Arts & Culture
Pride in Our Place Exhibition
An exhibition celebrating Pride in our Place, Harworth and Bircotes. Photography and artwork coprod…
Nottinghamshire Crafters came together to create 275 stunning blankets and thousands of colourful Care Squares, wrapping the walls and shelf tops of Mansfield Library in an enormous 'woolly hug'!
Thank you, to all who got involved!
We would like to say a very big THANK YOU for the kindness and generosity of crafters across the county - and beyond.
The Care Squares Exhibition was on display from 14 August to 24 September 2024, celebrating the hard work of all the generous crafters who donated their time, skill and lots and lots of wool!
Nottinghamshire knitwear designer Jane Withers created a striking blanket design to inspire everyone to get creative with wool for a good cause. Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries, Your Health Notts, Newark and Sherwood District Council, Dementia Action Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and Creative Lives supported crafters to make knitted and crocheted squares into homely warm blankets for people to cherish.
We hosted Blanket-a-thons in local libraries and at Craft Groups across Nottinghamshire, where crafters could get together and combine their Care Squares into beautiful blankets. During the exhibition, visitors took home to stitch up bundles of donated squares, and turned them into even more gorgeous blankets for our display. Thank you, once again, to everyone who generously gave their time and talent!
At the end of the exhibition these stunning blankets made their way to care homes and hospitals across the county.
Here are some of the lovely comments we received about the exhibition:
Wonderful, hours of work gone into this display. Works of art.
Very lovely display and lots and lots of work put into the display. Thanks to all of you.
The display is beautiful very interactive 😊
What a lovely exhibition of kindness.
Fab, very good, lovely display.
The blankets are all lovely, a lot of hard work and time went into this exhibition. I enjoyed doing the squares, well done everyone.
Absolutely wonderful! My sister-in-law knitted some of the squares. She lives in Eastwood, but not being shown in Eastwood Library.
WOW!!! Very impressive and very beautiful.
WOW!!! Fantastic well done everyone for your hard work.
What an amazing display. So much work and care has gone into the making. Well done!
Well worth the bus journey and lovely to see and enjoy the beautiful blankets. Congratulations on your enterprise and hope all who receive the blankets will be truly blessed.
Beautiful exhibition of knitted blankets at Mansfield Library. Lots of different designs and beautiful colours. Well done to all the knitters and crocheters, fantastic job! 😊
A beautiful display!
So many blankets!
The hard work and time commitment is evident from this stunning display.
We made a visit to see the blankets they are amazing, we contributed 35 from Bingham Library Craft and Chat group.
Susan from Hucknall Library (+ husband) came to look and marvel!
We made a special visit on the bus to come and have a look at my blanket alongside the others. Brilliant! What a lot of kindness and talent.
Thank you, ladies. These are lovely and for a lovely cause.
These are simply amazing – the colours, design, artistry, just fabulous.
The designs are all just so beautiful makes me want to learn how to knit. They are remarkable.
Wonderful exhibition. What are you doing next year?
They are all so beautiful.
They are all lovely.
Came to see if I could find my blanket amongst this AMAZING display (did find it). So many fabulous blankets made with love from the local community for the local community. Amazing talented people. Roll on the next project!!
Thank you, lovely Library.
Beautiful blankets well done to everyone! 😊
The blankets look so lovely 😊
What a beautiful display, so many clever people x
Lovely blankets, I should like one.
Such an amazing display, thank you.
Beautiful display, it was a pleasure to take part knowing that these will be donated x
What a lovely display! Well done to all involved.
Fabulous display, lots of different textures and colours.
Amazing exhibition and well done to everyone who made squares.
Amazing display! It was really fun to take part and find one of my squares 😊
So many wonderful blankets well done.
Fantastic blankets! What a display
These are so lovely they look so amazing very stunning.
Well done to all the knitters 😊
Thank you for visiting
See how the Care Squares blankets were made - you can also follow our special patterns and How To videos.
The next Inspire Charity Knitting Challenge will start in spring 2025 - return to the Knit Crochet and Craft in Libraries page - and find all the details as they appear...
