tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46704321706780388242024-03-14T11:01:56.133+00:00Hookery in the BookeryStarted by three librarians but it has grown into something much bigger and better
Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-14948012274237669792018-08-30T17:58:00.000+01:002018-08-30T18:35:49.302+01:00Once upon a time...... it was suggested to our local borough council that hosting a festival to celebrate all things yarn would be a really great idea.<br>
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<span style="color: purple;">Spinning Yarns</span>; a festival of colour, creativity and craft comes to Antrim Castle Gardens & Clotworthy House this weekend. Open on both Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd September 10am - 6pm there will be fun for all the family.<br>
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But most importantly 'The Estate' will be on public display for the first time. The Estate has been our largest crochet project to date, both in timeline and finished size, measuring just over 3m by 2m (9feet by 6feet) and nearly eight months in the making, we have created a 2 dimensional map of the Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough area featuring railways, rivers and roads and a range of historical, modern and mythical locations.<br>
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Come along and see how any you can recognise.<br>
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Did you know that the ability to write an engaging blog post is now a requirement of Northern Ireland's new GCSE English Language spec? (Rhetorical question) It needs to read like the standard article: (colon) dynamic linguistic devices, interesting words and phrases, a variety of sentence structure and punctuation used to effect. (Rule of three) It should also have that punchy, witty, pithy, eye-catching (list) title that characterises blog writing.</div>
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This, dear Reader, is why this temperature scarf/blanket update is happening now, just after we've crocheted a third of the year and not a quarter. It's very hard to think up a punchy, witty, pithy, eye-catching (repetition) blog title when what you're really dealing with are fractions. I was much more of an algebra girl in Maths (anecdote). I still can't really multiply fractions with confidence... (That's a wee use of ellipsis for effect there.)</div>
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So, forgive the delay. (Imperative) Herewith a selection of our very impressive records in climate and in wool. We're a third of the year through, and then some, so if I multiply my fraction, we should be finished round about December! (Exclamatory sentence)</div>
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"The <b>Goldilocks Principle</b> is named by analogy to the children's story, <i>The Three Bears</i>, in which a little girl named Goldilocks tastes three different bowls of porridge, and she finds that she prefers porridge which is neither too hot nor too cold, but has just the right temperature. Since the children's story is well known across cultures, the concept of "just the right amount" is easily understood and is easily applied to a wide range of disciplines, including developmental psychology, biology, economics and engineering." (Wikipedia, so it must be true...)</div>
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I've been much reminded of Goldilocks this month, and am delighted to learn that she has a principle! Here at Hookery, we seem to be applying our heroine's scientific quest for just the right colours to our temperature scarves and our one temperature afghan! And the expression on our fine leader's fairytale face says it all! As our real-life leader said this week, "Crochet is supposed to be stress-relieving not stress-inducing!"</div>
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We started well, deciding to start the new year with <a href="http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-temperature-afghans/">the Internet phenomenon of the temperature scarf</a>: one row every day with the colour decided by the temperature of that day. The extremely committed among us are using two colours per day so that they can also have a record of the weather itself. It all sounded very straightforward in its sheer simplicity- one row a day would be achievable even by me! We by no means expected that we would want to do so much tweaking as the month went on, in a search of the Platonic ideal of a colour range.</div>
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This was Heather's first plan: cool colours for the wintry winter we are having here in Northern Ireland, with our third snow falls of the season today. It all looked so promising on the colour card, but didn't feel right, and husbands were feeling the strain, "I’ve got to live through every torturous moment of this!", so...<br />
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This is Heather's second line up but it still didn't just quite hit the mark. Thus we can't yet show and tell Heather's month of January, but we can show the wide range of favourite Heather weather contenders (and Mags' favourite socks):<br />
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Catherine is our resident geographer, so obviously her scarf has to be meteorologically accurate. Now Catherine has managed to stay happy with her colours, but has completely changed the style. She began with ripples, saving up the first few days of January for her hotel room in England while on a course,<br />
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Helena is the rock. She found colours from her, so far from insubstantial that I don't know how she fits her family into the house, stash, and has so far stuck to her hooks. She must be the exception that proves the Goldilocks rule! Well, she and Chloe both. Chloe took a bit of inclement time to decide on her colour options before starting, but is very happy with them all. Chloe is a most interesting member of our group- youngest hooker by far and she works on a loom!<br />
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And here is the month of January for Chloe, with pretty pins holding the end in place until it shall be sewn up at year's end:<br />
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Mags decided that, because all her clothes are navy, or something resembling navy, she wanted a mostly navy scarf. Off she set with delight at a project that she might actually be able to finish in the same time as everybody else!<br />
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And she was pretty happy with the result, but then thought afterwards that it would have been quite nice to get a spot of gold in on day 6, which had been her parents' 50th wedding anniversary. This spawned the thought that she would have a fiftieth thing of her own later in the year, so discussions on how to backtrack emerged for her too. Out it all came! She took the opportunity to add a bit of a snow option regardless of temperature. Kipper was very positive about snow! <br />
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Mags also had a Goldilocks moment when she decided against the gorgeously lovely merino wool green that she had to rush out and buy when we had an unseasonally warm day last week. She needed a more traditional Aran feel to match the other temperatures, and Niqi's stash came to the rescue. So, here is the month of January for Mags, and yes, her edges are characteristically awful:<br />
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Niqi is not making a scarf. She is working on a granny afghan with detail to match Catherine the geographer! The inner circles represent the day's temperature at exactly 2pm in exactly the spot of our borough where she lives; then the outer squares represent the day's predominant weather feature- with precedence given to rainbows, snow and fog! All has been going very smoothly, even down to the joining of each small square as she goes. Her Goldilocks Principle only screamed, "Halt" when she visited Northern Ireland's first Range store and found the Platonic ideal of rainbow yarn, so out went a too bold rainbow day to be replaced with one that was just right! Here is the month of January for Niqi:<br />
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And so, here endeth the Hookery weather report for this month! Tune in next time to see if February heats up, if there will have been any more glittery snow, and if the Heather Weather cloud finally bursts to rain row upon row of climate joy! We do discuss the weather a lot here in Northern Ireland- but these projects have certainly made the whole process of weather watching much more creative!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The ladies of the group all seem to have read the same
Facebook and blog posts around the turn of 2017 into 2018 and the theme of a piece
of temperature work has come up. Enthusiastically last week we discussed the prospect of doing these and about six of us have got the ball rolling. This is going to be a sort of CAL within the group but we will all progress at our own pace and at our own skill level. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">There are many blogs and Facebook posts about temperature
work and Pinterest is chock full of photos for example <a href="http://thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-temperature-afghans/">The Crochet Crowd</a>, <a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/blog/what-is-a-temperature-blanket/">Lion Brand</a>, <a href="https://mysimpleknitting.com/temperature-blanket/">Simple Knitting</a>, <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/SleepyEyes/my-year-in-temperatures--scarf-">Sleepy Eyes</a>, and photos on Facebook and <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/carolann124/temperature-blanket/">Pinterest</a>. I have no affiliation to any of these sites but a good Google search will elicit myriad results to aid you in your research and give you lots of (too many!) ideas to get you started.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">The idea is soooo simple …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Isn’t It? </span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The idea is that
you work a set number of rows per day of an item in a colour that co-ordinates with the temperature. You can pre-decide a colour range/chart using perhaps eight to ten
different colors depending on your climate and as you work your piece, you will
get a beautiful variation of colour throughout the year. Depending on the
climate where you live, each color will probably correspond to between three and seven degrees.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If like me you live in
Northern Ireland then temperatures will mostly vary between -5 to about 35
degrees.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">However, you may live in a
country where a temperature range of -20 to +40 is normal.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Choose your colours wisely.</span></div>
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a weather type chart e.g. stormy, windy, wet, hot and sunny?</span></span><br />
