Cooperation between the Merlin Association and the Ethnographic Museum in Pazin resulted in the making of tkanica - belts for Istrian folk costumes. For three months, members of the Association (Hasime, Natasa and Josip) participated in the weaving workshop and made over 20 m of belts and scarves. The weaving workshop will continue after we have new threads set on the loom with the help of workshop manager Biserka Vranić. The fabrics will be used to make folk costumes in collaboration with the factory Tekop Nova from Pula.

Through the cooperation of the Vila Marija Home for Adults and with the co-financing of the city of Pula, the Merlin Association enriches the activities offered in the Susret Adult Daycare Center for People with Mental Disabilities Meeting in Pula through creative workshops in jeans re-design. In these workshops, people attending the Adult Daycare Center are primarily having fun and spending time with the others working on their socialization, but by participating in activities other than socialization they also work to preserve and develop

The project "Healthy as Gricko" is a cycle of workshops and campaigns aimed at pre-school children not covered by the regular kindergarten program, which focuses on adopting healthy nutrition and hygiene habits as a basis for general health. We want to help our children to adopt positive health habits, improve their health and quality of life.

In our workshops we have a lot of fun and laughter but we also do something very useful - we learn how healthy foods can be fine foods, learn how to properly brush the teeth, how to work together and

The Merlin Association will continue to organize Medieval Events in spring:

"Markova" in Veprinac (Opatija) April 28-29, 2018
"Medieval Samanj" in Dvigrad (Municipality of Kanfanar) May 12-13, 2018
"Legends" in Šišan (TZ Ližnjan) on June 30, 2018.

During the summer, we continue to organize the traditional exhibition and sales event "The Original Splendour of Arena" from June 1 to September 30, 2018.

We invite all interested associations and individuals to get involved in these events.

Have you ever dreamed of how you would love to wear the clothes that you made with your own hands? Are you creative and want to show your work? You have a cupboard full of clothes with which you do not know what to do? Merlin Association is starting a new round of sewing courses. Workshop in Pula will take place once a week, on Thursdays from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm in room 7 in the Rojc Community Center. In Porec, the workshop will take place at the Open University from January 31 until February 17, 2018. In Rovinj, the workshop at the Open