Our most recent flash exhibit is about crafting! Lots of folks have turned to arts and crafts while sheltering in place. While patrons may not be able to access physical resources to help them learn or expand their knowledge while many libraries are closed, some libraries have virtual craft circles or provide access to online craft tutorials. This resurgence is a perfect opportunity to provide additional access in WebDewey for a few specific arts and crafts.
While some libraries put all their knitting books in 746.432 Knitting, the asterisk at that number provides the opportunity to add as instructed under 746 to provide more subdivisions for different aspects of knitting. Since I've been knitting a lot of hats in the past few months, I've created a new built number for 746.4320432 Costume--Knitting—arts, which can be used for hats, scarves, sweaters, gloves, socks, or any other article of clothing.
Some of the hats Violet has knitted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last year there was a great article in The Washington Post about libraries screening episodes of Bob Ross's "The Joy of Painting" while hosting paint-along events. If you're brushing up your own painting skills, you might be interested in works about painting nature. I've created new built numbers in WebDewey for 751.4543 Oil painting—nature and 751.42243 Watercolor painting—nature.
Kirigami is the Japanese technique of folding and cutting paper into objects or designs. Some libraries have put works about kirigami in handicrafts under 745.54 Papers, but the note there to "Class paper cutting and folding in 736.98" makes it clear that kirigami should go in that hierarchy. I've added a Relative Index term for Kirigami at 736.982 Origami to provide better access.
Finally, many people have taken the initiative to make homemade masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19. I couldn't find many books about sewing your own medical masks, but I bet we'll see at least a few being published in the coming months. One potential number for those works would be 646.5 Construction of headwear. You might see the RI term Masks—home construction at 646.478 Costumes and think that's the right place, but take a look at the other terms at that number: 646.478 is for costumes used for parties and theater, not for everyday wear (close attention is needed to spot the difference between "costumes" and "costume"!). Go a step up in the hierarchy to 646.47 Construction of garments for special purposes, and you'll see a note that says, "Class accessories for special purposes in 646.48". Following that note to 646.48 Accessories construction gives us a note that says "Class headwear in 646.5", which seems like the best place for works about sewing medical masks.
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