Very excited to announce that the PNW Community Coral Reef Project has partnered with the non-profit Coral Reef Alliance out of California. They will be providing educational materials at our installation and helping to encourage fiber artists and crafters to get involved. I have visited their wonderful website and used their images to gain inspiration on making my pieces for the reef and it’s nice to know that they have knitters on staff who are excited to participate.
Additionally, I took a trip up the coast yesterday and dropped off informational postcards at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook, OR and at Coastal Yarns in Cannon Beach, OR. Hopefully I will be able to arrange a crafting day at Latimer sometime in the future. Stay tuned!
For my inspirational suggestions today, I would like to point you to the playlist that I have created on Youtube which include videos on past coral reef installations as well as instructional videos on how to create different elements of a fiber art coral reel. You will find that some of these patterns are in languages other than English but I have found them to be instructional as someone who is fluent in knitting and crochet. I hope you will enjoy!