MAKER MAKER: Pom-Poms with Marit Munson
Wednesday 8 January 2025
7:00 – 9:00 pm

MAKER MAKER returns with the perfect cozy craft for the darkest days of winter. Join us to play with colour and make pom-poms with Sackville yarn dyer extraordinaire, Marit Munson. With just a simple cardboard template, and your choice of two, three, four or more strands of yarn, learn to make your own one-of-a-kind wooly creations.

Whether you go bright and bold or soft and subtle, your pom-poms are certain to bring joy.

Part colour fiend, part hypothesis muppet, Marit Munson learned to dye yarn in 2012 and immediately began asking “What would happen if…?” Her unique dye processes make space for serendipity and play as she creates lively colour on high quality, natural fibre yarn. A new member of the Canadian Wool Collective, Marit is a huge fan of the practical, ecological, and aesthetic qualities of a good sheepy wool yarn. Most recently, she’s been a helping hand at sheep shearing at a regenerative farm in Nova Scotia, buying fleeces and working with spinning mills to introduce several new 100% Canadian yarns that are soft and springy and full of character.

MAKER MAKER is a monthly program of seriously small after-hours art workshops. Led by diverse Maker Mentors, each workshop introduces a pocket-sized art project that can be made in two hours or less. Designed for accomplished and aspiring makers alike, MAKER MAKER is for anyone interested in making small things by hand with friends and fellow makers. This informal workshop series explores how working small can be practical, portable and playful, economical, sharable and even wearable.

MAKER MAKER is free, all materials are provided, and no registration required. Yarn for this workshop has been generously donated by fabulous community members. This program is made possible thanks to funding from The Rotary Club of Sackville, the Municipality of Tantramar, and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.

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