T2 and Cake

Tea and cakeFor those who enjoyed our evening at T2 Kingston in the summer there is good news.

We have been invited back for another after hours  evening session. They suggest we do a tea and cake theme. Right up our street. We take cake, they do tea to match the cakes!

Date to be announced

We I will need 3 volunteers to bake a Victoria sponge, a lemon drizzle and something chocolatey

http://www.t2tea.com/

Knit a Father Christmas

Kit has shared this knitting pattern, it would be great if you can knit some finger puppers for our stall at Hampton lights on.

Father Christmas can be made from oddments in brown, red, white and beige double knitting wool.  Use a pair of size 12 knitting needles.

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Using brown wool, cast on 14 stitches.
Row 1:  knit
Row 2:  purl
Change to white wool, and knit rows 3 and 4.
Change to red, and starting with a knit row, work 14 rows in stocking stitch.
Change to white wool.  Knit 5, on next 4 stitches leave long loops (for beard), knit 5.
Next row purl.
Change to beige wool, and starting with a knit row, work 4 rows in stocking stitch.
Change to white wool.  Knit 2 rows.
Change to red wool.  Knit 2 together 7 times.
Next row:  purl.
Next row:  knit 2 together 3 times, knit 1.
Next row:  purl.
Draw thread through remaining stitches.
Stitch down back and add features.#

 

Hope it makes sense to some of you as its double dutch to me I always assumed Purl was spelt Pearl !

Agenda for the Annual Meeting and 4th Birthday

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From 7.15pm – Arrive and sign in
7.30pm : Welcome and notices

Annual Meeting

Some words from our president – Kit Greenleaves
Review of the year, slide presentation – Jacqui Prout
Presentation of the accounts – Lesley McGrath, Secretary & Vice Treasurer

(Click the account image  for a copy of the final accounts for 2015)

Accounts

Carol Sullivan from the Middlesex Federation will host the election of a new committee

Current Nominations are
Kit Greenleaves
Lesley McGrath
Chris Lloyd
Loraine Childs
Glenys Telford
Suriya Goodlett
Jacqui Prout

There is still to make additional nominations, if we have more than 8 nominations (the maximum number for our committee) a vote will take place.  Once we have formed our new committee the group members will be asked to vote for the president for the coming year.


Cake

Tea break
With cake from this month’s Star Bakers 
Delia Etchells and Chrissie Cemm

 

8.15pm – Beetle Drive

For thoseBeetle pic  who don’t know what a Beetle Drive is here are some rules I found on-line (although Kit may have a variation on this)

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