Will be closed on Thursday 25th and Monday 29th May

The Weavers’ Workshop will be closed on Monday 1st of May and 8th of May

The Weavers have been asked to knit babies hats by the Rotary Club. The hats will be sent to Ukraine and Turkey The above picture is showing a few we have completed
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Well done everyone!

HERE IS THE REPLY FROM THE ROTARIANS
Thank you to all who knitted the beautiful baby hats. John Young, International and Foundation Chair, David Owen President, Annita Small Vice President and Community Chair as well as all Rotarians for 51 baby hats which will sent to Ukraine and Turkey asap.

The Weavers’ Workshop is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 10 am till 12.30pm
Cost £3 including materials to make a small woven item and a cup of tea or coffee (and biscuit)

Contact Peggy Finch
pegsfinch@gmail.com

33 x 2 bonding squares for local hospitals made by Weavers Workshop

One square is placed with a premature baby and another is worn against the mum’s skin, then the squares are swapped round every 12 hours or every time mum visits.
Many Neonatal Units are now using them. They help with the bonding of a premature baby in an incubator and the baby’s mum. The baby can smell mum’s scent even when she isn’t there or wasn’t able to get him out of his incubator, and then when she goes home she can still smell the baby’s scent on the square, which is a big comfort.
Not only this, but many mums find that it really helps with expressing breast milk. Keeping the scent of the baby close by triggers the hormones needed to produce and express milk, which is very important as breastfeeding can be difficult for mothers with premature babies.

Rachel New
Creative Lives On-air Producer for BBC CWR
Creative Lives On-air is a collaboration between BBC CWR and Creative Lives

We were asked to put on a demo of simple weaving to this local community. Rachel interviewed us for the BBC CWR programme. We also demonstrated different types of looms and weaving techniques

A very happy morning for weavers and participants

We are lucky to still be a workshop after the last two years. Thank you to everyone for their support.

It is however become necessary to increase weekly sessions to £3. Hopefully we will see you very soon.

The Workshop will be closed for the Bank Holiday.

On Saturday 26 March 2022 Heritage Crafts hosted its annual event Making Places as part of The Making of Coventry, a partnership project with Creative Lives, funded by Coventry City Council as part of Coventry City of Culture.