Some students miss home when they come to college, but members of the Carolina Craft and Tea Society are sewing their own identities and bringing a little domestic character to UNC.
The Carolina Craft and Tea Society, or CATS, was started four years ago and received official recognition from the University in the fall.
“We’re trying to give the organization some more structure this year and organize more activities and events outside of our weekly meetings,” CATS President Renee Hayter said in an email.
Hayter said the club has about eight regular members, and they have weekly meetings at Caribou Coffee on Franklin Street.
“We sit and chat for an hour or two while we work, and it’s a great time to meet people with similar interests and take a break from studying,” Hayter said.
Senior Gayatri Surendranathan, a longtime member of CATS, said she discovered the group through a flyer in her freshman dorm.
“I love crafting, and the idea of crocheting at a coffee shop with like-minded people appealed to me,” she said.
On Sunday, the group completed its first major project — the “yarn bombing” of a campus tree.
Hayter said the project has received mixed reactions.
