History
Work of Heart started out as a Scot and an Emirati having fun knitting in the desert! Our numbers grew.
Wherever we crafted in public, people were curious. We kept spare hooks, needles and wool in our bags and taught. It grew like wildfire! We taught ladies in labour camps. Cleaners in schools. Mothers on trains. These women found crochet relaxing. It also taught them practical skills to help them make new clothes or more money. Focusing on making something with your hands uses a different part of the brain to the part which worries! We decided to go pro and share ourselves with a name. Work of Heart was born! |
Past Events
Paper Teapots 4:30pm Sat 30th June First Clique, Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Arabian Tassels 4:30pm Fri 15th June First Clique, Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Knitting Cables with Toothpicks 6-8 Saturday 30th December 2017 First Clique, Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Knitting with Chopsticks 4-5:30pm Saturday 23rd September First Clique, Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Handmade Alphabet Beanbags and Toys for Sara's 7 Children July 2017 Crochet Cactus - The Plant You Can Not Kill! 4-5:30pm Saturday 17th June, First Clique, Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Crochet Cactus - The Plant You Can Not Kill! 4-5:30pm Saturday 10th June, First Clique, Reem Island, Abu Dhabi Chain Stitch for Charity - Arabic Alphabet for 7 Syrian children 4-5:30pm, Saturday 13th May, First Clique Learn how to make a traditional ornamental embroidery stitch while making an alphabet for children! Tassel Workshop Saturday 1st April, Cafe Arabia Craft Hangout Saturday 25th March, First Clique Crochet over Coffee Saturday 4th March Thanks to everyone who came from Egypt, Syria, Yemen, US, Scotland - I think we amused everyone around us at Cafe Arabia . Great to have two men with us this week! Great ambassadors! Palestinian Cross Stitch Workshop Saturday 4th February Saturday 18th February Thank you to all those who came from Egypt, Bhutan and Yemen, stitched, laughed, shared and had fun ! Coffee and Crochet
Tassel Workshop
Palestinian Bookmark Workshop
Slipper Workshop
Bal Sarathi School for Street Children, Kathmandu
Tsering home for Tibetan Elderly Refugees, Kathmandu
Palestinian Refugee Camp
Knitting Workshops
Button Sewing Workshop
Crochet Slipper Workshop
Prayer Chair
Machine Sewing Workshop for a 10 year old and her desert hedgehog, Alex
Vestments
Craft Fairs - Upcycling and exchanging to support:
Sock Darning
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