Liz is showing the scarf and the frame it is crocheted on.

Counting the rows

Off the frame and being edged

Hairpin Crochet

Liz had a very successful stall at the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show with hairpin crochet scarves and kits to make them. She kindly agreed to come to our Spinning Group and teach us.

Lots of scarves underway.

World Wide Spin in Public Day

Here we are on 19th September 2009 in the front yard of the Beechworth Quilters Cottage, to celebrate World Wide Spin in Public Day with a meeting of our North East Yarn Lovers Group from Ravelry.com, our internet forum for fibre crafts.

Jill and Fran are hard at work at their wheels.

They were joined by Joy and Julia and her grandmother.

We had a wonderful day, almost 30 people turned up, and we did our share of PR over the front fence with the public.

International Crochet Day

I love this first photo. It's taken from outside the Beechworth Bakery where Elke, Maree and I crocheted in public to celebrate International Crochet Day, attracting some odd stares. Stare away I say, or come and join us! Well the windows are so reflective you get a wonderful image of the opposite side of the street, mingled with some legs and crochet (hehehe).

A Visitor

Maree had a visitor from Scotland, Marion, who she chats to on Ravelry. We met her at The Pantry for lunch and chatting (and some knit/crochet). It is lovely when friends from far away can come for an overnight visit.

A bit of this and that

In between spinning I am crocheting throw rugs for a charity stall, and knitting headbands for my granddaughter,

Nell is 91 and finding it difficult to see the knitting, but after a life of having busy hands, we have managed to get her doing some crochet,

Pam is finishing of some WIP needle cases,

and Maree is knitting very curly mohair (a grey beard for Santa???)

and the wheels go round...........

I know there is a focus on bobbins full of spun fibre on this blog, but that is what we do best. And spinning just 300gm of fibre into a fine yarn can take a couple of weeks if you are only able to sit at it of an evening.
This gorgeous green is Pear Tree merino fibre and I'm spinning it for a special birthday gift.

Elke, Joy and Cathy were filling their bobbins also.

Patchwork Friday Sept 4, 09

Isn't this just so sweet? It's Bev's work in progress and one we haven't got to catch up with before. Hopefully I'll soon be showing it finished.

And here is our beginning patchworker, Joy, starting on her post and rail quilt.

We had a storm not long after our patchwork group and here are the pics of the magnificent rainbow -- yes, a double, and the pot of gold is near our pond! You could actually see the end of the rainbow on the grass. Well, this WAS a goldfield.

What I find so interesting are the shades of the sky.

Broomstick crochet lesson Mon 31st Aug 09

For our 'Something Special' Day, Chris gave us a lesson in broomstick crochet. And very importantly, we welcomed back Joy, to the spinning group, after having other commitments for a few years; having welcomed back Ann to the group the week before; and welcomed our three visitors Daphne and Lyndy from Melbourne and Sue from Chiltern.

Lyndy, Kathy and Joy start on their broomsticks and Maree helps before her work shift.

Chris shows Fran how to start while Pam concentrates.

The room was full and the only place to go for a pic was up the stairs!

Chris was helping Sue to start off.

Broomstick crochet around the room

Pam and Elke were casting on:

Daphne was wearing her lovely Shawl and admiring some dyed yarn while Sue cast on:

Sue and Ann wielding the broomsticks:

Lyndy and Kathy counting stitches:

Broomstick crochet success

Daphne shows how much the broomstick crochet resembles the eyes of a peacock feather.

Sue's

and Lyndy's

These ladies were all visitors from the Crochet Lovers' Victoria group on Ravelry.