QUINCY − Kathleen Peterson jumped at the chance to visit the Thomas Crane Public Library and decorate a tote bag to carry to the beach.
She was among a dozen people who were trying out the library’s new makerspace, a room for do-it-yourself projects and arts and crafts which opened in May for selected small group craft projects, such as Perler beads crafting.
“It’s great, a wonderful addition to the library and an opportunity to use equipment that I could never afford,” Peterson said.
Yimin Xu, of Braintree, called the weekend craft experience awesome.
“I wanted to learn a new skill and this is a really great and useful craft,” she said, ironing a stencil design onto the book bag the library provided. “The events here are always so awesome.”

The makerspace is waiting for you to come in
The library’s makerspace is now open for the public to use on their own by appointment.
The library has…