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The project is a community art event based in Dunsborough Western Australia called wrappedindunsborough (WRAPPED)
It began in 2009 and ran for 10 days in October
The 2010 project ran for 6 weeks July and August
In 2011 it ran for four weeks during July
It is envisaged WRAPPED will become an annual winter event
The project brightens town during winter, puts smiles on peoples' faces, is a lot of fun to create, brings people together, and creates possitive community experiences
It challenges knitting and crochet stereotypes and fosters knitting and crochet skills
It evokes memories
It is inclusive
Each year the wraps are collected, repaired, washed, stored and re-used for WRAPPED the following year
WHAT'S PLANNED FOR 2012
More wrapping of trees around town!! If you would like to be involved in this great project please register your interest in the 2012 folder on the Blog tab on this web site or email lynward@iinet.net.au and someone will contact you soon. We are looking for people to:
help plan the event
co-ordinate a knit-in for people to come and learn how to knit - Dunsborough Library - May/June 2012
knit or crochet squares roughly 15cmx15xm to 25cmx25cm by the end of June 2012. (These can be left with David at the Naturaliste Community Centre, Dunsborough)
suggest and create spin-off projects
help particularly with putting the wraps up
keep a watchful eye on them while they are up
and help to take them down in readiness for 2013.
volunteer to teach Year One children to knit
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2011
WRAPPED 2011 went up early in July and ran until 29th 2011. It looked fabulous and again it attracted a lot of interest. Volunteers went into Dunsborough Primary School again year and had a lot of fun teaching the little ones to knit.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2010?
292 squares were wrapped around trees in central Dunsborough, posts at the Naturaliste Community Centre and sculptures on the foreshore.
TO EVERY KNITTER AND CROCHETER thank you for your gorgeous contributions - this project would be nothing without your creative contributions. And THANK YOU to the people who braved the elements to wrap.....
To all the pedestrians and motorists who stopped to ask questions, take pictures or toot...... THANK YOU.....your inquisitiveness, curiosity, support and engagement is greatly appreciated.
A spin-off from WRAPPED 2010 is a project connecting community and Aged Care resident knitters with students at Dunsborough Primary School to pass knitting skills on to younger generations.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2009?
66 wraps, one length of finger knitting and 16 pom-poms were created by a group of wonderful people ranging in age from 8 to 87. The wraps were tied to trees, posts, poles and bollards in town by a team of 'knitting taggers' on October 2nd 2009 and left up for 10 days. The response was very positive with encouragement to do it again in 2010.
Thank you for visiting this web site.
This project is coordinated by Lyn Ward, Dunsborough Western Australia. |
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