeks
Summer session: May 11 to June 22
Fee: $245 for 7 weeks
All material included
Drop in welcome is availability at $30 a session
Space limited to 6 adults
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For more information on where to get supplies or with questions please contact us at: [email protected]
Have you ever wanted to know how to bring to life the creative ideas in your mind? This series of classes is for seniors who want to build a solid knowledge on crochet foundations to be able to crochet the expansiveness of their creative mind. We will provide you with the supplies and starting techniques to master basic stitches, crochet shapes, and pattern reading to get you started on the journey of creating your own crochet project.
Who are we?
Chason Yeboah and Tumaini Lyaruu are self and community taught crochet artists living, learning, loving and creating in Toronto. Together we created Acts of Kindness (AoK!) to use our crochet abilities for good instead of evil! What started out as us coordinating yarn bombs and giving out little crochet hearts to people who have been kind, became an arts education project where we started to going around the city hosting crochet picnics (workshops), largely in community/school based settings, sharing the skill of crochet with children, youth and adults.
Part of our arts education practice is to guide people through the process of learning how to crochet, which is rarely neutral. It holds a lot of people’s anxieties, frustrations, aspirations and emotions. While our role is to provide guidance on gaining a technical skill, it also involves intentionally facilitating room for people to engage, and make meaning of the skill and process as best suits their needs. We also really like for our crochet picnics to be a fun get together to connect with others.
Website: facebook.com/aokindness
A recent interview: http://www.shedoesthecity.com/tumaini-lyaruu-chason-yeboah-crochet-acts-of-kindness