Eddy Kites!

Our volunteers, Bev and Gordon, are excited to offer a kite-making workshop for all ages to participate in. Join us on July 30th from 10:00-3:00 to build your kite, have a snack, and try flying it! We ask that participants sign up using this sheet beforehand so that we can have enough resources to go around (click here). We thought beforehand we might give you some reading material to bide your time until then!

Eddy kites, invented by William A. Eddy in the 1890s, were traditionally diamond-shaped and made of spruce spars (small cuts of wood). The original diamond-shaped eddy kite did not have a tail attached, unlike the kites you would find in stores nowadays. Not having a tail meant that it wouldn’t get tangled around the fly line, the string that you hold. The proper ratio for the cross piece would be 19% of the way down from the tip, or nose, of the kite. The Eddy kite is also traditionally quite large, sometimes reaching 3 meters (9 feet) in height!

William A. Eddy was quite an interesting character himself and used his kites for photography!

We hope you will join us on the 30th for more to learn and a fun-filled day.

𝓟𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓲𝓪