Sew What? – Sweater/T-shirt Hats @ CLP Brookline

So in case you haven’t noticed (?!), it’s been pretty freaking cold outside lately – like for the past three or four months – and what better way to create a little friction than with creativity!  Solve all your shivering winter woes with a new sweater hat this Tuesday, February 26^th at CLP Brookline’s Teen Lounge!

Come make something new and awesome out of something old and blah!  Everything you’ll need (sweaters, material, pins, etc.) to get your DIY on will be provided – and I heard a rumor that Brookline’s sewing machine comes equipped with a Game Boy!  That’s right, a GAME BOY sewing machine!  Keeping it vintage and classy – how awesome is that???

AND!  If you happen to be allergic to late 80s 8-bit entertainment, or think you might end up sewing your hands together, don’t fret!  You can try your unstitched hand at Xbox and Kaijudo, or sharpen your Magic the Gathering skills for the Brookline Teen Gaming Advisory Council’s upcoming Magic the Gathering tournament showdown!

All this madness blasts off at 3:30 PM this Tuesday and runs until 5:00 PM at CLP Brookline!

do it! Do It! DO IT! :

               

Jon : Carrick

Make Toys!

I am a longtime fan of the quirkiest of quirky toys. As a child, I sewed my own felt fishes–which then took up residence in the My Little Pony Paradise Estates and Barbie’s mansion, evicting their more traditional girlie toy denizens.

Much to my delight, I found these great books via the library, and I hope that it is much to your crafting delight that you discover them, too:

Plushies (super cute and quirky toys often made from fleece)

         

Amigurumi (Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, quirky creatures)

         

Sara Dora CLP-Hazelwood