Valentine

Magdalena had quite a few finishes this week. She finished this beautiful doily which she had been working on, on and off for a few years now. All done in cotton. She will be teaching us how to do it at the Gartmore at Home day.

She also finished two jumpers. The blue one is for her son Adam and the green is for her youngest Jan. Both knitted up beautifully. She is now working on another jumper using a lovely variegated yarn.

Alison also had a finish. With the help of Izzi she has been learning to quilt. This is her first one and, not surprisingly, she is very proud of it. I love all the fabrics especially the little owls.

 
We had another donation for Roberta's charity. This was done by Lyn who was working on another. I love the rainbow colours.

I also had a finish. I finished these socks for a friend. It has a lace pattern at the front. I am now working on another pair of socks but this time for Alison.

As it was Valentines day it was a fairly quiet night. Only a small group of us but yet lots going on. There was some baby knitting, crochet blankets, cross stitch projects and we were all given a Christmas tree pattern. Oh, and Suzanna was learning to crochet.

There were still lots of people knitting for the charity. The last day for hand in is a week on Tuesday which is the 28th.

I won't be there this week so there will be no post update.

On A Charity Roll!

Everyone is on a roll with the charity jumpers. Seems to be addictive to knit. These two were done by Stephanie and Margaret. Stephanie is knitting yet another of these jumpers. Whilst Margaret has moved on to some baby clothes.

These were all knitted by Ally. She has been using up all her left over yarn and is still knitting more too.

Ally also brought these along. They were, however, knitted by her friend Karen. This is the first time she has knitted in years. To be honest I think these are my favourites. Particularly the stripey one.

Rhona came by just to drop these off. She also took the opportunity to use up some odds and ends.

Last, but not least, Lyn has also been using up her odds to knit a few. I love the colour combinations. She went on to knit other things which you will see in a moment.

There is only a couple of weeks left to hand in these jumpers. Roberta and her friend have been overwhelmed by how many have been handed in. Not including these ones she was able to hand in 19 so far.

This lovely cupcake cross stitch was done by Jill. She only started it in January and it didn't take her long at all to do. I love cupcake designs. She is now working on a teddy bear cross stitch.

This is what Lyn had moved on to knit. How cute is he? The majority of the hedgehog is knitted with yarn and then later she knits lace ribbon into it. Very effective and she has been knitting them in different colours. She's not knitting them for anything in particular but hands them in to charity.

I can announce that we have a full day for Gartmore at home and quite a mix of classes. We have Izzy teaching us how to sew cute bags. Anthea is going to teach us how to do a scrapbook page. Magdalena is going to teach us how to crochet those delicate lace doilies. We also have another offer from the lovely Val. She has offered to give a demonstration on Sashiko quilting. If you haven't seen it before it's truly beautiful. I can't wait for that.

Charity Jumpers and a Challenge

Most people have been working on jumpers for charity this week. This is for one of our mini charities that we are doing this year. These jumpers are being collected by a friend of Roberta's and being sent to Africa for babies with aids. The only request is that we don't knit in white since it is the colour of mourning. The first  two were knitted by Caroline. She used solid colours for the borders and variegated yarn for the main body. Looks quite good. The second set was by Margaret. The yellow hat is to go with a jumper she handed over the week before. The last one is by Stephanie. All three had another of these on the pins. We are only collecting these until the end of next month so members are free to suggest another charity.

Magdalena finished the jumper she had been working on the week before. As you can see it was for her daughter Suzanna. It's done in lovely variegated yarn with lots of lovely cables up the front. The colour can be folded over to add warmth. Suzanna loves it so much that she has worn it several times since finished already. Magdalena is now working on a jumper for one of her sons.

We have some planned events over the next few months which I can now announce. We are probably only going to have one challenge this year as so many other things are proving popular. The photo above gives a hint as to what the challenge is going to be. Basically people can make what they want. Anything at all. The only rule is that they can only use odds and ends. Anything left over form previous projects whether it's fabric or yarn. Scraps only. There will be more time to make something this time round as challenge night won't be until the 28th August. There will be the usual two categories of original and adapted but I've added a third category. Since we have three younger members there is now a junior entry.

Our first Gartmore at home has also been organised and we have already filled the day with classes. It will take place on the 17th March. No real theme although I have suggested that if people want they can make it a spring theme. Four classes have been organised. Once again Izzy has offered her services and this time she is teaching us to sew cute little bags. Anthea is going to teach us how to make a scrapbook page. Magdalena has offered two classes. She is going teach a class on how to crochet those delicate doilies plus on how to knit in the European style. Donna is also going to be there that day to offer up emergency crochet help. No specific class, just bring along your crochet woes and she will lend a hand.

The next date also involves our Donna. She announced a few weeks back that she is expecting. I can now announce that her baby shower will take place on the 12th June.