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temperature?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Max temperature, or at a
set time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if I go on holiday, should
still I record and use the temperature at home or the temperature wherever I am?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I use the highest temperature each day AND
the lowest temperature?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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temperatures?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A granny square with three
rows using white always as the middle row and the other colour as per the daily
temperature?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Shades of the same colour such as a blue theme or a rainbow
of colours?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">DK, chunky or aran?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Get myself organised? </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Which stitch?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doubles,
trebles … Use the same stitch Monday to Friday and change for each
weekend?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Use a different stitch each
month?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Getting started was not as easy as first thought for
many of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of us have frogged out
the first 10 days and started over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One has taken a dramatic turn and halved the number of daily rows as her
scarf was going to end up measuring over 3 metres/10 feet and another has
planned a new colour scheme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One other person
has a spreadsheet to assist her with colours and moods together. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">One of our number, who lives at a great distance from the group but calls in with us when she can, will be working along with us and sharing lots of pics on Facebook. Hopefully she'll get to visit us often throughout the year.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">It’s so nice to see that we are all working differently,
interpreting the challenge on a very personal skill level and colour preference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of us are keeping diaries and I hope to
update this blog monthly with pics of our work. It's going to be very exciting watching all the pieces develop.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">I thought I had made my mind up but time to cut the
ties, I think, and start again …</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">(All pics courtesy of Pinterest and Google except for those depicting the work of ladies in the group.</span></span></div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-9477297327803250152018-01-02T16:46:00.007+00:002018-01-02T16:46:59.991+00:00Crafted ChristmasHello readers<br />
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I hope you’re all feeling rested and have had an enjoyable festive time of mulled wine, mince pies and mellowness with your families and friends?<br />
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The decorations are (mostly) down, the wrapping paper and cards have been recycled and Christmas has been and gone for another year. The frantic rush to shop for, buy and wrap presents; the food shop and then cooking the Christmas turkey is over for another year. As Mags would say ‘And breathe .....’<br />
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I was wondering how many of you hand made presents this year, or in the past? Or who was given a hand made gift this year? It doesn’t have to be knitted or crocheted but post your pics and comments below. Let’s just share our beautifully made gifts. <br />
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I did quite a bit of my gift shopping at local craft fairs this year under the ‘shop local’ banner giving custom to local small business owners and crafters. Whilst I didn’t by any means save money I supported the continuation of crafting skills and more traditional gifted goods. And because all of the items are hand made they are more labour and time intensive so cost more than a mass-produced item from abroad! Only another crafter can appreciate this time and effort.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my crafted presents</td></tr>
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I also made a few gifts, but not as many as I could have or should have because time didn’t permit. I’ll just have to start earlier for next year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A completed chunky scarf</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A work-in-progress</td></tr>
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The scarves above are made with 4 strands of DK knitted together on a chunky needle and the effect is quite surprising. The pink scarf uses a ball of Stylecraft Candy Swirl in Coconut Ice plus a ball each of the grey, white and pink. The Candy Swirl gives the overall stripe effect. The blue scarf uses a ball of flecked green/navy/white/grey/mocha plus a ball each of grey, white and teal.<br />
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I know many of you have gone the extra mile and produced endless Christmas gifts from your hooks and needles because I have seen the final garments. If you can, post your pics below, or send them to me and I’ll post them for you.<br />
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Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2018.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-60689219044689583322017-11-30T17:07:00.001+00:002017-11-30T17:07:55.590+00:00Hookery in the Bookery went to Bessbrook-ery<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Supper and shop was how it was described, and who could
resist?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What could be nicer than a wee
festive treat for our ladies, a group excursion to a quaint little village
tucked away in the Co Down countryside, to spend an evening at Crafty Wishes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The welcoming Christmas windows were
spectacular with an old-fashioned fireplace and a knitted fair isle Christmas
stocking hanging on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moreover, no
parking issues, which was the icing on the cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lorna advertised her November/December friendship evenings
on 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> October and I think it took us all of 24 hours to book our visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We did not want to go too early because we
wanted to be as festive as possible, but we didn’t want to get into the midst
of the December rush and vie with other bookings that the women in the group
might have had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We set out from Newtownabbey at 5.40 and it took until 7.10 to get there - soooo glad I don't have to negotiate that rush our traffic every day. the evening flew by and soon it was time to make the reverse journey but I imagine many of us will definitely be back. I have my eye on the Christmas table cloth .... Just saying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Knitting, crochet and craft are all about sharing ideas and
time, helping others or encouraging those who have lost their mo-jo, assisting
the inexperienced and finding new challenges for the confident crafter to make
or do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s about the fellowship of time
spent together, relaxing, the problems shared and the problems halved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few of us have been there on a couple of occasions in the
past, including for the Macmillan coffee morning in September, and we have found
that the welcome is always warm and friendly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This shop is a real treasure trove, a treat for the
dedicated, enthusiastic knitter and crocheter, many beautiful gifts for sale, yarns to die for and patterns a-plenty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are seasonal Christmas patterns for
festive characters and decorations, scarves and hats as well as all the usual
array of patterns from all the major suppliers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accessories from buttons and bows to yarns of
all ply, from the very fine to the super chunky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
lots of already knitted and crocheted items on display, which give her
customers ideas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lorna also sells some costume jewellery such as brooches and
long necklaces to adorn your yarny creations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The shop even has a loyalty card!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We were presented with festive treats of (non-alcoholic) mulled wine, mince pies and other festive goodies.</span><br />
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It was a real winter's treat. Thanks to all the ladies for coming along and than you Lorna for hosting. </div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-18297857475690800422017-11-08T11:37:00.005+00:002017-11-08T11:37:41.159+00:00The return of the Knitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In school, we learned Amo, Amavi, and Amabo. I love, I loved, I will love. In my case, it is I knit, I knitted, I will
knit. I tell you this, it is partly
through an old school friend, that I have fallen in love with knitting again.<br />
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I was always a knitter, I come from a long family of knits. I learned to knit when I was 4 years old, it
was almost an extension of me. Girl
Guide knitting badge was like taking candy off a baby, not of course that I
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At university, I
used to knit my own clothes. I remember
an illicit weekend in Dublin and I was knitting a dress to take with me. Time was against me, I was knitting blue
Donegal tweed and silk on a circular needle. I kept knitting until I stepped into the magic
circle, and, I thought it covered all the requisite bits. A pair of pink tights, and white ankle boots
and I was ready to go! And I am sure I
was lovely. Looking back, it was a
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For me, when I had children, it was great! Now I got to knit children’s jumpers. There was a brief halcyon moment when I used
to design my own jumpers for my twin boys.</div>
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And then came the Julius Caesar dagger in the heart moment. Twin one was whispering to twin two. “Can you
knit school trousers?” asked twin one. “No,
you can’t” I replied. The relief in the
voice was tangible as twin one whispered to twin two “she says you can’t, we
will be buying them in a proper shop”. Et
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So …. That was the end of the knitting, and a heart broken
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Fast forward 25 years and twin one marries a girl who not
only knits, but spins her own yarn. Result!
