Tag: crochet

Next Meeting Tuesday 1st October

make, do & mend man October 2013

It’s 2 weeks until our next meeting & October is all about poppies!

Come & make poppies with us to help raise money for The British Legion. This will be our 3rd year involved in this great cause, how many will we make this year?

Jenny will be coming along to help & guide us.

Please bring the following:

 Red/green fabric or yarn

 Black buttons

A basic sewing kit

Knitting needles or crochet hook

You can either knit, crochet or sew your poppies

Or you can just bring your own project!
If you would be interested in selling poppies in a workplace or group please let me know & I will pass on your details to Jenny.

Breaking News:

We are changing venue!!!

This meeting will be held in the

RSPCA charity shop

91 South Street

Exeter

EX1 1EN

You can find parking at the back of the shop & outside, there’s also 2 car parks very near by.

Just turn up at 7pm & pay on the night, the charge will remain at £3.50…….. money raised will go to the RSPCA.

You can purchase any items from the shop on the night & feel free to bring any donations you wish.

Don’t forget to bring a mug!

See you there!

Next Meeting Tuesday 7th May

make, do & mend man 7th May 2013

Our next meeting will be all about make doing and mending!

We’re going to upcycle a cardigan

Have a dig about in your wardrobe & I’m sure you’ll find one you haven’t worn for months….. in 3 hours you could have a beautiful new cardigan!

Just a few ideas…..

Make - cardigan 2

Make - cardigan 3

Make - cardigan

Please bring the following:

A mug!

A cardigan

A basic sewing kit

Trims, fabric, crochet hook & yarn, felt, buttons….. & anything else that takes your fancy!

Normal charge of £3.50 will apply

7-10pm

Exeter Phoenix

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See you there!

April 2013

make, do & mend man April 2013

Thanks to everyone who came to crochet with us

I hope you all enjoyed trying out crochet…….. it’s not for everyone but it might be your new craft!

Basic stitches

Basic crochet Collage

Squares

Granny squares Collage

And flowers

Flowers Collage

Well done ladies!

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See you all on Tuesday 7th May for our next meeting!

make, do & mend man 7th May 2013

Next Meeting Tuesday 2nd April – Changes

I asked for your thoughts about Make, Do and Mend & you gave them to me!

Thanks so much to those who took the time to give me feedback

So you find the venue good, you think the price is good, you like the time …..basically you all enjoy coming!

However you would like to see more tutorials ….. so from April I plan to organise monthly tutorials again

Of course we will still have our old favourites for charity….. The Big Knit…. Poppy Appeal

I’m also hoping to come up with some Make, Do and Mend ideas……  after all this why the group started!

As always you can bring your own projects if you don’t fancy joining in.

The biggest changes will be the price & booking

Our membership is now cancelled.

This is due to some of the shops closing that gave us discount & also others forgetting we get discount!

There is now just one price £3.50

If your membership card is still valid I will honour the discounted price until it expiries 

You don’t have to book online…… just turn up on the night

So without further ado….

make, do & mend man April 2013

Learn to crochet!

Exeter Phoenix

Black Box

7pm -10pm

You will need to bring:

4mm crochet hook
Double knitting yarn

(a light colour is good while learning. You can bring more than one colour if you want to make granny squares)

A mug
Instruction sheets will be provided

Please be aware this is not a one-to-one tutorial…… there will be a few ladies helping you with the instruction sheet

You can choose to start with the basic stitches or if you know the stitches we can help you make granny squares

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