Knitting Tour

Hi Everyone

It seems that my intention to write more often has fallen by the wayside!  This month since the last get together has been quite hectic so once again I have to apologise for the delay in sending out some news.

Firstly, a big thank you again to all the ladies who came to our first get together for the year.  It was a great success and I am sure that the girls who all did the pearl knotting had a great time.  Many thanks to Merle G for doing this for us.  What really impressed me was the fact that this project could be finished in a couple of hours.  Several of the ladies could wear their new neckware home.  Well done to all of you.  Next time I will join in the class to learn the technique.  There were too many ladies at this event so I decided to wait as there are members who were unable to attend but want to learn how to do this.

                                           Work in progress of a pretty pastel pink necklace.

                   Barbara chose her pearls to match a pendant which she will attach to her string.

                            Merle G making sure that the ladies are doing the knots correctly!

In "show and tell"  Ronel made this very cute baby blanket which got a lot of positive comments.

From the 19th to the 28th February I and 10 friends (some new) went on a wool/knitting trip to the Eastern Cape.  We stayed at various places on our way to East London and then made our way back to Pretoria.  It was absolutely fantastic. I took a few pictures but will do a big post on the trip when I get more pictures on a CD as promised by Andriesa.

Here are a few tasters:

 The morning sun reflecting on the Gariep Dam - so beautiful.

 An interesting welcome at a very cute gift / coffee shop in Middelburg Cape.

 We found a lovely little coffee shop in Willowmore where I ordered savoury mince and salad without the "roosterbrood" which was the speciality of the shop and served with every item.  The salad was arranged around the outside of the plate and the savoury mince was put in a polystyrene cup in the centre.  Very different but it tasted great.

As you know, our next meeting is on the 15th March which is on Saturday.  Unfortunately, Neeske has  sent me an email cancelling her participation so the quilting demo will not happen.  Time is too short to find someone else so we have a choice.  Either we can just have a free day or I can do a workshop on another beading project.

 Perhaps the Canadian Twist Necklace or the Baroque Bracelet.

 Baroque Bracelet Kit costs R410.

Canadian Twist Necklace kit costs R310.

Which would you like to do?  Drop me an email with your colour preference. Also, please let me know if you will be attending but not doing the beadwork as I need numbers for catering purposes.

That's it for now.
Love
Sharon