May Member of the Month

This month member is Margaret. I am little late in posting this due to losing the photographs from the original interview. Sorry for that.

1. Tell us a little about yourself.

I am a sales advisor for Prestige Collections in Debenhams. I am 52 years old and have been married for 30 years. I have two daughters.

2. Where did you learn to knit?

My mother taught me when I was ten.

3. What's your biggest success?

A Pink Ribbon top I knitted when I first joined the group. I used a yarn I had never used before and tried out a new stitch.

4. What was your biggest disaster?

I knitted an aron cardigan. I used smaller needles as my mother recommended because I tend to be a slack knitter. In the end it turned out too small.

5. Do you enjoy other crafts?

I also like to cross stitch, embroider and have tried my hand at card making.

6. List of favourites


favourite yarn - cotton

favourite product - bamboo needles

favourite pattern - short sleeved, summery, lacy tops
favourite colours - red and pink
favourite book - the knitting mysteries by Maggie Sefton

7. What project would you love to do in the future?

I would love to knit a fine shawl. Maybe not quite as fine as the one Gillian did though.

8. What do you like to watch or listen to while you are knitting?

I tend to watch disaster movies, Star Trek or Doctor Who

9. Do you have any knitting hints or tips?

Keep your patterns in folders. I have a few old ones from before doing this and they aren't in great condition.

10. What's your favourite non-knitting book?

Anything by James Patterson, Ian Rankin, etc. I love crime books.

Again I aoplogise for how late this post is. Work has also got in the way. The next post will be on our challenge that Ginnie set up. So look out for that.

Baby Blankets

These beautiful baby blanket were done by Laura. She used Tunisian crochet. The blankets while thick are also surprisingly soft. Both were made for the preemie charity. Laura spent the rest of the night working on her cross stitch of a lady walking her Scottie dog. It has some lovely vibrant colours which will look fantastic when finished.

This baby cardigan was finished by Margaret. The camera doesn't show it too clearly but the yarn is mint green. The buttons are a slightly darker green to match. This was knitted for a colleague of Margaret's youngest who has just found out she is expecting.

The rest of the night was fairly quiet. The sun was out which a lot of people, unsurprisingly, want to make the most of. Elaine was there working on squares for her daughters throw. Helen was continuing work on her throw too. Ginnie was on another pair of socks for a friend she would be visiting over the weekend. Donna was finishing the edging of her baby blanket. Margaret was working on a knitted baby blanket (for the same person the cardigan is going to). Gillian was working on her bag. I apologise for those of you I have left out.


Tomorrow is the last day of our competition and everyone should come along with their entries. There are entry forms which we will give out more of on the night. We have also commandeered a couple of people to act as judge. Should be good fun and hopefully we will come up with a theme for the next one.

Apologies!

I apologise for the lack of posts over the last two weeks. I was away last week which explains why there is no update from then. The previous weeks update hasn't been done as I lost all the photo's, including the photo's from the member of the month interview. I should have enough photo's to post the interview at some point this week.

Again I apologise and hope to be back on track this week.