A Fredericton woman is one of six knitters chosen from around the world for a residency focused on sea turtle conservation.
Rachel MacGillivray chose to make life-size hawksbill sea turtle eggs and hatchlings for use in education
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 09, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Rachel MacGillivray has been knitting hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings and eggs to scale to be used as teaching tools. (Hannah Rudderham/CBC)
Rachel MacGillivray’s tiny metal knitting needles click softly as she weaves together a small sea turtle hatchling with measurements identical to that of the real thing.
The Fredericton woman has always loved textiles, taught at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design and worked in fashion design in Toronto.
But when she considered applying to an international knitting residency focused on conservation, she started doubting her abilities.
“You’re looking at something where the call goes out to the world,” MacGillivray said. “And there [are] so many incredible knitters, incredible knit designers, you know. I’m just me.
“I think it’s easy to discount ourselves, and I actually almost talked myself out of applying to it,
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