By Adam Wisnieski

Though the ground was covered in snow and the trees were bare, Wave Hill was bright and alive inside the Glyndor Gallery’s Sunroom on a recent Saturday where artist Robyn Love was running a knitting workshop.

The project is part of Wave Hill’s artists in residency program, which brought seven artists to Riverdale’s beautiful gardens on the Hudson to pursue an art project of their choosing.

Ms. Love decided to share her passion for spinning and knitting by creating the House Study/Handmade project. Every Tuesday and Saturday from Jan. 16 to the end of February, Ms. Love taught participants to spin, card and knit wool to make hats.

The end result? A group exhibition of work made by first-timers and experienced knitters alike.

Ms. Love provided the wool and participants had the choice of making their hats, either in the company of others at Wave Hill or on their own with the promise of bringing the results back to become part of the exhibit.

More than a hundred people walked into the Sunroom to check out the project in progress, Ms. Love estimated. On the last day of the workshop, Feb. 27, the room was packed with people of all ages working on their hats. When asked about the different types of people she’s met during the project, Ms. Love replied, “Look around. Such a mixture of everyone. It’s been really gratifying.”

Ms. Love, a Queens resident, has exhibited her art all over the world, including displays in hospitals, schools and museums in New York. One of her other projects was “The Knitted Mile,” in which she knitted one mile’s worth of yellow line for a road in Dallas, Texas.

For the project at Wave Hill, she was kept busy spinning and dyeing wool for people eager to make hats. She also found time to knit two hats herself. All the wool used was dyed by Ms. Love, and the dyes themselves came from plants and other things acquired from the Wave Hill staff, including orange peels, coffee grounds, onionskins and tea bags.

The hats went on display at Wave Hill House on March 5, in two very different styles. The majority was hung on a vertical rectangular board in even lines and rows, displaying many different styles and skill levels. Three hats made from felt stood apart on a shelf across from the others. Each was given its own vaguely head-shaped pedestal.

Merrick Dean, a regular participant, stopped in to check out the project in January and has been coming back ever since. She likes to knit on the bus while she commutes.

“That’s about five bus rides,” she joked as she held up one of the three hats she completed for the exhibit.