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Next Meeting Tuesday 1st October

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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

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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!

September 2013 – The Big Knit

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Thanks to everyone who joined us on Tuesday. We made a total of 60 hats this year!!

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Well done everyone!

But it wasn’t all about knitting

MDAN 3rd Sept CollageYou can always bring your own project if you don’t want to join in

Last month we were knitting for the Mare & Foal

Thanks so much to Juliette & Joyce….. I’ll be posting them on Monday

Mare & Foal CollageSo the Big knit is over for another year…… keep your eyes peeled for our hats in November!

Our next meeting is Tuesday 1st October & it’s all about poppies!!!

Once again we’ll be making poppies to support the British Legion, Jenny will be coming along to help us. Keep checking our website for more information & sign up to the mailing list for our newsletter

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See you in October!

Next Meeting Tuesday 3rd September

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The Big Knit is back!

 Dust off your knitting needles & join us for this charity event.
If you haven’t heard of the Innocent Big Knit you can find out more about it here including the pattern, just in case you want to get started!

The big knit 2

This is what you need to bring if you want to join in:

Any colour yarn
3.25mm or 4.00 mm knitting needles depending on your tension…. I will bring spares
Trim….. bobbles, beads, anything you fancy really!

How many will we make this year?

If you can’t knit or don’t wish to knit bring your own project.

Normal charge of £3.50 applies, tea, coffee & biscuits will be provided
PLEASE BRING A MUG!!!

August 2013 – Charity Knitting

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Many thanks to everyone who came on Tuesday

We had a mix bag of crafts

Make, Do 6th Aug Collage

If you want to continue to make animals for The Mare & Foal Sanctuary please bring them to our next meeting & I’ll post them off.

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Can you believe it’s nearly September all ready!

As normal our September meeting will be

The Big Knit

The big knit 2

You can find more information on their website here

In the meantime don’t forget you can also find us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter @makeexeter

&

sign up for the newsletter

See you in September

July 2013 – Knitting

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Many thanks to everyone who came & knitted with us

We had a great night!

Once again I forgot to take photos of everyone’s work……. please remind me next month!

Make, Do July knitting Collage

Doing the Moonwalk next year?

Take a look at this!

Make, Do July Bra Collage

Kathryn’s fantastic knitted bra! Yes you really can buy a pattern for this!

It wasn’t all knitting

Make, Do July sewing Collage

Our Next meeting is Tuesday 6th August

In the meantime don’t forget you can also find us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter @makeexeter

&

sign up for the newsletter

See you in August

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