{"id":21522,"date":"2022-09-17T03:02:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T02:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/knit-stitch-project\/"},"modified":"2022-09-17T03:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T02:02:21","slug":"knit-stitch-project","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/knit-stitch-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Knit-Stitch project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span>Stitching the Community Together is an art based inter-generational funded initiative centered around wool and knitting. Schools will receive 5 inter-generational knitting kits from Wool in School.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>The objective of the initiative is to encourage inter-generational learning through the heritage of knitting while also linking in with the curriculum \u2018myself and the wider world\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The knitting is about connections, the invisible thread between children and older people has become frayed. The aim is to strengthen this bond with wool and magic, by knitting a beautiful bunting together representing friendship, courage, strength and most importantly knitting lives back together.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sharing moments and creating memories through the tradition of knitting is also at the heart of this very special activity. A<span><span><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span><span>s part of the initiative each school will be twinned with a Nursing Home and supported by Wool in School. The five kits will then be split between a nursing home in the community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span><span>The initiative is fully supported by Donegal Age Friendly and its Networks. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21523,"template":"","class_list":["post-21522","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Knit-Stitch project - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stitching the Community Together is an art based inter-generational funded initiative centered around wool and knitting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/knit-stitch-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Knit-Stitch project - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stitching the Community Together is an art based inter-generational funded initiative centered around wool and knitting. 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