This month we braved the cold weather to gather on our first meeting of 2012. Our chairman Brenda told us about a number of upcoming knitting events and members were asked if they wanted to enter this year’s Sherbourne Vase competition that was help by the Guild of machine Knitters. The title was Going for Gold to reflect the Olympics held in London this year. On several previous occasions the club had won or been highly commended. The closing date is 5th May 2012, please contact Brenda if you are interested in helping.
As usual, instead of a speaker we had the club competition – members had been invited to submit entries in three categories all made in the last three months. Club members voted for the items they liked best.
- The category with the most entries this year was the Bags ,a wide range of shapes, sizes and finishes were displayed and it was hard to decide who to vote for.
The clear winner here was Margaret’s lacy bag.
Entries in the Bag category -
Winning Entry Runner up was Jenny.
- The winner and only entry into the Toys category was the lovely penguin entered by our newest member, Corinne.
Knitted Penguin - The Children’s Garment category only attracted two entries but they were of a high standard. The garment knitted by Barbara, a lacy pale mauve cardigan, was chosen as the winner here.
The children's garments </br>
Congratulations to all the winners and to all those who entered this competition.
Various items made by members were shown and admired after the break for delicious cakes and tea or coffee.
Next time – Brenda and Trisha are demonstrating Magic Cables.