But talking to the young is a whole
different language these days, yarn not wool, cake not ball, (cake – I eat
cake!), indie dyers not wool shops, ravelry not patterns in a big folder. This was all a foreign land to me, then my
daughter in law took me to Unravelled in 2016. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Unravelled was my epiphany. I had no idea what was going on, mostly, but
it was ever so exciting. I walked round
and round in a state of confused awakening. I love all these skeins, but what do you do
with single skeins? Why does everybody
knit shawls, or wraps, or even stranger, haps? What is a hap? How do you know how much wool to buy if you
don’t have a pattern book to flip through? Where did all these “young” people come from? They all knit? I came home enthused but emotionally
exhausted. I spent hours reading
knitting blogs and trying to get to grips with Ravelry. I started buying random amounts of wool, sorry
yarn, but no clear idea what to do. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And then Heather contacted me. I had left a comment on this Hookery blog, Heather and Elaine had a conversation about this lady who had posted a comment and how there could be connections. Elaine, realised we had gone to school together and that our fathers had been friends for years and years. And then I was contacted, I was invited to join the girls in their meet
up. And …. It all clicked. I had come home again. I could see why folks knitted more shawls and
scarves than there were days in the week! Knitting in the round and having cake on the
needles was where I was meant to be! I
spent a lovely summer with the girls, and set off to our very own Yarnfest at Whitehead in
August fully prepared.</div>
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This time around, I knew where I was going. I was buying skeins with a purpose. I knew what BFL high twist was, I knew what
fingering weight was, I even knew what sport yarn was. And, no it isn’t a jumper you wear when
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So, back to my declensions. I knit, I knitted, I will knit. I DO knit! And I look forward to spending time with the
girls again, and seeing the eventual completion of Bernard. And, would you believe it? I have even mastered brioche! Yes, this time last year, I thought brioche
was a French bread too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-60261909140186482012017-09-11T16:58:00.002+01:002017-11-08T11:38:15.299+00:00Hookery on tour<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Hookery went on tour this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our ladies travelled far and wide and some
have sent through interesting photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Mags was on holiday in France and locally in Fermanagh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In France she went to the Vendee but to quote
they were ‘in the middle of glorious nowhere’. just into the Vendee region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Knowing that it would be too hot to crochet and preferring to spend her
time in the pool, her French project was very small.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mags crocheted some flowers from Lesley
Stanfield’s book <em>100 flowers to Knit and Crochet</em> and plans to sew then onto a
dressing gown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mags assures us as
readers of the blog that photographic evidence will not be forthcoming of her
modelling the finished article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Camping at The share Centre in County Fermanagh provided the
family with a few days of glorious sunshine between two weeks of torrential
rain, a typical Northern Ireland summer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The pic is of her ‘Argory blanket’ and was taken inside the tent
because, unusually for Northern Ireland, the sun was in full blaze and too
strong! We are never weather-happy in Northern Ireland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Elaine went to Scotland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her first visit was to a woollen mill in Hawick, the Scottish home of
cashmere, ‘seriously the real job’ as she described it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would have been a shame not to buy
…..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elaine’s husband was encouraged to
pose wearing the WIP, which is a new winter chunky James C Brett scarf,
wonderfully matched to his jacket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although
I understand that for the purposes of creativity, craft and continued matrimonial
harmony he smiled throughout but has neglected to allow his photo to be included here.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Then they went on to Balmoral Castle on Royal Deeside where
the scarf made another appearance.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Helen’s holiday hookery photos have come all the way from
New Zealand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first was taken at the
Franz Josef glacier and the second, as you can tell, on a much warmer and sunnier day in Queenstown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The much-looked-forward-to holiday was over
in a blink of an eye.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">I was in Germany, staying in Boppard on the banks of the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Within 30 mins of accessing the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Evelyn and I were on the North Coast and couldn’t resist the
temptation when a photo opportunity arose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not so much a rose between two thorns as a pick-up truck between two
roses?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Seriously, w</span>e should all remember water
safety and thank these folks in the RNLI for the sterling work they do to patrol our
beaches during the summer months and rescue folks from the sea all year round.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">A few of us managed to have a wee day out, a girlie day, in
August with lots of shopping and tea/coffee/lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Individually we had all come across this wee
wool shop and independently thought that it might be worth a visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a wool shop in Bessbrook and although it
has been there for about 40-50 years it is now under new management by
Lorna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isn’t it great to see this happen and
not see another independent yarn shop close it’s doors?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lorna was on hand to help Elaine choose a
yarn to match a current project, I was looking for some cream DK and we also got
to chat to another customer and ‘help’ her to choose yarn for a new
projet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It turned out that Elaine and
Lorna had mutual, local connections and histories were discussed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that you could call this Hookery in
the Bookery went to Bessbrook-ery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
wish Lorna all the best in her new adventure and we will certainly be back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">One day, I did manage to have a late breakfast of coffee, croissants and a little time to
do some crochet at Magheracross, near Bushmills, Co Antrim.</span><br />
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Here we are at our 3rd WWKIP Day held once again in Yarns Coffee Halt at Theatre at The Mill, Mossley. We held our WWKIP Day a week earlier than the official date because of holidays etc. among the group. We had our WWKIP Day on Saturday 3rd June.<br />
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Our local Hookery Group were joined by some lovely ladies from<br />
the Knitwits Group in Portstewart who went on to host their own WWKIP Day on Saturday 10th June on Portstewart Promenade. Thank you ladies for your support. Maybe next year we'll travel<br />
to the North Coast and join you for The WWKIP Day.<br />
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We also had some friends from Whitehead who joined us again this year. Thank you ladies. </div>
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The staff at Yarns were very attentive as usual and thanks must go to the Duty Manager and to Heather in the coffee shop. We had 36 folks who came along - women, men, adults and children, some who could knit and crochet and others who couldn't, some who were coming back for a second time and some who were new.</div>
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On the table in the photo above you can see some white pieces of work. It was quite difficult to get a good picture of the white work. One belongs to Catherine's great grandmother and was crocheted back in the late 1800s. Catherine's grandmother worked in the local linen mills and she then attached the crocheted pieces to some linen. The work is so detailed and one can't even begin to imagine the poor light that the ladies had to do the work and also the material is so white and clean. Another couple of pieces belong to Helena's sister-in-law who crocheted collars and cuffs for Irish dancing tunics. All of these pieces of work have Irish roses and shamrocks on them.</div>
