 | Yarnstorming at the Junction Arts Festival
Sept 11 & 12, 10:00 - 6:00
Come by Wise Daughters during the fabulous Junction Arts Festival and help cover an entire car with a knitted cosy! Volunteers will be on hand to help, and to assemble the pieces contributed by the public. Once the car cosy is finished, it will be dismantled and turned into blankets for Streetknit.
Thanks to AutoShare for the loan of a car, and Estelle Design for the donation of yarn.
Also during the festival, you can see Junction Retrospective, a photography show by Emmanuel Mifsud, and enjoy a special ceramic show and sale by Inspirations Studio, a project of Sistering (www.inspirationsstudio.ca). |
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21 Pink Leaves, Junction Arts Festival
by Diana Brugos
Sponsored by Wise Daughters
21 Pink Leaves, an art installation on Dundas St., is intended to bring a smile to passersby while bringing awareness to the connection among cancer, community and craft.
Each of us has been impacted by cancer. This unnatural invasion is represented by the unnatural pink leaves; pink is also the colour associated with breast cancer awareness. Community is crucial when anyone is dealing with this disease. Craft offers a creative and emotional outlet, fostering healing.
Diana is helping to sponsor her friend Karen's ride to conquer cancer. To help, please click here. |  |
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| VENDORS WANTED: Wise Daughters is proud to sponsor Lucy McCormick Public School's 2nd annual Craft Sale on Sat, Nov 20 at 2717 Dundas West. Crafters, to rent a table ($40), please contact lucymccormick2010@gmail.com. |
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It's my YARN PARTY and I'll buy if I want to...October 15 - 17
- Friday evening "yarns" of the verbal variety, presented with FOOL, Festival of Oral Literature
- Saturday yarn fair extraordinaire
- Sunday knitting classes with specialty yarns
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 | Streetknit KnitUp
The last Tues of every month from 7 - 9 you can socialize and knit for a great cause. Knit up woolies to be distributed to Toronto's homeless by Streetknit, a voluntary organization. Wise Daughters is also a drop-off for donations of knitwear and yarn. For more info, visit www.streetknit.ca.
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PAST EVENTS
Worldwide Knit in Public Day Extravaganza!
Sun, June 13, 1:00 - 4:00
Junction Square (Dundas at Pacific)
Due in large part to the weather, we didn't quite smash the Guinness world record for most knitters, but we certainly had a blast and raised a lot of awareness for Streetknit, which provides knitted woollies to Toronto's homeless. Presented by Wise Daughters and That's Women's Work. To see lots more photos from the event, please visit Wise Daughers' Facebook page.
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 | Operation Sock Monkey
May 12, 2010
For the 2nd year, Wise Daughters hosted an evening where volunteers made monkeys to send with Clowns Without Borders to South African communities devastated by HIV/AIDS. It's a wonderful program, and we had a fabulous night! Sock monkey kits are now available for sale at the shop, with proceeds benefitting Operation Sock Monkey.
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Anniversary Party
Wise Daughters celebrated its first anniversary January 30, 2010 with music by Keith Jolie "and the Wise Daughters". Twenty customers won great handmade prizes too!
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 | Handmade Gifts for the Redwood
In December 2009, Wise Daughters collected handmade hats and scarves for women living at the Redwood Shelter. We ended up with a boxful of beautiful items (including some sock monkeys), being received here by board member David Woodard. To learn more about the Redwood, visit www.theredwood.com.
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Junction Arts Festival 2009
Over 200 people made their own fabulous buttons in front of the shop! |  |
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