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Final tweets from #Wooolf2018 & a look forward to #Woolf2019

Posted in 28th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, tagged , , , on Sunday 24 June 2018| 1 Comment »

A fabulous four days of Virginia Woolf in the company of Woolfians from around the world ended today.

And as we all scatter to various parts of the globe, we look forward to connecting again next year for the 29th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Woolf and Social Justice at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6-9, 2019.

Blogging Woolf’s tweets from the last two days are below, along with a message from The Woolf Project.

Note from The Woolf Project coordinator Emma Bainbridge thanking conference-goers for their help in creating a crocheted and knitted chair cover that will be reworked into blankets for Knit for Peace.

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Virginia Woolf knitted — and so are we

Posted in 16th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, 28th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, a blog of her own, tagged , , , , , , on Saturday 23 June 2018| 3 Comments »

Virginia Woolf knitted. Vanessa Bell crocheted. And we are doing both at #Woolf2018.

V Woolf knitting portrait

Vanessa Bell painting of Woolf knitting in an armchair

The 28th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf at Woolf College at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, includes the Woolf Project. And like the theme of the conference — Virginia Woolf, Europe, and Peace — the Woolf Project focuses on peace as well.

Woolf knitting

It reimagines Bell’s portrait of Woolf knitting in an armchair by covering it with pieces knitted and crocheted by conference-goers and University of Kent staff.

Throughout the conference, participants are picking up knitting needles and crochet hooks and choosing yarn from a basket full of colorful skeins and balls to fashion squares and other shapes. These are being joined together to cover an armchair placed in the midst of the conference space.

Knit for Peace

Once the conference is over, the chair cover will be taken apart by Emma Brainbridge of Kent, who has overseen the project, and transformed into blankets for the charity Knit for Peace.

knitting is the saving of life – Virginia Woolf

The Woolf Project in action

A variety of yarn,, hooks, and needles are available for conference-goers to pick up and use.

Emma Bainbridge of Kent with the armchair in its nearly complete cover, complete with accessory pillow.

The Woolf Project armchair covered in crocheted and knitted squares and other shapes created by conference-goers.

Even the back of the armchair is covered with handwork of many colors, shapes, and designs.

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