Monthly Stitching Circle

Bring whatever you're working on (it can be knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross stitch, mending - anything crafty!) and join us on the last Sunday of July, August, September, October and November for a casual session of sociable stitching co-hosted by the Wellington Embroiderers' Guild.

Each session runs from 2pm to 4pm, but as an informal event you are welcome to arrive late or leave early. Please note the session will be held in an upstairs room, for more information about accessibility at the house, see the 'Accessibility' page of our website.

Suggested donation $5; free for Friends of Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and Wellington Embroiderers' Guild members.

Did you know Katherine Mansfield was a keen knitter? In October 1921 she wrote to her cousin, the writer Elizabeth von Arnim, "The knitting becomes almost frenzied at times. We may be sober in our lives, but we shall be garish in our shrouds and flamboyant in our coffins if this goes on.” The next month she reported to her friend Dorothy Brett, "The Wools came today. They are quite lovely & I feel inclined to carry them about, just as they are, like fat dolls."