Friday 3 July 2009

Not Naff!

I have been involved with a charity knitting group for a while, and thoroughly enjoy it! We knit hats for prem babies, hats for sailors and all manner of things. There are about nineteen of us and we all seem to get on quite well - in fact the level of noisy chatter can reach such a pitch at times that you can't hear yourself think, let alone join in any conversation, at times.



We have decided to make the Christmas boxes for children, and were quite happily making (yet more!) hats, scarves, mittens and cardies for the children. We also decided to take part in the village Flower Festival and she who leads us suggested we knit a bunch of flowers to enter into the flower displays. Well, we entered into it all with great gusto! And, I think it could have been so naff, but isn't. I am so impressed with us all.
Can you see the ladybird, butterfly and bee? Can you spot his eyebrows?! Posted by Picasa We have also knitted, felted and sewn items to sell on a table, at the Festival.
When we send the parcels to be shipped to those in need, there is a £2 fee, which needs to be taped to the lid of the shoebox.
So, the plan is that instead of asking for donations of cash, we will raise what is needed by the sale of our work, and we'll also raffle the bouquet.
Sorted!

3 comments:

Dusty Spider said...

What beautiful work. Love the bee's eyebrows!! xxxx

Penny said...

Did the flowers win any prizes? They should have done.

tea and cake said...

Thanks, dusty! You saw some of it in the making, didn't you?!

No, Penny, unfortunately it's not a competition, but should raise a goodly amount with the raffle.