This Community Crochet Project is organised by Karen Scarlett for the Innisfail Public Library and consists of creating special small items that will be put together to create chair/seating covers for the newly re-imagined Reading Cave space.
Community Crochet – October 2025
This fall, join in a Community Crochet Public Art Project! – Everyone is welcome to participate.
The community is invited to stitch, crochet, knit and knot small decorative pieces that can be made into larger covers for the furniture within the Libraries Reading Room, affectionately refered to as “the Cave” space. Items like; flowers, leaves, pokemon, skulls, dinosaurs, granny squares, patches and anything your mind can think of will be accepted for this project.
This reading space will be a highly stylized room where imagination ignites and everyone is invited to go on a journey. The space will be filled with wonders and draw the community to enjoy the magic of what reading helps your brain experience.
Who: anyone interested in stitching to create special crochet covers for the Library.Â
Where: yarn and printed patterns can be accessed at the library, various patterns will be made available. (Links for printable patterns are below.)
Why: The community is invited to help with the production of these pieces in order to feel more engaged with the space and to feel as though they have some ownership in the creation and special feeling towards this “new to us” reading room. Creating something together is a fun way to share pride in the places we use and enjoy.
When: Yarn will be available after October 15, 2025
How: All finished pieces will be needed back in the Library by November 30, 2025. Community workshops will be held to finish the final pieces during December.
The final finished covers are inspired by the images below, with luck we will have enough pieces created for the room that we can stitch together some pillow covers too.
If you would like to crochet or knit at the Library you will be welcomed to curl up in one of the cozy chairs in the library. Ask for some yarn at the front desk.
If you would like to stitch from the comfort of your home, you can find this exact acrylic yarn at Main Street Unique in Innisfail. Bernat acrylic yarnThe colour selections include:
53812/dusty teal
53514/topaz
53243/forest green
53246/lush
07483/walnut
53436/cherry red
53730/cool blue
07445/yellow
53522/redwood heather
07773/light damson
00607/berry
53223/grass
53814/soft green
53307/lavendar
53800/primrose
Printable patterns: (click link to open and print)
Crochet Heart Pattern – 2 pgs (2)
Granny square pattern for community crochet
daisey crochet pattern for community crochet
square pattern for beginners in crochet or knit
These bug patterns may not work for the furniture covers but they sure are cute items that would be great to have in the Reading Cave! https://www.geekymcgeekerson.com/post/amigurumi-bug-crochet-patterns
We hope you will join in on the fun of creating some furniture covers with us!