Kiri Cottage with Ciara and Joanne
Great fun today with two lovely ladies, Ciara and Joanne. They came for a therapeutic, social, craft day, and both learned to spin. And we developed knitting skills in the afternoon, mastering plain, purl and rib.
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Kiri Cottage Crafts Club Chosen Charity
Turk and McTavish from Equine halfway house pony rescue and refuge – Equine Welfare Network saying thank you for the donation from Kiri Cottage Crafts Club members!
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club 5th January 2024
Some knitting, crochet and weaving were the order of the day at Kiri Cottage Craft Club today. Next get together is Tuesday 16 January from 3 – 6pm.
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club New Meeting Day
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club meeting dates have changed.
We will now get together every other Tuesday morning, call in any time between 10am – 1pm.
Soda Bread at Cockle Row Cottages
This was a visit to Cockle Row Cottages this afternoon for another soda bread making demo.
I shared the cottage with Santa and one of his elves. There were also two visiting alpacas and a lovely group of flautists playing Christmas songs.
The soda bread was very popular with visitors and I hope to be back again very soon.
Merry Christmas to all at Cockle Row Cottages!
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club 21st November
We had a lovely, creative evening at the craft club today.
Karen furthered her spinning skills and learned to ply wool.
Margaret and Miriam brought their knitting – both producing small items for charity sales.
Jill brought crochet hooks and started on Granny squares.
I had some Valois black nose fleece that I had washed and dyed, ready to be carded and spun for a client. I was able to finish carding, and spun most of it. I will finish spinning it tomorrow.
Next open house craft club will be Thursday 7 December, 10am to 1pm. Tea, coffee and buns on tap. No charge just a voluntary spare change contribution to Equine Halfway House Rescue and Refuge, based in Lisburn.
Future dates:
Thursday 7 December, 10am – 1pm
Tuesday 19 December 6 – 9pm
Thursday 4 January 10am – 1pm
Tuesday 16 January 6- 9pm
Thursday 1 February 10am – 1pm
Look forward to seeing you!
Crochet for Wellness
Hats off to Clive from from Welig Heritage Crafts, Portaferry, as he guided four of us through the process of weaving a hare from willow.
Final Session with Portavogie Seniors
I ran my final craft session of the year with the Portavogie Seniors Club this week. We made some simple ribbon Christmas wreaths.
It never ceases to amaze me how many creative people there are, and how everyone sees a project in a different way. I provided an example (one I made earlier…), and a box full of material strips, ribbons, charms and wooden Christmas decorations on each table, and off everyone went to create their own wreath.
I’d say this was a very successful session and I wish all of the seniors a very Merry Christmas!
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club 9th November Meeting Photos
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club met for the second time on Thursday morning, 9 November.
As the nights are dark and the weather is not great, we are alternating fortnightly meetings between a Tuesday evening and Thursday morning.
We had a great mix of crafts – I have a pile of alpaca to spin so it was great to have 3 hours just to sit, spin, chat and eat cake.
Karen got the time to almost finish the binding on her beautiful latch rug (and the incentive to take it home to finish the last wee bit!).
Sharon is weaving a picture on a weaving frame – an interpretation of a painting of a view very close to where we were.
Susan let us see how to use a 3D printer and brought along some great Christmas decorations that she made on it (and got first prize for that evening at her local WI competition!)
Next get together is Tuesday 21 November 6-9pm. Coffee and buns will be available, as always!
Kiri Cottage Crafts Club 9th November Meeting
This evening was the first get together of the Kiri Cottage Craft Club. A small but select group of 5 crafters crocheted, embroidered and spun, shared stories and craic, coffee and cake.
We agreed that the club would meet one evening and one morning a month, as especially coming into the dark evenings, not everyone wants to venture out.