Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting 25 November 2014, held at Nan’s place in Khandallah

Rachel was not available for re-election as president in 2015

Anne is our new president

President – Anne

Vice president – Rachel

Secretary – Caroline

Treasurer – Esther

Committee – Beverley and Elanor

Library – Romain, Facebook – Frances, Blog – Denise

Wellington Area Delegate, Tania Preston, introduced herself and spoke of her plans for the area and gathered ideas from members.

After a shared lunch, some members worked on ‘the blanket’

Needle Felting

11 November 2014

Fiona and Tomoko shared their knowledge on dry felting.

Fiona showed how to create figures starting with a pipe cleaner frame

Tomoko starts her figures by forming the wool into a ball

Hands on and having a go

WHAT WE ARE MAKING –

Nan has completed her entrelac blanket

Marilyn also completed her entrelac blanket for a child’s car seat

Audrey made a cushion cover

Flo’s poppy is a wip – weaving on a plate and using a darning needle

The Container Challenge

28 October 2014

The challenge was to create, and show the workings of the container.

 

The containers on display

Judging was by ‘popular choice’

Winner of Best Use Of Colour was Audrey

Audrey also won The Most Useful Container

Caroline created The Best Constructed Container

The winner of The Most Original and Innovative Container was Romain with her entry

‘Bucket List’

More Happy Hooking

14 October 2014

Caroline treated us with another class – crochet 102

WHAT WE ARE MAKING

Marilyn’s entrelac blanket

Anne’s entrelac blanket

Esther’s tailored jacket

Dyeing Day 23 September 2014

Flo hosted a dyeing day.  Fiona, using Procion MX Dyes, demonstrated and got everyone involved.

Procurion MX Dyes are dichlorotriazine dyes.  They are a class of cold water fibre reactive dyes and are suitable for dyeing cellulose fibres (cotton, linen, rayon etc) and protein fibres.

Fiona explained the dyes, the calculations, the ways of tying fabric and the effects you can create and then it was all hands on.

Slippers in School Update 3

The second batch of slippers are ready for dispatch on 1 October.

12 new pairs

Total from OFG – 30 pairs

Johnsonville Library – demonstration and “have a go” 29 August 2014

A few members were at Johnsonville Library  on Friday evening showing and giving people opportunities to try spinning, needle-felting, wet-felting, flax flower making, tapestry weaving, knitting, and fabric flower making.

Caroline demonstrates wet-felting to a group of enthusiastic young crafters.

Nina has a go and Anita has her knitting ready to take home and practise.

http://www.wcl.govt.nz/about/branches/johnsonville/whatson.html

Check out this link to the Library website on which there is a post about the event.