On Wednesday 18 April, as part of Dover District’s 100 days to go celebrations around Dover’s Live Site, DAD ran a workshop in Dover Discovery Centre, led by Dover-based artist Katherine Moloney from Dover with help from Dover resident Caroline Gillings.

Pupils from River Primary made a host of colourful pom poms, adding to the pom poms made in March by pupils at at St Mary’s C of E Primary School. The pom poms will be part of a garland display above the entrance to the underpass going towards the seafront, along the Torch relay route.

Half of a mile of bunting has been made by over 100 dedicated local knitters in preparation for the arrival of the Olympic torch on the 18 July 2012. As part of Open Weekend Bunting Forever developed by DAD (Dover Arts Development) and launched in July 2011 brings together craft makers to work together and share their skills with novice knitters to make over a mile of knitted, crocheted or felt bunting which will be hung in the town to welcome the Olympic Torch in July 2012.

To make "Olympics" styled bunting flags, here are the pantone codes you will need for the wool!

Purple – pantone 254
Orange – pantone 171
Yellow – Pantone 3945
Green – Pantone 368
Blue – Pantone 312

Strangely the shocking pink pantone number is missing.

Gold, Silver and White are torch relay colours.

As part of Dover Town Council’s Christmas in Dover event, Julie Bishop will be leading a woolly bunting workshop in The Curve, Dover Discovery Centre. Join her to make knitted, crocheted or felt flags and help us reach our target of one mile of bunting.