If you haven’t already marked it on your calendars, do it now! Crafty Bastards is this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. I will be in booth number 1 by the north entrance to the Marie Reed Learning Center (18th street near Wyoming) in Adams Morgan.
What is it?
Well, going on its fifth year, I think, this festival has grown huge! They are expecting over 25,000 folks to come out to view and purchase awesome handmade goods from local crafters. Check these vendors out on the Crafty Bastards blog or in the vendor gallery and use the festival map to plan your shopping.
The first 5,000 folks to arrive get a free Crafty Bastards tote bag with lots of “stuff” so come early!
And as if lots of crafty wonderfulness wasn’t enough, there is also a B-Boy Battle and live performances all day.
Here is a peak at the free workshops and demos going on that day
CRAFT: Zine Maker Square (#128 on the tennis courts)
All Day Make your very own button rings, paper beads and LED throwies. Hosted by CRAFT: Zine
Knitting Workshop with me! Booth (#1).
10:30am-11:30am, 12:30pm-1:30pm Learn to Knit
3pm-4pm Entrelac Knitting Workshop
Get Crafty Ipso Crafto Booth (#7)
All Day, 10am-4pm*
Make felt pins and mini disco balls, design your own stamp, and have fun with Crafty Bastards paint-by-number.
*these workshops are free and while supplies last. Children may participate if accompanied the entire time by a parent or guardian
Yoga Silk Road Yoga Booth (#106). All day.
Stop by the Silk Road Yoga booth to watch yoga demos by the experts.
Pottery Wheel Demos Hinckley Pottery Booth (#82). All day.
Check out the clay magicians of Hinckley Pottery who can transform lumps of clay into functi onal objects. Instructors from Hinckley Pottery’s studio will use the potter’s wheel to make cups, bowls, and other simple and complex forms.
Oh, and below is one of my favorite vendors, Goshdarnknit. I hope to snatch up a piece of her artwork before the fair opens. How cool is this?!