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We decided on a floral theme this year and everyone pulled out all the stops to come up with unusual ideas for crocheted and knitted garments and other items on the theme of flowers. The photos don't do justice to the work.</div>
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Ladder kindly loaned by Mags and the flowers and vines kindly donated by Judith, Niqi's mum. Judith was tasked with crocheting 'just a few' while she was over on holidays a few weeks ago. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> Doesn't Ermintrude look well? This is one of the <a href="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/visual-arts/its-cowmoonity-thing">cows</a> placed in public places around Northern Ireland. This one is in The Civic Square at Mossley Mill. Ermintrude's head was carefully measured to ensure a snug fit of her sun hat!</span><br />
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It was a warm day so Ermintrude didn't really need her blanket but there were a few very heavy showers of rain!</div>
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'THE Bernard' as it has become known was ceremoniously cast off on WWKLIP Day. It had been cast on at last year's WWKIP Day. </div>
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This is a very special little flower. Maureen was teaching herself how to do this pattern when news came through about the Manchester Arena explosion. After she had finished the flower Maureen decided to put a single pink button onto the flower to represent each of the 22 lives lost. </div>
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Some other flowers seen on the day.</div>
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On trend cacti .... Have you noticed them everywhere in the shops, in flower shops, on clothes and in the home decor magazines? Can you see the dinky red watering can tucked away in the background? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_2EiRPYMj-ZH09Sr1eOfbsM7wVVDNJvxdPYDbi6CRT5_csZeyrcb9kMWej7UoiBPyoLBiloyLGin6EeXBJPWzpYCwfrX08Tiv53EED16SHXyIeiyfoAw7mLyfDRcZTwCbxQclo38dYRx/s1600/KIP10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_2EiRPYMj-ZH09Sr1eOfbsM7wVVDNJvxdPYDbi6CRT5_csZeyrcb9kMWej7UoiBPyoLBiloyLGin6EeXBJPWzpYCwfrX08Tiv53EED16SHXyIeiyfoAw7mLyfDRcZTwCbxQclo38dYRx/s1600/KIP10.JPG" /></a></div>
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Here's a cheeky little cacti man made by Chloe .... And a bouquet of carnations made by me.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The group are making a friendship blanket. We have all made flowers according to a pattern from </span><i style="text-align: center;">Crochet Now</i><span style="text-align: center;"> but have chosen our own two-tone colours. Catherine has started joining them together and some of the rest of us will do some more of this. It is our intention to raffle it off once completed.</span><br />
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Meet the members of Hookery Group. Elaine started to crochet in February and this is her first piece. It's a labour-of-love blanket for her husband. The Mayor came to pay us a visit too that day on one of his last official visits at the end of his term of office.</div>
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Evelyn's smiley little happy flower, from an <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/happy-flower-decoration.html">Attic24</a> pattern, resting against Niqi's <a href="https://janiecrow.co.uk/presta/crochet-along/401-sunshine-showers-cal-2017.html">Sunshine and Showers</a> blanket.</div>
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Maureen's sunshine flower.</div>
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We were lucky enough to have one of our Poppy Pieces on display for our WWKIP Day. It generated lots of discussion from members of the public who were also using the coffee shop that day.</div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-40998849793911773832017-05-17T10:31:00.002+01:002017-05-17T11:16:57.861+01:00Yarn Shop Day 2017Saturday 6th May was Yarn Shop Day and I asked all the ladies to visit a yarn shop, buy some wool, take a pic of their favourite yarn shop, either of the outside of the shop or preferably of them shopping inside, or to write a few lines about their favourite yarn shop, the farthest one they have ever visited or the most expensive one they've ever been to.<br />
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My own favourite local place to buy yarn is in Mullan's along the Promenade in Portstewart. Don't be fooled by the ladies' clothing in the window because there is a veritable treasure trove of wool, buttons and accessories at the back of the shop and lots of knitted examples of the patterns on sale. The colours, textures and patterns are to die for and always a new sample from the latest trade show. There are always samples of many of the patterns hanging on display around the shop or in the window and some of these are for sale. Gerardette is very friendly, supportive and enthusiastic and she also helps to run the Knit and Natter Group in the local Library. This group along with customers of the shop knit tiny baby hats for the neo-natal unit at a local hospital and also twiddle muffs for dementia sufferers. It was Gerardette who introduced me to the <a href="http://hookeryinthebookery.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/the-year-of-blanket.html">liquorice allsort blanket</a> last year. Gerardette also provides seating for husbands who have to patiently await wives discussing and choosing wool because a visit here is never a short one. <br />
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My other special woolshop is John Gregory's on the Ta Xbiex Seafront, Msida, Malta. It always strikes me as unusual that a country which is so warm has a wool shop which can sell aran, chunky, and super chunky wool. But then I suppose if your summer temperatures are 40 degrees on average and your winter temperatures are in the mid-teens then the winters are relatively cold. I always go and buy some yarn there when I'm on holiday and I knit or crochet a little something to remind me of that particular holiday.<br />
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From an early age Elaine the English teacher discovered wool, especially the smell of new wool in a wool shop. She loved the smell when the door to Sew 'n' Knit in Canal Street, Newry, opened. This was the shop Elaine's late mother used to frequent as she was a keen knitter and seamstress - buttons, wool, needles and hooks aplenty. The owner was a very slight lady with bright auburn hair who at the time also wore the fashionable pink checked nylon coverall. <br />
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Another reason as to why the shop sticks out in Elaine's memory is because it had a laminate wooden floor, breaking new ground ahead of the fashion rage years later! Today with the abundance of textures, colours and weights of wool it is a far cry from the basic DK and bland colours of back then, differentiated only by DK, baby and aran! But to an 8 yr old this shop was a veritable Aladdin's Cave and has stood the test of time in Elaine's memory - a true mark of class. Sadly the shop no longer exists but remains the 'bar' in Elaine's psyche to which all other wool shops have to adhere to.<br />
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Teaching Catherine took herself off to Parlour Yarns in Carrickfergus for Yarn Shop Day.<br />
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Catherine speaks of this shop as a 'cave of delights' with yarn everywhere and too much choice. There was a warm welcome and lots of help to find her particular colours. In other words, there was more money spent than anticipated and even more wool added to her stash! However, there was a gift if you spent more than a certain amount of money - a bag with two different balls of yarn, a DK and a JC Brett chunky, and a crochet magazine. There was a raffle for all callers to the shop that day and Catherine was lucky enough to win the second prize of a set of clover crochet hooks in a nice case. Altogether a pleasant way to spend an hour.<br />
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For Hooking Helena a trip to Mullan's in Portstewart is always a bit of a problem, in the very nicest sort of way of course. What to choose from the extensive range and how much she can get away with buying without her 'long-suffering, wool-widower' husband finding out about. Additionally, there is the issue of storage at home, but there is always under the bunks in the caravan ..... Sssshhh dont tell her husband! On Yarn Shop Day Helena was very determined only to buy two balls of super chunky needed for a Nordic flower cushion cover - but which colour to choose? Luckily Gerardette had two contrasting colours beside each other and Helena could hear her husband sigh with relief. </div>
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Little did Helena's husband realise that this was only the first yarn shop visit of the day. Next stop was a certain cash and carry in the local area where cheaper DK wool is well stocked. </div>
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This cheaper wool is very good for knitting charity blankets or for items which need frequent washing. Oh what a choice of colours they had and all DK! Twenty minutes later, and in record time, Helena had chosen 10 different coloured balls and had paid for them at the till. Phew! </div>
