The members who attended had a great day and produced some lovely bags.
These bags belong to Val, Marion and Pauline. I hope that one or two more members will eventually let me have a photo of their finished bag.
Kathryn and I missed out as we were conducting a Regional Training Day for Branch Officers. Maybe next time! (with better planning on our behalf.!
Val's bag
Marion's bag
Pauline's bags
Last year one of our members taught us how to make Rosettes, corkscrews and wiggle-woggles, blogged about in an earlier post.
I promised to ask Joyce for some instructions and she has very kindly written them out for us.
A big thanks to Joyce - we really enjoyed making these - they were quick and easy to make - are great for using up small left over balls of yarn, can be made to look quite exciting and have lots of uses.
Over to Joyce for the instructions!
These patterns are starting points only and there are many ways in which they may be varied. Needle size should be appropriate for the yarn chosen, but tension is not critical. 10 metres of yarn should be enough for any of these projects, but thick yarns need more length than thinner ones. Rosettes and corkscrews may be finished off in a different yarn
BASIC ROSETTE
Cast on 10 Stitches.
Row 1: knit 1, *yarn forward, knit 1, repeat from * to end. (19 stitches)
Rows 2, 4 and 6: knit
Row 3 as row 1 (37 stitches)
Row 5 as row 1 (73 stitches)
Cast off loosely.
Curl the shape knitted into a rosette. It may help to pin it as you go. Fix the shape with a few stitches, using the ends of yarn from casting on and off. Decorate as desired and stitch a pin to the back.
BASIC CORKSCREW
Cast on 30 stitches.
Row 1: knit into the front and back of each stitch. (60 stitches)
Row 2: knit 1, *yarn forward, knit 1, Repeat from * to end of row (119 stitches)
Cast off.
BASIC WIGGLE-WOGGLE
Cast on 12 stitches
Row 1: knit 2 together, knit to the end of row.
Row 2: purl 1, yarn round needle, purl to last stitch, knit 1
Repeat these two rows until the knitting is slightly longer than it is wide. Cast off.
The aim is to make one side of the knitting tight, and the other loose. It should be curling itself into a cylindrical shape as you knit, but depending on the yarn and the knitting it may need a little coaxing. Curl it into the desired shape (cylinder or cone) and fix one end with a few stitches, using the end of the yarn.
Joyce Pemberton 2007
Monday June 22nd - we have a speaker Caroline Jordan talking about 'The Harris Museum' .
On Monday July 13th we have a Strawberry Tea for branch members and we will stitching the rainbow squares into their strips.
Monday July 20th is the Branch outing to the Ice Cream Parlour, at Kendal for a meal and a talk in the evening from Christine Johnson of Reticule, Kendal. http://reticule-bags.co.uk/
Do take a look at her website. If possible please try to visit her shop in the afternoon.
There are no meetings in August.
Our Saturday workshop in September has been cancelled and you will be informed at a later date if there is to be an alternative.
We start back on September 14th with a practical evening on 'Holiday Postcards'.
We are reaching the stage when all of of rainbow squares have to be handed in so that they can be stitched together ready to be exhibited at GMEX in September.
This is just a selection of the finished one so far. We had no control over the choice of colour for our branch we each had to select a sealed envelope. It turns out to be quite a good choice for us as it happens to be the colour that Blackpool football team play in!
We hope to collect as many as possible in at our next meeting, tomorrow night, and plan to stitch them together at our Strawberry Tea - July branch meeting. Oh what fun!
I think they are really looking good - a big thank you to all of the members who have contributed to our branch effort.
There are still more to come - so there will be some more images later.
Recently we had a fun evening with one of our members, Val, demonstrating a range of marbling techniques for us all to try.
She had worked really hard setting everything up earlier and she had provided all the materials that we required. All we had to do was to get stuck in and have a go!
Marbling a wooden bead
Marbling polystyrene balls - they were fun!
Marbling on a piece of silk fabric.
This one got a bit messy but we managed a couple of pieces of paper and a piece of silk fabric!
Nice and bright and colourful!
Hanging out to dry!
