Showing posts with label Sew Chatty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sew Chatty. Show all posts

Friday, 10 June 2016

Fantasy Fish swim in to Increase the Shoal!

Fantasy Fish from Sew Chatty - thanks to Fiona & the team!
  
Here is a quick flick through all the fab #fantasyfish that have swum in to #increasetheshoal in the last week or so.  Hope I've got all the attributions right but if I've got it wrong, many apologies.  So here's a massive thank you to everyone who has sent in their makes for the Fantasy Fish Yarnstorm for Rowntree Park, York - they're awesome!

Sarah's stitched fantasy fish
Kate's fab fish

Starfish from Sam & Helen & fantasy fish from Florence, Kit & Cecily
Colourful fish from Mags & crochet creatures from Mink
Noah & Nelly from Liz
Judith's colourful creatures
Elvis & Lionel Lumpfish from Caroline
Pauline & Christine's fab fish
Tina's knitted & stitched lovelies

A great catch from the Good Humour Ladies Club - thanks to Vanessa & all the ladies!
Clare's cute crochet shoal

A mix of fish & starfish but I don't know who made those fantastic creations!
    
You can read more about the Fantasy Fish Yarnstorm here.  And the deadline hasn't yet passed - get your Fantasy Fish to Rowntree Park Cafe today!  We can't wait to see them all.  

York Press - Tuesday 7 June 2016
   
And guess what - the Fantasy Fish project was featured in the York Press this week.  You can catch up with the article here.  Thanks to Maxine Gordon for featuring us!

The fish/creature count has currently reached exactly 300 and that's not including pompoms and plant life! 


The Fantasy Fish Project is sponsored by the Friends of Rowntree Park and has been supported by Hobbycraft, York, Knit & Stitch, York and York School of Sewing.


Thursday, 14 May 2015

Poppies in the Park Workshop at the Golden Ball York

The first Poppies in the Park workshop was at the Golden Ball pub in York on Tuesday.  It was a busy night and we took over two rooms. 

It was quite a night for stitching - possibly because we had gatecrashed the UFO (UnFinished Objects) Group's regular night and had a contingent from Sew Chatty join us too.  You may remember the fantastic yarnstormed horse that the UFO Group created and the beautiful flower garland that Sew Chatty made at our first yarnstorming event in Rowntree Park.

White stitched poppies

Red stitched poppies

Ordinary knitting was also on the needles.  No needles necessary for the arm knitting and finger knitting though - and spot the pompoms!

Knitted poppies, pompoms, arm knitting & finger knitting

And of course there was big knitting too - Fiona & Sarah took up the big knit poppy challenge.  I hope there'll be someone to continue the big knitting challenge at our next workshop on Saturday!

Big knit poppies are underway!










Thanks to everyone who came along and made poppies with us.  We've made a fantastic start!  Thanks too, to the Golden Ball for having us.

Poppies in the park workshops are taking place in Craft & Design Month - come and be creative with us!




The Poppies in the Park yarnstorming installation goes up in Rowntree Park, York on 11 June 2015 and is sponsored by Friends of Rowntree Park, Boyes and Duttons for Buttons