Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Tree Leaves at the Trafalgar Bay

Anna's Leaf Stash

We had a warm welcome from publican, Sarah, for our workshop at the Trafalgar Bay on Tuesday evening.  Everyone worked very hard with their knitting and stitching.  Elizabeth went off piste with some fab crochet!


Candi, Alice, Nettie & Elizabeth

Emma & Hana


Deborah & Sarah

Nicky, Anna & Anna

Thanks to Sarah for accommodating us!

We had a very nice cache of trees and leaves after the workshop...

Trees & Leaves from the Trafalgar Bay workshop

Thank you to everyone who came along and to the Trafalgar Bay for having us!

Our final workshop is on Friday 14 June 2019 at Rowntree Park Cafe from 2-4pm.  Come & join us - full details here.



Friday, 17 May 2019

Tree Leaves at Rowntree Park Cafe #1

Trees & Leaves from the Rowntree Park Cafe workshop

On Monday we joined the Craft & Chat group in Rowntree Park Cafe for our second Tree Leaves workshop during the #GetCreativeFestival. We were making trees and leaves for the Tree Leaves Yarnstorm that will be going up in Rowntree Park in late July 2019 until the end of August.

Crocheting, stitching and knitting was in evidence...

Hazel, Anne & Margaret

with lots of smiles...

Karen & Annie

and concentration...

Nettie, Amanda & Sam


Amanda, Sam, Gina & Tania

It was lovely to meet up with the Craft & Chat group.  We did take up quite a lot of space though...

Craft & Chat Group

but made lots of lovely trees and leaves!

Trees & Leaves

Thank you to everyone who came and to Rowntree Park Cafe for having us!

Our next workshop is on Tuesday 21 May at the Trafalgar Bay pub on Nunnery Lane, York, YO23 1AB from 7-9pm.  Come & join us - full details here.



Sunday, 12 May 2019

Tree Leaves at Spark:York

Knitted and Stitched Trees from the Spark:York Tree Leaves Workshop

Our first Tree Leaves workshop took place at Spark:York on Saturday.  It was the first day of the #GetCreativeFestival, and everyone was making trees and leaves for the Tree Leaves Yarnstorm that will be going up in Rowntree Park in late July 2019 until the end of August.

Trina & Annette & their stitched trees


Trina & Annette were enjoying birthday celebrations as well as stitching trees, meanwhile Meg & Jack were busy knitting their trees.

Meg & Jack knitting trees


Jayne, Suki & Rosie making fab trees
And it wasn't just trees that were made...
Knitted & Stitched Leaves
Nicky & Orla went off piste with their designs using crochet and pompoms!

Nicky & Orla have their own designs

Everyone is very busy getting creative!

Here are all the trees we had by the end of the workshop...


Trees from the Spark:York Tree Leaves Workshop

As usual I forgot about taking photgraphs till the end so thanks to Alyson, Sylvia and Grace & her Dad for joining us too! 

Our next workshop is on Monday 13 May at Rowntree Park Cafe from 2-4pm.  Come & join us - full details here.