Blackwork bookmark

A bit of a sneak peek for you today!

Later this month, the West Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes is again hosting a stand at the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate.

I have been helping to organise our stand and managed to talk myself into designing and making a kit to sell to visitors.

This is what I came up with ...



A blackwork sampler bookmark on aida band.

I hope people buy it and can understand my instructions and charts!

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Wednesday fun

I had a very busy day Wednesday with lots of WI things - my favourite kind of things.

I spent most of it at the West Yorkshire Federation office sorting out things for my role as Denman College rep and also learning about running our monthly newsletter. I'll be getting involved in that too; I'm a woman of many talents. And not enough hours!

It's always fun being at the office with some of the other members and having a good gossip!



Here's me and Hayley being daft!

The evening was spent with Hayley and Helen as usual.



Here's Helen knitting me a hat!

I spent my time doing some tiny blackwork pieces as practice pieces towards my NFWI Embroidery Certificate.





I'm testing out different fabris and threads and getting used to how the patterns work - it makes my eyes go funny after a while!

Finally I helped Hayley set up her blog to showcase her artwork. It's still new but do head over and become a follower and you'll get to see some of her wonderful artwork in the coming weeks. Hayley's blog.

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