Jan. 31, 2025 A new workshop series kicking off on Friday, February 14, combines data literacy with crochet. The Fiber + Data series is an opportunity for anyone who is looking to level up their data skills with some hands-on crafting. Bring your data to life! This workshop series will teach you how to encode data that is meaningful to you into a beautiful, tactile project.No experience with data or crochet is necessary. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know about both, and provide you with the yarn and crochet hooks to complete your project. Register today.Series OverviewDuring the project kick-off you’ll learn:Kinds of data best suited to physicalizationHow to simplify data so it makes sense in physical formFiles you will need to prepare to plan your projectAt the kick-off you’ll have some hands-on time to research data sets, think about your project's physicalization, sketch out a potential pattern, and brainstorm colorways and stitches. We’ll share other data crochet projects as inspiration and provide a worksheet to help you think through each aspect of your project.Don’t know how to crochet? Join us for an optional Learn to Crochet workshop where you’ll pick up the basics. Then join us for four working sessions over the spring where we’ll get together and craft, and finally cap it all off with a project celebration!SessionsProject Kick-off: February 14, 2:30-4 p.m.Learn to Crochet: February 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m.Working Session 1: February 28, 2:30-3:30 p.m.Working Session 2: March 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m.Working Session 3: April 4, 2:30-3:30 p.m.Working Session 4: April 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m.Project Celebration: May 2, 2:30-3:30 p.m.All sessions will be held in Firestone B-6-H. Limited to 15 participants.Other project examples:Temperature blanketsCovid-19 case data scarf tapestryBook cover granny squaresPrecipitation scarfRegister today. Questions? Contact Jen Hunter, Head of Student Engagement and Public Programs.