St Mungo's Project completed

I have just got back from Downham Post Office, where I posted our parcel of orange woolly hats for St Mungo's Woolly Hat Day on 26th October. We managed 25 hats in all.

This is a great cause. In addition, St Mungo's are currently auctioning celebrity hats on eBay for the appeal. Already, Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is at £1,727.00, and Eric Clapton's is at £770.00. They are the two highest ones right now. The auction ends next weekend. All money raised is for the charity.

Downham Community Fair

 Downham Market Community Fair took place in the Town Hall today, and we were there! We had some of our St Mungo's woolly hats on show. We sold yarn, patterns, books, and Donna brought some of her stitch markers and project bags. The highlight of the day was the little boy who hovered on and off throughout the morning and eventually admitted to wanting to learn to knit! Go Leon! The lovely Matthew Usher from the EDP arrived in time to record the moment!

Monday's online EDP24  had these photos on their website (and the one of Sheila is in the paper too):

Sheila crocheting a scarf

Leon learning to knit

September evening and more orange hats

We had three new ladies tonight... 13 of us altogether, which was an excellent turn out as this was the first dark evening meeting. More orange hats were brought. Here are some of us modelling them.




Below are Lorraine, Jackie and Lesley, our new members.