WRITTEN ON May 25th, 2010 BY Eric Scout AND STORED IN Events

In 2005, St. Louis-based mechanical engineer turned knitter Danielle Landes began the World Wide Knit in Public Day, hoping to bring the community of knitters out into the open and together on the first Saturday in June. What began with just 25 events around the world quickly blossomed into over 200 in just a few years!

We at Crafty Scout are huge fans of artists and crafters doing their thing out in public. It’s one thing for a “non crafty” person (though we believe there’s no such thing) to see art and crafty goods on sale at a show or in a shop, but it’s an entirely other thing altogether for them to see those goodies being made live, in person. We hope that WWKIP day will inspire people all around the world to pick up some yarn and needles and find the crafty person within.

Curious to know if there’s a Knit In Public Day event going on in your neighborhood? Head on over to the event finder on the WWKIP Day website and find out!