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Our farthest traveller has to be Sheila who was in Norway. Sheila didn't buy any wool because she had no idea of the Norwegian Kroner prices in the shop or the value for money because of currency exchange. The shop was in Aldasnes, Norway, and she visited whilst on a cruise to celebrate a 'big' birthday last year. From memory the wool was all very thick and was in very dull colours which was disappointing since Norway is the land of the Northern Lights and associated with the Scandinavian tradition of patterned sweaters. Sheila hopes to go back some day and she will definitely buy some wool to bring back as a memory and keepsake.</div>
<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-9730022314141547482017-04-13T13:55:00.002+01:002017-04-13T13:55:40.400+01:00WORLD WIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY 2017<br />
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Here is some advanced notice about our Hookery group's <a href="https://www.wwkipday.com/">WORLDWIDE KNIT IN PUBLIC DAY 2017</a>. This year again it will be in the Foyer at the <a href="http://theatreatthemill.com/venue/find-us/">Theatre at the Mill</a>, Newtownabbey.<br />
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Due to holidays within the group we are holding it a week earlier than the official date. We are booked in for Saturday 3rd June and it will run approximately from 10.30am - 2.00pm.<br />
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There is a cafe which serves scones, traybakes, paninis and sandwiches with tea, coffee and soft drinks.<br />
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We'll have a think about what we can do to make it a little bit more fun so if anyone has any ideas just let me know. Raffle? Exhibition of work? Demonstration? Pattern/book swaps? Stash/odds and ends swop?<br />
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Please share this post and hope to see you and your friends there.<br />
<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-14085486972234583342017-04-03T11:07:00.004+01:002017-04-03T21:55:26.649+01:00Passing time and past timesThe clocks in the UK went forward last week and we entered into British Summertime. Unfortunately no-one told the weathermen that we need a little bit less rain and a little bit more heat!<br />
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I thought that for this blog post I would turn the clocks back a few years. I asked all the ladies in the group to tell me a bit about how and when they learned to knit or crochet and who taught them.<br />
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I learned to knit when I was 8 and was taught by my aunt, my father's sister. I remember sitting on my own along the hallway with a pair of very short plastic children's needles and some of her old scrap lengths of wool. I learned to crochet almost 40 years later thanks to two ladies with whom I worked, Guru Patricia and Mags. Another friend, the Librarian, had tried unsuccessfully to teach me for years and had given up hope of ever succeeding.<br />
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Guru Patricia herself learned to knit when she was about 7 or 8. Her tutors were her mum and one of her primary school teachers. In 'big school', at about the age of about 15, a friend taught her to crochet. Guru Patricia is most probably the quietest in the group but then out of the blue she comes out with little gems of crochet wisdom and has skills beyond anyone's dream.<br />
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Queen Niqi's mum taught her to knit when she was about 5 or 6 while they lived in Hong Kong (so glamorous!). Twice Niqi had unsuccessfully tried to learn to crochet but finally cracked it thanks to Mags, Lorna and Catherine Button whilst sitting drinking coffee in the Coffee Bean Deli back in 2011.<br />
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Teaching Catherine learned to knit when she was about 6. She learned in primary school with a lot of help from mum at home. When Catherine was 8 her gran taught her to crochet a chain but that was as far as the adventure went at that stage. Later, at uni, Catherine tried again and got as far as granny squares and hexagons which was a tremendous improvement on the previous attempt. Well done! Over the past two years crochet and knitting have taken on a major part of her life, the projects are rolling off the needles and hooks and it has enabled Catherine to get back in touch with old friends and meet new friends.<br />
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Hooking Helena was taught by her mum and granny when she was about 6. Her granny was always knitting and Helena wanted to be able to do it too. Helena learned to crochet at he age of 10 during craft time on a Friday afternoon for P6 and P7 pupils. All through these classes the knitting/crochet was done during the Winter months and sewing and embroidery took over in the Spring. Carpel tunnel syndrome prevented Helena from knitting and crocheting for a few years so she took up cross stitch. After surgery the hooks and needles were dusted off and now there is no stopping her.<br />
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Elaine, the English teacher, was introduced to knitting and crochet in P6 and P7 at Windsor Hill Primary School. Girls were dispatched to Mrs Campbell or Miss Crozier to undertake what was loosely termed 'needlework'. The boys wove baskets elsewhere!<br />
"Miss Crozier scared me, She wore a lime green pinafore over her clothes and had rather uneven teeth! That is probably why I can say that although she introduced me to knitting and crochet, it was my mother who perfected the techniques to prevent me from becoming a nervous wreck. My first adventure was a bookmark which was plain stitches knitted with blue plastic needles and turquoise wool finished with yellow fringing. There was obviously a glut of turquoise wool as our next challenge was to knit a turquoise purse with a navy handle and a sky blue button on it."<br />
Elaine says she has never really taken to knitting but that she is currently in the process of completing a Dr Who-type scarf, affectionately known as The Bernard by her friends. It has been laid across the Brig O'Doon in Scotland and is almost the same length! Elaine's experiences of crochet were much more pleasant. Mrs Campbell who wore a brown checked overall and was much more pleasant. Elaine's mum was not so proficient here so Elaine was on her own when producing a cushion cover in chocolate brown, beige and egg yolk yellow hooked into two large squares. Now some 40 years later Elaine is in the throes (no pun intended) of creating an extended blanket for her better half in the hope that a new blanket will entice him to snooze on the sofa warmly wrapped.<br />
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Sheila M was taught to knit in P3, eons ago, and seemingly wasn't very good with loose rows and tight rows intermingling! A teacher watching closely over her shoulder didn't help. Sheila started knitting again when expecting her son (now 33) and churned out many matinee coats and cardigans. At the age of 57 her friends persuaded her to take up crochet with many attempts at getting started with hoops and loops - or rather hooks and chains. Sheila has reverted temporarily to knitting but the hooks and wool are in the background awaiting the pitter patter of tiny feet if her son ever becomes a dad .....<br />
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Librarian Evelyn learned to crochet in Windsor Hill Primary School where Mrs Evans was the teacher. A square cushion was the hoped-for end product and the project was supposed to last a few weeks. Evelyn went into school the next day having finished it! Crochet has been a great go-to ever since. Miss Crozier taught her to knit but Evelyn never really took to it in the same way as she did with crochet which, she says, is much quicker to complete and more enjoyable.<br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-83627289843565270772017-01-26T17:17:00.001+00:002017-01-26T17:17:27.936+00:00The year of the blanket<br />
It all seems so long ago now when we talk about 2016 and yet we aren't quite at the end of January 2017. How time flies!<br />
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Looking back over some photos, for our group 2016 appeared to be a 'year of the blanket'. Many, many blankets were produced for babies, charity and for oursleves.<br />
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This got me thinking and the Chinese celebrate 'years' on a slightly different calendar to us and, on checking, 2016 was The Year of the Monkey and 2017 will be The Year of the Rooster. So for a bit of a laugh and on the theme of 'the year of' I decided to look a bit further.<br />
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Those born under The Year of the Monkey are ambitious and adventurous, helpful and confident, love to talk and are sociable. Monkeys are also thought of as being crafty and so are we although we hope it stems from a different definition of the word crafty!<br />
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People born under The Year of the Rooster are energetic, generous and hardworking, compassionate and talented, talkative and are happiest when they are surrounded by others. They also make very loyal and devoted friends.<br />
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I think that these qualities just about sum up the Wednesday evening Hookery ladies, don't you? The Hookery group is very talented as is evident by the vast array of crocheted and knitted goods they produce. They are also very community aware and honour efforts and sacrifices made by others as was shown by their Poppy Project. Many of us in and through the group have made, and also revived old, friendships.<br />
