Friday 26 July 2013

Friday, 26th July

Welcome to another Sidmouth Knit Cafe  session...

Today was a lovely little session, a few of our ladies had already left for their summer holidays....

which just meant more cake for the rest of us!!!!

Beth was working on a little cardigan,  for someone who has yet to have their birthday..but it's expected very shortly..within the next two weeks!

Fliss was making an adorable cat rag rug hanging..

It looks a very colourful project!

Doreen was hard at work with a very delicate crochet mat....its incredibly fine and very neat!

Cath and Alison were very hard at work trying to decipher the pattern for making baby socks...

On only two needles!!!!


It was taking alot of concentration! But we are confident they will get there in the end!
Claire brought in some jams ....

Elderflower, Wild Honeysuckle, Earl Grey and Cherry Beer with wild cherries...

And brought in a selection of cake stands to show the ladies that she had made.
We had some V.I.P 's attending this session..Who helped set up and serve the cakes...

They also got down to some knitting.....

And showed some of us ladies up!
Today was a bit of a cake fest !

We had white chocolate and lavender gluten free shortbread...
Gooey wooey chocolate brownies...

Some muffins and some currant cake and last but not least....



 The star of the show...Beth's orange marmalade and cinnamon cake which was divine.
As its the summer holidays the knit cafe closes but we still meet in the coffee shop across the road, so you are still welcome to pop along and join us..just follow the sound of needles clacking and ladies chattering.
We will also be having a stall outside the meeting hall during the Folk Festival so please pop along and see what handmade goodies we will have for sale..We will still be blogging over the holidays when possible so please keep popping over to see us,. Till next time and Happy Crafting x x x




Friday 19 July 2013

friday 17th, july

Welcome to this weeks knitting eggstravaganza!So glad you could pop in to see us again....
Jan brought in some of her "homegrown" eggs...
But it was Beth who got us all a clucking  with her extreme knitting... her needles were 24mm x 500 mms!
 She had made her own yarn...
From wool roving (tops)
Most of us ladies had never seen the like of it...
It obviously takes a lot of heavy concentration....(I think she will kill me for that photo lol)
Betty was working on baby blue garter stitch goodies for Exeter baby care unit..such a good cause...
As are  Catherine's teeny weeny bobble hats knitted for Innocent Smoothies Age Concern campaign..keep an eye out for them in shops  later in the year
Mandy was making miniature pom poms to top them off...
Using the fork winding method..
Cindy was still on the lacy shawls....
Claire had started a granny crochet blanket...
And Alison was working on a new arrivals baby blanket...as soft as a cloud...
Our old favourites sweat peas graced the tables..
along with miniature pink wild roses...
and cosmos x
cakes this week were....
Lemon and lavender drizzle cake...
Beth's most amazing raspberry meringues
And a rustic love heart pie of tayberries and rhubarb which just exploded with flavour in your mouth, it was seriously awesome....
Here we all are hard at work enjoying our selves...why don't you come along and join us...till next week ..and happy crafting x

Friday 12 July 2013

Friday 12th June







But soon the sunlight started to stream through the windows of our hall


We had scented stocks...
And dainty sweet peas amongst the flowers on our table today....
Alison made us all broody with her dungarees...
and matching baby booties...soooooo cute!
Carla's started another frothy lace creation...a  soft as a cloud shrug....
Betty was working on the edging to a soft pale lemon baby blanket...
Knitted for the Exeter special baby care unit.....such a fantastic cause...
We had a new member join us today...Jackie, who was knitting this cable tank top, its so neat! We hope she will join us again next week x
Jan has started on this wonderful Fair Isle knitted cardigan....
What a wonderful snowflake pattern...can't wait to see her wear it in the autumn.
The hall was a clitter clatter of needles and laughter and chat....Claire brought in some of her Wild Honeysuckle jam for everyone to try..
Here is a pic of our lovely chandelier....its a very big one!
Here is our resident textiles artists shawl....
She is making a free form autumnal shawl for her shoulders, using different blends and Fliss' home spun yarn, its for when  she snuggles and  reads in bed....


Todays cake table was groaning under a marmalade cake, raspberry yogurt cake....
And gluten free lemon shortbread ...




 WE LOVE KNITTING!!!!!!  
See you next week x x