May 2022Saturday

Saturday 14th May was our Annual Open Day. It was a great day with lots going on. Our members worked really hard to set it up the night before and in the morning before our visitors arrived. Here are some of the activities going on during the day.

Weaving demonstrations with Janet and Gemma with lots of visitors having a try.

Dyeing activity with Sarah. A great activity for everyone, using a hammer to pound a flower and transferring an image onto fabric. I love the way Sarah was sticking the flower to wide masking tape to keep it in place while hammering. I saw some lovely images, especially the pansies.

Ruth and other members were spinning and teaching visitors how to use the wheels and spindles.

We had lovely home made cakes and cups of tea. Also a sales table with wool, buttons, cards, books, plants and seeds for sale.

There was an exhibition of members' work and a competition open to members, with the theme of make do and mend. Everyone voted for their 3 favourites and well done to Sarah, Gemma and Margaret who won the top 3 places.