Wool against Weapons Skill Share and Project Launch

Published on Saturday 11th January 2014

Knit, Natter and Stitch steam into 2014 with our first Event - Wool Against Weapons Skill Share and Project Launch!  On Monday we were all in the pink!

With record numbers attending, some 41 people were armed with their pink wool and raring to get going on this exciting new project. I had to climb the stairs to capture all you beautiful people through my Canon lens!

An awesome start to the year and with members dotted around the room to help teach, refresh and guide we all got to knitting or crocheting our pink scarf panels, which will be joined together and sent off to Wool Against Weapons HQ to be attached to other pieces to make up a 7 mile peaceful protest later this summer.
Our panels need to measure 60 x 100cm and with the help of a good stock of pink yarn and the packs produced for the project, we are well on our way.

Our efforts as always are supported by gorgeous cake, which this week featured Lesley Venneker's Lemon and Poppy seed cake, a Victoria Sponge with Eleanor's homemade Damson Jam (I just had to make one too it was rude not to) and Terri Henry brought along her divine Chocolate cake. There was some yummy oat flapjacks too, although the baker escaped me? We are working on this project with Women Without Boundaries and Emma Phillips and Alison Bancroft who joined us for the evening.

It wouldn't be KNS without some Natter, did you know our favorite inspirational blogger Lucy, of Attic24 now has a column in Simply Crochet? we oohed and aahed over the subscriber issue that made it into KNS on Monday - a reason to subscribe all on its own we feel. Check out Lucy's sweet and colourful blog at http://attic24.typepad.com/

My favourite project on the tables this week was this thoughtful Christmas gift our junior member Katherine made her sister, featuring a pack of cards and some touching reminders - Don't you just love it?

Now don't worry if you missed Mondays event, come along and we will get you started on any project of your choosing - we are a skillful and lovely bunch! See you all soon.

Happy Stitching,

Sarah Gates