Over the years we (Banbury & Bicester College) have hosted events to raise money for our end of year exhibitions. One of these events was a drink and knit and I thought it would be great to bring these events back.
I also set up a crowdfunder to raise £500, in 42 days of tweeting and posting on Facebook we managed to reach our goal.
We hosted two Drink & Knits before our end of year show, one at Rock The Attic Banbury and one at Pinto Lounge Banbury. Both these venues were great as they have a warm homely feel with an on trend style, perfect for knitting with a twist.
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| Drink & Knit | Rock The Attic |
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| Drink & Knit | Rock The Attic |
Not many people came to this Drink & Knit but non the less we still had a good time and made roughly £11. The owner of Rock the Attic really enjoyed having us and offered to help out when we plan another one.
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
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| Drink & Knit | Pinto |
A few more people came to this drink and knit, probably because we had longer to promote this event on social media. We also raised around £8.00.
It went really smoothly, everyone had a nice time knitting, having a drink and enjoyed a meal.
Not everyone knew how to knit so I taught them.
I also got to meet and make a connection with the head manger of all the other Lounge's in the country. She was very enthusiastic about our event and talking to me about the arts within Banbury & Bicester college and Oxford Brookes.
Pinto really enjoyed having us and also offered to have us once a month.
I have taken Attic's and Pinto's offer on doing the event monthly over the summer as it's never too early for us to start raising money, and so that we don't have a panic when it comes to our end of year show and we have no money to fund it.
I've also thought about how we could make it have more relevance to the community, sure we are raising money so that we can put our art work within the community but we could use our skill for a good course and to give back. I've deiced to take on the Drink & Knit events not just to raise money for us but also to create a knitted blanket from the people of Banbury to give to Banbury Young Homeless Project charity
I've also thought about how we could make our events bigger and better. As time goes by and we start to create a reputation hopefully they will become bigger, we could do this through social media. I've also thought about making a sign to encourage people to knit with us or to ask questions. We could also have a feedback book that people could write comments about what they think of the event or anything that could be improved on.
I feel a little disappointed about the events we've had due to not many people turning up but I feel proud of stepping out of my comfort zone by putting on these events, meeting new people and teaching them how to knit. I also feel excited for the future as I think this project will bring the community together, increase the reputation of the college and university and promote our end of year show.
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