The Great Woolly Hugs’ Central London Hugathon takes place on Saturday 21st March 2026, between 11am and 3.30pm. Our venue is the wonderful Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust,, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT. This is  easily accessed by public transport. The venue is accessible, with accessible facilities.

Tickets cost £20 each. On Sale from 7pm on Friday 23rd January.

Our Hugathons are a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow Woolly Huggers who share a love of crafting.They are very friendly and inclusive. It is a great time for chatting with your fellow Woolly crew and sharing ideas. If Tortie behaves we will let him come too, although he says he is keen to go to the British Museum which is not far away. We’ve included some testimonials from folk who have been to one before, which might be useful if this is your first time.

During the Hugathon we will attempt to get as many 6 inch squares made. In London we are focussing on our Chernobyl 2026 Project.   We will provide all SSDK, but please remember to bring your 4mm hooks/knitting needles, you will need them! If you have any squares already made for THIS project ONLY, please bring them, it may be that we can get some kits out for construction.

We will also be running a rather fabulous Lucky Dip (£1 a go) and our legendary Gin Raffle (£1 a ticket)  We will also be running a DeStash table. If you have crafting items to donate to our DeStash table please do bring, remember one person’s destash is another person’s treasure!

And finally we will play our Yarn Bingo game, you will not want to miss this!

Bring a packed lunch, snacks and drinks, there is limited kitchen access and we will provide tea and coffee making facilities.  Although this is London, so there are shops, coffee places etc nearby!

The Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust provides enormous and critical support for local families and individuals, through an enormous range of activities and provision. They themselves are a charity. And renting out their hall helps fund projects. One of the fundamental resources onsite is they provide emergency food support. And we thought how lovely it would be if our attendees brought something for this, be a great way for us to support them in a basic and practical way. So if you can, please add something to your bag on the day, needs to be long life, in date and unopened obvs.

Suggestions

• Breakfast cereal
• Pasta
• Instant noodles
• Rice
• Tinned meat, fish, fruit, vegetables
• Baked beans, spaghetti, tinned tomatoes
• UHT milk
• Sanitary pads also very useful

If you can do this it will be incredibly kind. THANK YOU!!

How to get here…

If arriving by taxi or uber… Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT

The two closest tube stations are Holborn (not accessible)  which is on the Central line and about a 5 minute walk, and and Covent Garden (accessible) on the Piccadilly line which is approx a 7 minute walk. It is only about a 30 minute walk from Waterloo.

The whole area is well serviced by busses, the closest stop being Drury Lane (Stop S) for busses 8 and 188

Do join us, we’d love to meet you or see you again. And if you are worried about not knowing anyone, let us know and we can get you seated and chatting as quick as a flash.