October 2017 knitting and crochet workshop with Carol Meldrum

Thursday was a full day workshop, everyone was frantic to try and finish their projects so it was nose to the grindstone all day.Our friend Moira appeared with a huge basket of figs, which provided a delicious starter for the evening meal of figs stuffed with cheese and wrapped in prosciutto.

Culli sold another of his yarn bowls to Cindy, this one had an amazing interior that looked just like a lemon and a pear.

Friday was the last morning for projects, then a relaxing afternoon in Cognac.

In the evening we had show and tell for all the work done during the week.

Barbara's samples and finished cushion front, in a mix of knitting and crochet

Jacqui worked her way through the knitted samples from the stitch directory

Cindy took her inspiration from a lovely piece of fabric she bought at the brocante on Sunday - a piece of linen with hand painted chickens. She also rattled off a couple of snoods with the yarn bought in Saintes.

Gill C worked on a mix of knit and crochet, producing some lovely samples

Gill P tackled her first piece of crochet, worked her way through some of the knitted samples & made a fish book mark and a case for her sun glasses.

Jan went for a bit of bling in her gorgeous beaded evening bag 

and Jane made a beautiful cushion cover using a variety of knitted stitches

A great week, with lots of laughs and some wonderful finished results. Thank you to Carol for all her hard work!