Knit and Natter

October is the month when we welcome guests from other clubs and places.

This year proved to be the best yet, with a sell out crowd in a new and roomier venue at Dunchurch Village Hall.

We had a few more traders and demonstrators than previous years, and they started arriving at about 9, whilst our first guests arrived by 9.30.  It was a good job we had set up the night before, and were [partially] ready.

The morning went by extremely quickly, for me at least, since I was running a Patchwork knitting stall, and we had about ten ladies knitting there.

I managed to get round the rest of the hall for these pictures:

Doris and Doria manned the door, and were kept very busy for about an hour!

The first people arriving in the hall

Guest got a  warm welcome and a cup of tea or coffee from Brenda and Janet

We had lots of donations to the charity bring and buy stall in aid of the Royal Marsden Hospital

Club member Judy in action at her spinning wheel

Wendy’s button stall was a great success

Knit n Caboodle were also there

Lots of yarn and other things from Sue Woolley and Uppingham Yarns

Local alpaca farmers Toft Alpacas were there

The raffle prizes were waiting to be collected

And after a fantastic presentation by Iris Bishop, Liz Holness [chair of the Guild of Machine Knitters] presented the winning numbers, while people came forward to see Iris’ work in close-up.

Selected feedback received from people attending:

What a wonderful day it was…!
Just to say how much we enjoyed today.  It is going to be a very hard act to follow.
What a success from the knitters’ point of view on Saturday – I think the light and airy venue, together with your organisation made it a great day out………Iris Bishop is such a good speaker…
can I say how much my friends and I enjoyed Saturday, it was well worth the drive
Thank you – I did enjoy it
Iris Bishop is so inspirational and such a wonderful speaker. I could listen to her all day.  WE do appreciate all the hard work that you and all the Members of Long Buckby had put in beforehand.  The day was an undoubted success.