Sit & Knit at Auckland Museum this June!

Auckland War Memorial Museum is hosting a ‘Sit & Knit’ with community sewing initiative Sew Love to promote the WWI Centenary Exhibition, Home Front.

Home Front explores life in New Zealand during The First World War. The country was swept up by fundraising campaigns in support of New Zealand’s allies and soldiers. Knitting bees were held to make socks, mittens and body-belts by the thousand.

The Museum is asking the public to get their needles clicking and join Sarah from Sew Love to put together a peggy-square blanket to be donated to Auckland City Mission.

Watch our video to learn how to knit a peggy square, and bring it with you to the Museum on Saturday June 18 to create a super blanket to be donated to the Auckland City Mission.

Watch the video here and see the event page here.

Sit & Knit blanket square

Needles: 5mm
Yarn: 8ply or DK (double knit)
Step 1. Cast on 30 stitches
Step 2. Knit every row for 50 rows, or until you have enough to make a square
Step 3. Cast off 30 stitches

How to make a peggy square

What to do with your peggy squares

Bring your peggy squares into the Museum on or before Saturday 18 June or post them to:

Sit & Knit
Auckland Museum
Private Bag 92018
Victoria Street West
Auckland, 1142

ENDS

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