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It is the group's work with Pauline and John Tuff who are based in Tanzania which reveals their caring and passionate nature. Each year for the past 4 years the ladies have sent out initially hand made blankets and and then wool and needles first to a leprosy village, Samaria, where the women were taught to knit with the wool and accessories. Lately the blankets have gone to a children's home in Kazima, north of Taboro in Tanzania also run by Pauline and John.<br />
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I hope you enjoy looking at the colourful blankets below. Apologies for the poor quality of some of the photos but a mobile phone was used to take the pictures in some cases.<br />
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-29007932350597069762016-11-16T10:35:00.001+00:002016-11-16T10:35:23.123+00:00Poppies 'on parade'Last Sunday afternoon I went up to the Antrim Forum to the Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance because I had been told that the poppy pieces would be on display.<br />
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Although it was a terribly wet and miserable day the sight of our poppies at the forum was breath taking. It really was a WOW factor. <br />
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The parade of local servicemen walked through a poppy guard of honour into the building. Each poppy had the name of a local serviceman on each side of it. Then inside the building there were other displays too.<br />
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The Antrim piece was beautifully displayed, with the information boards, in a large window area at the entrance to the leisure centre.<br />
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The Newtownabbey piece was centre stage at the service. I was chatting to a few folks after the service and they thought that the pieces were very striking. The large yellow/orange backdrop was a roll of honour for the area.<br />
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On Wednesday 2nd November the ladies from Hookery were invited to a civic reception at the Museum at the Mill, Newtownabbey for the unveiling of two special pieces. We had been responsible for these:<br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">The project for the Somme
Commemorative Pieces came out of the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Arts
and Cultural Committee of which two of us are members. The group was very honoured and delighted to
have been asked to participate in the Commemoration. </span></div>
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So many of us in the Hookery group had,
and still have, servicemen and women in our families and for that reason it was
a great honour to create these commemorative pieces to those who gave their
lives 100 yrs ago. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A few folks helped us along our
way. <a href="http://www.markthompsondesign.com/">Mark Thompson</a>, <a href="http://www.blacksheepdisplay.com/">Black Sheep Printing</a>
and <a href="https://www.sheldongalleries.co.uk/contact">Sheldon Galleries, Belfast</a> gave each piece such a professional glow. Ursula, Samantha, Deirdre, Jackie, Wesley and
Gordon also helped us along the way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Hookery ladies also deserve a
huge thanks from me because when I originally mentioned the project to them
they were immediately, and unquestionably, agreeable and also because of the
amount of personal time they have dedicated to it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As you know, craft for the group is
very much a hobby, a relaxation activity and many of the ladies hold down full
time jobs or have family commitments and so to dedicate so much time to this is
very commendable. The ladies have pooled
their individual and collective skills during the past few weeks and some of us
have even added new skills to our crafting CV!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had additional help with poppy
production from 3 ladies belonging to Women's Arts and Crafts, an affiliated member of Small Steps Community Development in Duncairn, North Belfast. <br />
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Quite a bit of thought went into
each piece, and although we are not historians, we tried our best to make the
pieces relevant, to represent as many aspects of the Somme, the local area and
the men as possible. Each piece has
similarities but also subtle differences.<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The words we have used surrounding the poppies
were their words, of their time, reflecting both the horror of war and also how
the normality of life went on at the same time, illustrated by ‘the guns are
going now’, ‘shake a man’s nerves’ …... and then mention of ‘nice weather’ and
‘plum duff’<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->We used quotations applicable to the particular
area where the pieces are to be displayed. For example, we used
quotations from the diaries of Tom McKinney from Sentry Hill for the piece to
be displayed at Mossley Mill and quotations from <span style="background: white;">speeches
made by Lt. Col. H A Packenham who commanded the 11th (Service) Battalion, the
Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers) for the piece which will be
displayed at Antrim Civic Centre</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->We used individual poppies in terms of colour,
shape, size, and texture to represent the individuality of each soldier but put
them together into a single poppy to represent the regiments and <span style="background: white;">battalions in which they served </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->There are 141 individual poppies in each piece
to represent the 141 days of the battle <o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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the industry in the local area which would have lost so many young men to the
war<o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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well-known quotation from the Kohima Epitaph, credited to the poet </span>John
Maxwell Edmonds, has been used to link <span style="background: white;">the
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enjoys looking at these pieces and hope that they will be meaningful to, and
appreciated by, residents of the Borough and future visitors to our Civic
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-33887409841233488882016-10-23T18:44:00.002+01:002016-10-23T18:53:29.184+01:00A brief moment somewhere else<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have to say that it is becoming quite difficult to blog about Hookery because of a Most Special Project that we have just finished and that will be officially, and I mean most officially, unveiled next week! We are sworn to secrecy until then by Heather Boss. <br />
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So, in the meantime, imagine some pleasant music like the stuff they played while we watched the Gallery on that art programme with Morph. We were at my house last week. Catherine, among the many other quite wondrous things she is making for the lucky children in her sphere, is working on the Hungry Caterpillar.<br />
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If I could find the wool I would be fixing the holes that are lamentably appearing in the blanket I made for my mother's birthday a mere year and a half ago. Moving swiftly on...<br />
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...to a word on frogging. Catherine is here frogging a cardigan with which she is not entirely pleased. Niqi, however, is working on a beauty of a shawl, a covetable piece, for which she hasn't had quite enough wool, and so has frogged other less precious things to finish. Sometimes the end result is worth the wait- and the wait will soon be over!magsmcchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-18813629608858123442016-08-30T22:45:00.001+01:002017-04-12T22:52:34.901+01:00Sun, seaside and silks<br />
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Ohhhh what a lovely, relaxing day we had yesterday at Corrymeela overlooking the sea and Rathlin Island. Catherine, Niqi, Mags and I were at an away day led by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Silk-and-Such-739131339475904/">Pauline Edmiston </a>the most wonderful Scottish artist who works with silk and can use her craft for either relaxation or therapy. The day was entitled Dreams and we were gathered in the very restful, and very peaceful, Croi.</div>
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We arrived to tea/coffee and a lovely plate of home made scones with beautiful blackcurrant jam; lunch was lasagne, creamy garlic and leek potatoes with a multitude of salad sides to choose from and peach and pear pavlova for dessert. At the end of the day, after we had finished our craft and had everything packed up for the journey home, we were given yet another cup of tea or coffee and another slab of home made lemon cake topped with fresh blueberries and raspberries. It was all very yummy.</div>
