July 2014 – Central Coast Handweavers, Spinners & Textile Arts Guild

2014 July

Poppies

At the beginning of the year we received an invitation from Newcastle Spinners and Weavers to take part in the poppy project. The target was originally 5000 for the whole project, but grew to 25,000 reasonably quickly. Apparently the girls who started the project believe they will now get closer to 50,000 poppies donated by March 2015 for the Anzac Day centenary. We made over 300 poppies for the display here at our guild. Groups similar to our own are also making the poppies. The poppies were knitted, crocheted, felted and sewn. The most labour intensive were produced from wool which was hand-dyed, felted, cut out by hand and assembled to produce the desired poppy shape. Each poppy was labelled with the name of the maker. Some included personal remembrance messages. The poppy project will be “planting” a field of all the poppies in Federation Square, Melbourne.

Old Forest Shroud

This is Rachel’s lastest project inspired by a rainforest.
“Old Forest Shroud” represents a rainforest as it progresses through time, from the roots to the light peeking through the canopy.
A timeless piece by Rachel which shows her talent from the initial thought to the finished product. By Lyn.

A Girly Lunch

A social day out organised by Raewyn.
We had a great lunch and plenty of laugh and chatter.
Great social times by all.

Community Quilts

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We had our first mid-week community quilts on Thursday 24 July.

Workshops

As the new Workshop conveners, we would like to introduce ourselves to everyone. Especially the ones who do not know us.

Linda and Lyn would like your feedback on any workshops you may be interested in. We really like the one to one methods of learning new skills and will endeavor to find the right person to help you with your query.

Anything at all, Sewing, Spinning, Weaving, Felting, Knitting, Crochet, or anything else you can think of, please feel free to put your name on the form on the whiteboard and we will get back to you.

This way we feel that the workshop situation will benefit all involved as we have so much talent within The Cottage, we can all share our knowledge.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanking you,

Linda Bagnat and Lyn Abbott 43256445 or 0419 408140

Megan’s Tunic

I know it doesn’t look like a tunic yet, but it will. Megan does a lot of beautiful knitting and the colours in this item are wonderfully vivid. The wool used is all handspun by Megan. Photos of the finished tunic coming soon.

Rachel’s Berets

Rachel loves to knit berets when she has some leftover wool. Small amounts of wool from the end of a ball give a few lines of accent to these beautifully striped berets.

Blankets with Love

Our latest donation for Blankets with Love. This lovely blanket was made by Debbie.

Debbie’s First Handspun

Debbie is pretty new to spinning, but we think she has done a fantastic job knitting this scarf out of her first lot of handspun wool. Awesome effort.

“The Gathering” at The Cottage 2016

This annual event is for members of Guilds of Spinners, Weavers, Knitters and others who create using all types of yarn, to gather together to show off their skills and the articles they have made, have some fun, get to know each other and learn something new through demonstrations, workshops and the like.

In March Woolly Sheep 2016 we will be hosting The Gathering here in East Gosford. The preparations have already begun and we are all very excited to be the hosts for this wonderful event.

Jenny Campbell, Lyn Abbott, Debbie Hooper, Rachel Bunney and Anne Pearce have volunteered to be the Event Committee for this day. Visitors will need to be pre-registered for this event for catering and other activities – so watch this page for future information.

Month: July 2014