For the love of Stitch: Crochet Workshop Series

Join us for a 9-week crochet journey!

For the Love of Stitch weaves together creativity and mindfulness. In each session, you’ll learn about the art of crochet, while experiencing different artistic elements, whether it’s live music, spoken word poetry or guided meditation.

Workshop Series Highlights:

• Every 3 weeks, you’ll work on a new crochet project. From durags and scarves to holiday pieces that are perfect for gifting to loved ones, each session will be designed for both beginners and intermidate crocheters
• All Materials Included: We will provide all the tools and materials you need, so all you have to bring is your creativity and an open mind
• Art in Every Stitch: Each week, you will be immersed in an additional artistic discipline to support you while you crochet, from music to poetry to help enhance your creative flow

For the Love of Stitch is perfect if you are looking to pick up a new hobby, meet new people or simply unwind from your day to day.

From Tuesday November 26th – December 10th, Chason will teach you how to make a heating pad or scarf

Meet Your Facilitator

Chason Yeboah

Chason Yeboah is an African-Caribbean self-taught textile sculptor, doll maker, and story-teller exploring the oscillation of ancestral communion through woven, reconstructed, and (un) raveled structures. Many of her works directly focus on themes of shame, loss of identity, sexuality, the notion and practice of self-love, and an acknowledgement of the human form, with a primary focus on marginalized folks. Her desire is to explore the interconnectivity of these themes and, be it through her inclusive dolls, personification structures, or “safe space” creations, provoke more conversation on communal awareness

Margaret Afekafe

Margaret believes she is a very advanced beginner or an anxiously intermediate crochet artist. 

After growing tomatoes, baking banana bread, and completing a Chloe Ting challenge –  the holy trinity of quarantine projects – she needed a post pandemic hobby and tried her hand at the gateway fiber craft that is knitting, before getting hooked by crochet. 

She regularly hosts “stitch n bitches” in parks across Toronto, facilitates workshops where she teaches both crochet and macrame and is rarely without an unfinished project in her bag.

Community-taught by excellent YouTube professors, Margaret honed her skills and now runs Made By Mags, where she sells her unique hand-crocheted bags, each piece stitched with care.