Googly eyes and glue guns: drag sock puppet crafting event in Waterloo open to all
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The men behind the Gay Crafting League’s Drag Sock Puppet night want you to know that while making sock puppets is not a sport, it can still get competitive.
The men behind the Gay Crafting League’s drag sock puppet night in Waterloo, Ont., want you to know that while making sock puppets is not a sport, it can still get competitive.
“It’s no formal competition but there’s always a one-upmanship in terms of who can glue on the most googly eyes or add the most sequins or embellish the most,” Aaron Huntly told Global News jokingly about Wednesday’s crafting event at Revive Game Bar.
“I think that’s the kind of fun that we’re trying to encourage is really through that ridiculousness; just letting loose and allowing yourself the opportunity to make something that maybe isn’t completely beautiful that you really enjoyed making.”
Wednesday night’s event is being hosted by Huntly and Robbie Krete, two unathletic men from Cambridge who recently formed the GCL, in part, to find some of the bonds that sporting teams can bring people.
“I guess the idea started because we love the idea of a league and the camaraderie that comes with that and that sense of community,” Huntly said.
“But I would say neither of us is particularly sports-oriented, so we were looking for other opportunities to participate in community events that sort of have that same level of community spirit without requiring that sporting capability.”
The pair have been to a number of crafting events and were looking to host something that was a little more whimsical.
“We had been to a few events locally here in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, where they were crafting-based events, basically getting together with different makers and doing some kind of an art project, which was fun, but I think lacked the childhood excitement that we felt of our childhood crafting,” Huntly explained.
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