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The sun shone all day although the drive to Ballycastle was a little longer and more diverted than usual due to the annual <a href="http://www.visitcausewaycoastandglens.com/The-Auld-Lammas-Fair-Ballycastle-P54405">Auld Lammas Fair</a> being held on the same Bank Holiday Monday. The fair has been running for about 400 years and is associated with the start of harvest and the Lammas tradition. The tradition is to bring a loaf, made from the new wheat harvest, to Church for a blessing. Bits of the bread were also placed in corners of the grain store to protect the grain and ensuring a season of plenty.</div>
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I was walking along the beach just after 8am and Ballycastle was just waking up in preparation for the Auld Lammas Fair. You might be able to see the 'Big Wheel' in the background. </div>
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We all took different routes to get there, some coming from Coleraine or
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Pauline told us a little about her work, how she became involved and talked about the textures and colours of the silks, how they can be cool or warm, vibrant or pale and how they can remind us of people, situations or of scenery. The silk was so fine and yet so strong. Pauline likened all of this to our lives, our strengths and weaknesses, colourful times in our lives and duller episodes, the warmth of family and friends or the coolness of hurtful situations.<br />
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We got to see a tiny cocoon, the size of a thimble and first of all we stretched it out to the size of a hat for a human head! Pauline talked about when is the best time to dye the silk and what different effects you can achieve if you dye it at the cocoon stage of wait until it has been unfurled. Then we started to take apart the ten layers within each 'hat' all the time the silk getting finer and finer.</div>
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At every stage we had the opportunity to be hands on and to learn so much. It was indeed interesting to see how tentative everyone held the tiny cocoons at the start of the day and pulled the silk for the first time but by the end of the day we were all so much more confident. Did you know that silk makes a noise when you stretch it out? Yes, it creaks and crackles - amazing.<br />
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Each of us had the opportunity to add some of our own history, emotions, family life, thoughts and prayers into the creation which was a great privilege and whilst very personal also showed a high level of trust, sensitivity and understanding within the group. Pauline spoke to us at various stages throughout the day and asked us to concentrate on something specific mentioned by her and to then choose a colour which represented what we were thinking about at that time. We created something completely original and personal yesterday and which, one lady said, can never be replicated even if we had tried there and then to do the same thing again. The piece has been gifted to Corrymeela.</div>
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We also got the opportunity to make our own piece to bring home. Here is mine and it represents the seaside where I am always very at home and which has so many 'associations' for me. I am also, if you know me well, drawn to the colour blue.</div>
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It was a day to re-kindle friendships and to make new friends. Thanks to everyone for an absolutely wonderful day. If you are on Facebook you may be able to see some photos <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BreatheInMoments/photos/?tab=album&album_id=517190678477562">here</a>.</div>
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We had time to ourselves as well within the very busy day, time to knit or crochet or to just relax around the beautiful grounds and admire the views of Rathlin Island. Niqi and I caught up on some knitting and crochet and I even managed to get a pic of part of my Seaside Winter Blanket <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/seaside-winter-blanket-cal-introduction.html">CAL</a> on the beach!</div>
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-78860845791611297612016-08-24T16:06:00.001+01:002016-08-30T20:12:36.048+01:00The end of summerWell, it's the end of the summer meteorologically speaking because, although not terribly awful, it hasn't been one of the best or hottest summers in Northern Ireland. Every spring they do promise us a heatwave .....<br />
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We have been lazily drifting through the summer holidays and next week sees our local school children return to the classroom. Among our group we have parents, grand parents and teachers all ready to start the frenetic rush to get ready for school, buy uniforms, books, sports kits, shoes or get lesson plans completed for the old familiar school curriculum or prepare for the new adventure into a new school topic. Others among us have wearily worked our way through the summer always intending to take a few days off when the 'good spell' arrived.<br />
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Two of us have been working away on <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/">Zooty Owl</a>, aka Zelna Olivier's, Seaside Winter Blanket CAL. If you don't know what this is it's worth taking a look. We are at the start of week 11 of 12 now and the time has flown by. I had a few reservations because I hadn't done anything like this before but it is really enjoyable. I'm only brave enough to complete a single blanket at a time but Zelan herself has 9 on the go! Many of the other 2119 group members have at least two which they are working on simultaneously. Brave women each and every one and I am full of admiration for them. Check out the photos on Facebook - some of the colour combinations are stunning.<br />
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Next Monday some of us are going to a special event being held up on the north coast at <a href="http://www.corrymeela.org/">Corrymeela</a>. The event is called <a href="http://www.corrymeela.org/events/64/dreams-1-day-creative-workshop">Dreams</a>. It is a ladies' day away from all that is happening on the home front, a time to relax, unwind, dream and enjoy hearing from the Scottish artist, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Silk-and-Such-739131339475904/">Pauline Edmiston</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">,</a> and to create some beautiful silk pieces with her. <br />
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Ladies remember to keep taking your holiday hookery pics. The next blog post will be a collage of our pictures.<br />
<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-91230081835665185992016-08-13T11:50:00.002+01:002016-08-13T11:50:42.325+01:00The 3PsHookery ladies have been asked to complete not one but two similar projects for the Autumn. We are a small, diverse, group of ladies from all backgrounds who like to knit and crochet, some who have been crafting for years and others who are new-comers. It's a great honour and we are absolutely delighted to have been asked. It's fantastic to think that our skills and commitment are very much appreciated and recognised by the requestor who has total faith in our ability to produce for them.<br />
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It has involved some discussion and agreement but everyone is enthusiastic and eager to get started. Needles are clicking away, crochet hooks have been sharpened and wool has been purchased. Even some novice knitters and crocheters have been enthused enough to go out and buy supplies and to even try knitting/crochet if they haven't done that one before.<br />
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Unfortunately I can't tell you yet what the 'Ps' stands for except that the last one is 'project'.<br />
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-70929937679277353142016-07-29T21:03:00.001+01:002016-07-29T21:03:50.224+01:00Introducing Ursula...I would like you to meet Ursula, so called because my husband said it reminded him of a sea devil from Dr Who and I have to agree there is a hint of seaweed about her.<br />
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Hopefully she will be completed quickly as I plan to wear her to a wedding in 2 weeks and I think a border worked in Aqua will take some of the seaweediness away. This yarn - Araucania Botany Lace - Extra Fine 100% Merino is an absolute joy to work with. This will be the 4th time I have worked this pattern from Cute & Easy Crochet by Nicki Trench, but probably not the last.<br />
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I've since finished both Port Shepstone squares and edged them. This square was the most challenging mainly because it was so large in comparison to the others but the stitches were still really easy to do.<br />
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I have every admiration for the ladies who are taking part in the CAL and who are doing multiple blankets simultaneously. Zooty Owl herself is doing a mere 9 and another lady has 8 versions on the go meaning that they have had 18 or 16 of Port Shepstone respectively to complete in a week. Phew!! Many others are doing 2 or 3 versions of the blanket which is challenging enough.<br />
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I'm just about to start <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/seaside-winter-blanket-cal-square-7.html">Shelly Beach</a>, square number 7.<br />
