Introducing Social Handcraft

Introducing Social Handcraft

Volunteer crafters working in our network and beyond are using crochet to create abstract, fantastic vegetation inspired by Weeki Wachee, Florida and our own bioregion – Pacific Northwest/Cascadia/Coast Salish territory.

One day, we know we’ll gather and assemble. We’ll use whatever is shared with us to create part of the stage environment of Mermaid Spring, a musical about a group of professional mermaids who work to save the beautiful clearwater spring that hosts their live aquatic spectaculars, 365 days a year, rain or shine...

Crafters can mail us their contributions or donate them directly at in-person events. For now, we can accumulate giant stashes that bring cheer and change to our collective cabin fever. We’ll come together, eventually.

As much as a working and crafting collective, we imagine Social Handcraft as a listening, reading and observation group, a place for people to find companionship and social connection – thought and feeling. Also, we're fried on Zoom, just like you. We'll build it slowly and adapt. "No," to forced fun.

We’re using thrifted and salvaged yarn, and working with excellent sponsors like Baaad Anna's to to gather donations of second-hand yarn that we can share.

Crochet by Heather Cameron. Photo by Barbara Adler.