'Time to give back to our community- join us this Saturday, 17 May 2025, at Piggly Wiggly from 10am!
We’ve been stitching love into every blanket, poncho, and beanie—and now it’s time to share it all with you!
Come for the Park Run, stay for the coffee, live music, and beautiful handmade pieces.
Support our Warm Embrace cause with a cash donation or raffle entry at our stall.
Finished a piece? Drop it off at the Piggly Wiggly Coffee Shop anytime this week!
Spread the word—bring your friends, family, and fellow knitters!' invites the Piggly Wiggly Warm Embrace team.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Gill Pryke, owner of Glass Cuttings at Piggly Wiggly with her husband Stephen Pryke, had long held a vision of yarn bombing Piggly Wiggly for a good reason!
In 2024 the plan took wings with a huge number of local knitters and crocheters meeting weekly on a Wednesday at Piggly Wiggly. Terry at the coffee shop and her staff were great encouragers, offering space for weekly woolly gatherings and free coffee during the first year. Then support began to roll in from all around SA with donations of wool, fabric, and fleece. Blankets were knitted, crocheted, and sewn. Increda-Peg donated pegs to assist with the massive first display of the wollen warmers. Robyn Day of MUSHKA contributed by sewing up an entire donated roll of fabric into usable blankets. Another stalwart source of completed blankets is Pevensey Place in Underberg.
Of the first event Gill said, "The final tally was 267 blankets. We still have two hundred plus squares to sew up! The winners are the 267 people who will be a little warmer this winter."
AND SO IT CONTINUES
In addition to beautiful blankets of all colours and sizes, this project is also distributing baby clothes, adult bed socks, scarves, mittens, jerseys, ponchos, and beanies. YOU are welcome to join in the fun, begin today for 2026!
