Make & Mend with Margarita_Summer 2026

Join Resident Engagement Coordinator Margarita Giannelli for a fun, hands on creative session focused on simple mending and repair.
About this Event

Participants will work with sample projects prepared with common “mistakes" and enjoy learning practical techniques while chatting and creating together in a relaxed, supportive environment. No experience needed. Workshops are on Thursday afternoons: June 25th and July 23rd from 1:30 - 3 p.m.

To particpate the Arbor Row Center Participation Form – Fill out form must be completed.

MARGARITA GIANNELLI
Fibre Artist & Instructor

I first learned to crochet in Catholic School. Projects were almost exclusively in white cotton yarn and using very fine hooks.

I learned to knit because I saw the Matrix movies and wanted to knit Neo’s distressed sweater whose pattern was made available by the designer, which I saw in the window of a Philadelphia yarn store close to my apartment.

I finally learned to knit in a small yarn store in Manhattan and made lots of blankets and scarves. I learned to make my first sweater in a yarn store in Prince William County. I got a part-time job there and was privileged to learn advanced skills from my employer and went on to teach basic crochet and knitting as well as fixing mistakes.

I knit and crochet what I like, I love color in my fiber work. I am always drawn to patterns that are useful to me and adjust them when needed.

If I am going to spend time making something, I want it to be beautiful as well.

Margarita supports Fibre Art projects at Arbor Row Center.