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Now I shall hand over the baton to one of my other hookery ladies to do the next update.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-34468515454672967152016-07-15T20:51:00.001+01:002016-07-15T20:51:15.229+01:00Sunny summer's days?Well I don't know about you but I'm certainly not experiencing a great British Summer! What has happened to our weather? So far we've had six days of our family holiday on the North Coast and five of those have been days of rain! Warm rain I might add - very sticky and close. But at least it gives me a chance to hook ..... One friend had similar weather in June when caravanning in Dublin and Cork. Some of my other hooking friends are in England for their holidays, hopefully experiencing just a little bit less rain than me.<br />
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I'm working on the Zooty Owl Seaside Winter Blanket <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/seaside-winter-blanket-cal-introduction.html">CAL</a> at the minute which is my token gesture to a British summer. I have been very good by using up DK greens and blues from both my stash and my odds and ends box. Confession - I did buy three 50g balls in shades of blue for highlighting purposes alongside what I already had in my stash, but I'll not publicise that too loudly! <br />
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The squares have been named after seaside areas in South Africa - <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/seaside-winter-blanket-cal-umzumbe.html">Umzumbe</a>, <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/seaside-winter-blanket-ramsgate-square-3.html">Ramsgate</a>, <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/seaside-winter-blanket-umtentweni.html">Umtentweni</a>, <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/seaside-winter-blanket-margate-square-5.html">Margate</a> and <a href="http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/seaside-winter-blanket-scottburgh.html">Scottburgh</a> so far, with Port Shepstone being released on Friday 15th July. Zelna, who <b>IS</b> Zooty Owl, seems to be doing about 7 different colour versions of the blankets and she has posted patterns for two different sizes, babyghan and afghan. As you can see, I initially joined the squares with a contrast colour but then frogged and replaced it with the same mid-grey of the borders which makes the patterns in the squares stand out a bit more.<br />
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It's really good CAL and quite easy. It's very interesting seeing the colours other ladies have been putting together and connecting with crocheters from South Africa to Scandinavia, Australia to America. This is week 6 which means we are half way through and we've seen some beautiful work. I've been watching all the pics of other people's work and I'd really like to try the CAL in another colour scheme.<br />
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I have also taken one of the patterns for one of the squares, Umtentweni, and have repeated it 6 times (in Aran) to make a cover for a large roll cushion. I'm just ready to join the squares and come up with two circles for the ends. I've bought some lovely large, chunky wooden buttons in Mullan's Fashions in Portstewart to use with it.<br />
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Looking ahead, I have two things to ask -<br />
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Firstly I hope you have all been remembering to take pics of your holiday WIPs? Lots of knitting or crochet in unusual places? Who can take the most unusual pic? The funniest? Who can take the furthest from home pic? We'll post them all at the end August.<br />
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Secondly would anyone be interested in going to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum's <a href="http://nmni.com/uftm/What-s-on/Events/Crafts---Skills-Day-at-the-Ulster-Folk---Transport">craft day </a>at Cultra on 11th September? It's a while since we've had a field trip. Check the link and let me know what you think.<br />
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I had planned to head off this afternoon to a local wool shop to see if they had anything interesting in pinks/purples for my second version of the Seaside Winter Blanket afghan. Instead I went back to Mullan's and bought wool for the Liquorice Allsorts afghan in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/crochetnowmag/">Crochet Now</a>, issue 3......<br />
<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-36491135859338054262016-06-21T08:38:00.001+01:002017-04-13T17:22:35.253+01:00WWKIPDAY June 2016Well, you might ask what exactly is a WWKIPDAY? It is World Wide Knit in Public Day where knitters and crocheters from all around the world get together on the same day to knit and crochet.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wwkipday.com/">WWKIPDAY</a> was started in 2005 by Danielle Landes and it is the largest knitter run event in the world. Needless to say it starts in Australia and the Pacific and follows the sun to finish on the west coast of America. It takes place in Europe, America, the Arctic Circle, the Pacific region, Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean.<br />
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We held our event at Theatre at the Mill, Mossley, in the foyer of the theatre where there is a lovely coffee shop appropriately called Yarns. Twenty eight enthusiastic ladies came and chatted, knit and drank coffee or had lunch. There were experts and novices, an eight week old baby and an 84 yr old lady with all ages and levels of expertise in between. We had new faces and familiar faces and plenty of promises to keep in touch.<br />
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Two committee members of the Antrim and Newtownabbey Arts and Cultural Committee were also in attendance and they hope to feed back the success of the day to the committee with the intention of holding some other 'woolly' events in the future.<br />
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00186070363232264116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-70522126570701634932016-06-18T09:21:00.000+01:002016-06-18T09:21:01.864+01:00HAPPENING TODAY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">Today from 11am to 2pm at Mossley Mill in Newtownabbey (BT36 5QA for satnav!) we will be celebrating World Wide Knit in Public Day. And the sun is shining! Pictures to follow very soon- hoorah!</span><br />magsmcchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17278148796772565928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670432170678038824.post-39922557811713766072016-06-16T23:28:00.003+01:002016-06-16T23:28:44.945+01:00How to Crochet Corners<br />
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Since we moved house two years ago I have thought that it would be A Good Thing to make blankets for all our beds. I'm not claiming that these would be heirloom items, treasured for generations, but you know, nice ones to match the boys under said blankets. I'm not sure why I recently and suddenly embarked on Son One's last month. It could quite possibly be that the sight of so many unfinished projects overwhelmed and I needed, absolutely needed desperately, to start something different!<br />
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There seem to be three main criteria:first there must be turquoise and red rounds, and second the blanket must use of lots and lots of wool from The Basket. I make no claims of A Stash. There is nonetheless a basket, and 'twould be good to use up bits and pieces, of the turquoise and red varieties in particular. The starting circle was one left over from the only blanket I have yet managed to produce for our Tanzania link, so the blanket did at least start as I mean to go on!<br />
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The last complete round is in a gorgeous petrol blue from Debbie Bliss's Rialto DK. Oh my goodness how I love this yarn. Being such a novice compared to the rest of you, I am impressed that I have a favourite yarn, but this one thrills. The threads bounce between your fingers, as if filled with air. I was also not a little pleased with the shells that I managed to cobble together- the third criteria seems to be that all the rounds are as different as my very limited repertoire can make them.<br />
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Which led to a dilemma. How to crochet the corners? Which then led to the dilemma you all helped me with last night: how to progress from favourite shells in favourite yarn without dimming the glory of both? Which made me think about how to crochet corners. Not the actual crocheting of a corner, but the finding of little corners where you can sit with like-minded folk and learn to crochet. How-to-crochet corners.<br />
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It has been a thing of great blessing for me over the wondrously many years we have been crocheting corners and more together: this sitting together on Wednesday nights through times of illness, of babies, of school issues, work issues, life issues, hooking (and knitting for the truly accomplished) and chatting and quietly supporting.<br />
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So, thank you for my corners (all of them)! <br />
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