Wild Woods Day!!

One week on (and a bit) and a little trip away and I've got internet access again! Wild Woods day was lots of fun, met lots of new people and caught up with old friends.

So a MASSIVE THANK YOU to every one who contributed to the knitted tree and helped out on the day, it looked great and we even managed to dress two extra trees!

 Putting up the knitting with the help of Chaz from the woodlands team

 The final article with the first knitters getting going.

 

popular 'nice sit down' area the knitted bench.

Roxie's family tree.

Last Minute knitting!

Well we are almost there, Wild Woods day is tomorrow!

Jane, Christine and I went down to the woods today, and no surprises (or teddy bears) there was masses to do but we had a lovely afternoon chatting and meeting new knitters. I was delighted that new people came along with their knitting and crochet and to say hello and hopefully we'll see you again tomorrow!

sewing it all together - can't believe there is so much!

 Jane and Christine

New knitters with brilliant pompom knitting!

 

  all rolled up in a rather large ball ready for tomorrow. Hooray!

Site Visit to Hockley Woods - We need your Knitting!

Last week I met up with Roxie from Rochford Arts Team to scope out the trees at Hockley Woods. We've decided that this is the tree. It's pretty big but I reckon we can dress a fair bit of it. There is also a nice little bench which would nice to dress up. This clearing is the first thing you see when you come into the festival so it'll make a big impact, everyone will realise how cool knitting is and join in, and we have a whole new generation of knitters in Essex - Job done!

 

As I mentioned the tree is rather large, about 200cm diameter. We tried it out with one bit of our stash of knitting and as you can see we need a lot more before the event on June 2nd- TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!  

So if you're a knitter, and you'd like to show Essex that knitting isn't boring then visit the Knit something for the project page and join in!

Knitting at Greensward

This afternoon Jacci, Jane and I ran a session for the sixth form textiles students at Greensward. I was really impressed with how quickly the group picked up both finger knitting and needle knitting, and they kindly donated their efforts to the collective artwork. So thank you Greensward, hopefully see you on June 2nd at Wild Woods Day! And thank you Jacci and Jane for helping out, couldn't have done it without you  - and you event brought some knitting to add to the tree!

Knit-together

Another Friday, another Knit-together. Lots of lovely knitters came along to Rayleigh Windmill on Friday for knitting and nattering and I was amazed at how much everyone had made with the yarn they took home last week. 

We were also joined by people from the local press and did interviews and photo shoots a plenty. I will upload some of the shots when they get sent through. Look out for us in 'Rochford Life' and the 'Yellow Advertiser'!  

There is still loads of knitting to be done so I'm going to have a look at putting in one last knit-together before Hockley Wild Woods. Keep an eye on the blog for updates and if you would like me to contact you with session dates please e-mail me, Jess, at 

essexknit-together@yahoo.co.uk. If you'd like to get involved in the project click the 'knit something for the project' and/or 'knit at the olympic torch journeyevents' pages (top right of blog page).

Here are 4 of us posing local press styley.

And here we are knitting normally!

Knitting Needed!

Another Crafter session down. On Friday we had a lovely afternoon sheltering from the rain in Rayleigh Windmill with knitting, tea and sandwiches.

But there's still lots to do to make the knitted decorations for the Olympic Torch relay event ! So if you you knit or crochet get involved -  we need your knitting! Go to the knit something for the project page to find out how to contribute! 

And we have one more crafter get together......

Friday 4th May 2012. 11.00-14.00. Rayleigh Windmill. See Upcoming Crafter sessions page for more info. Hope to see you there!

Family Knit-together Launch Session

Knit-together has started! 

The very first session was of Knit-together happened last Tuesday. On a beautiful spring morning we took over the Windmill in Rayleigh and got started with making decorations for Hockley Wild Woods Festival and the Olympic Torch Relay event in Chelmsford . Finger knitting was the order of the day and this young man did a sterling job of knitting the longest bit! 

We also tried out pompom making, huge wheel knitting and even knitting on needles!

Want to join in?

If you would like to join in there are two FREE adult Knit-togethers at Rayleigh Windmill on:

Friday 27th April 2012. 11.00-14.00

Friday 4th April 2012. 11.00-14.00

See the up -coming crafter sessions section for more info.

OR

go to knit-something-for-project to find out contributing some knitting.

If you run a youth group or work at a school and would like to be part of Knit-together. You can e-mail essexknit-together@yahoo.co.uk to enquire about a FREE artist run knitting session between now and May 31st 2012.