YORK residents are being asked to put their best foot forward and make unique Santa’s Socks which will be filled with sweets and given out by foodbanks in the run up to Christmas.
The Santa’s Sock project, organised by the council’s York Learning team, is encouraging people have fun sewing, knitting, crocheting, up-cycling, felting, embellishing, stitching or sticking the socks.
They can either be made at home or at free workshops , which will take place at Huntington School on Saturday, November 8 and 15 from 10.30am-3.30pm. The first workshop will cover knitting and feltmaking socks, whilst the second will produce socks through sewing and appliqué work.
The socks should be about 35cm long and 25cm wide, finished by Monday, December 1, and dropped off at the Gateway Centre in Acomb, at West Offices or at Clifton or Acomb Explore Libraries.
Contact santassocks@york.gov.uk or Claire Douglas, York Learning, on 07990 774420 for more details.
Photos of completed socks will be shared on York Learning’s facebook and Twitter sites to inspire others.
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