Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good evening everyone Well! this is the first time for ages that I have had 2 workshops in one day & wow has it had an effect on me - I really feel tired.  Oh dear - I really am getting old (er). This morning I had an extra crochet workshop down at Daleside.  It was for a fellow crafter & her daughter who desperately wanted to learn how to crochet granny squares.  They had been misled into thinking my workshops were just drop-ins.  Anyway I did a proper workshop for them based on what they wished to learn.  But - my lovely stamp club ladies - I got something out of it for you.  A club evening one month next year.  That is all I am saying now.  Just wait for the 1915 workshop programme - or you never know I may let you in on the "secret" at your next meeting. After that morning workshop I was then off to my other group at another garden centre - the ladies who attend that one have been going for a while & are making the most amazi...

Good evening everyone. This morning it was time for one of my crochet workshops & a very good morning it was too.  I had 3 ladies, in this group there is normally 5 but 2 of them couldn't make today & will be joining another group in order not to go too long before another session. One of the things I have discovered whilst unpacking these boxes - well more correctly I discovered whilst packing them at the old house - was I just have loads & loads of wool.  About 17 years ago I decided I had too much & there wasn't a lot of use of hanging on to it - so I gave it all to a local Convent.  The reason I know it is about 17 years ago is that shortly after giving it away Bob's daughter told us she was pregnant - so I had to go out & buy wool. Our grand-daughter was 17 in March.  But I didn't realise just how much I must have bought - until now.  So having it for ladies to learn how to crochet is useful - plus the workshops have whetted my appet...