Canberra Brown Owls - June Meet Up

So it's that time of the year where Canberra has the chilly mornings and we get to pull out of the wardrobe all our winter woollies! So this month, let's get our wool out and make some cosies!

http://www.bellacoco.co.uk/2015/03/crochet-tea-cosy-pattern.html

I've found a few links that might interest you:

1. 14 Tea Cosy pattern ideas: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/crochet-tea-cosies-free-patterns-978280

http://justjen-knitsandstitches.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/justjens-easy-ripple-tea-cosy.html

 2. The link for our pic this month featuring the crochet granny stitch: http://www.bellacoco.co.uk/2015/03/crochet-tea-cosy-pattern.html
 
3. The most gorgeous knitted tea cosies: http://teacosycompetition.blogspot.com/p/rose-tea-cosy.html

http://teacosycompetition.blogspot.com/p/rose-tea-cosy.html

4. Don't need a tea cosy, make covers for your jars instead: Crochet Mason Jars http://littlemonkeyscrochet.com/mason-jar-cover-free-pattern/

http://littlemonkeyscrochet.com/mason-jar-cover-free-pattern/

Otherwise feel free to BYO any project and join us for an afternoon of cuppas and crafting xx

Meet Up Details:

Saturday  30 June 2018

From 1pm - 4pm

RSVP over at our Canberra Brown Owls Facebook Event page

 

Venue Details:

This month we're meeting in the Community Room located at the  Belconnen Fire Station, on Bardi Place in Macquarie (or you might know it's along Bindubi Street, Aranda (not far from Jamison shops).

 
Please park in the public parking area located on the side of the Fire Station. Apologies for stating the obvious, but please do not access the fire station from their main entry.

Access to the Community Room is by a pass which we have organised. The community room also has kitchenette and bathroom facilities.

June Meet Up - Winter Woollies

Hello Canberra Owls,

Our next Canberra Owls meet up is just around the corner and we would love for you to join us with your winter woollies and a winter warm craft. 

Bring along your knitting, crochet, felting and wool embroideries, all the crafts we love during winter months!

Looking for winter inspiration? Meet me at Mikes has some wonderful tutorials, like:

The gorgeous Zig Zag Crochet Pattern: 
http://meetmeatmikes.com/2013/10/tutorial-zali-zig-zag-chevron-crochet-pattern/

There are heaps of woolly tutorials at:
 http://meetmeatmikes.com/tag/tutorials/page/3/?tag=tutorials as well as Pinterest for sure. 

Of course, you can bring along any project, woolly or not! So bring along whatever you're working on at the moment and join us for a cuppa and some afternoon tea.

We'll be meeting at Canberra Creatives in Macquarie on Saturday 28 June, 2pm to 4pm.
Don't forget to bring $5 for room hire and a plate to share for arvo tea if you'd like.

Please RSVP by commenting here or emailing us at canberrabrownowls@gmail.com

Or visiting our Facebook page!

May meeting :: knitting!

Hi Canberra owls!

May is nearly over, which means it is time for our next get together!!

The cooler weather, and maybe the yarn fumes from the Old Bus Depot Market Celebration of Wool day yesterday, has us obsessed with all things wooly - so this month we'll be offering a learn to knit workshop!

If you'd like to join in all you need to do is let us know in the comments, and bring along your own knitting needles and wool. For beginners about size 4mm needles, and a nice smooth (not fuzzy) 8ply (sometimes called DK) in a colour other than black is best - but if you have something else at home already that will be fine too. If you don't have any supplies but want to try it out just let us know and we'll try to arrange for extras.

Of course, if knitting isn't your thing that's ok too! Just bring along whatever you happen to be working on and join us for a chat and a cup of tea!

We will be meeting on Saturday May 25, 2pm at the Downer Community Centre 

Please also remember to bring $5 for room hire, and something to share for arvo tea if you would like!

It would be wonderful if you could RSVP in the comments below so that we know how many owls to expect - dont forget to tell us if you'd like us to bring spare needles/wool!

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Old Bus Depot Markets :: Celebration of Wool

May in Canberra means gorgeous autumn colour, and a move towards winter's frosty mornings and chilly nights.

It also means it's time for Canberra yarn lovers' favourite day of the year - the Celebration of Wool at the Old Bus Depot Markets - which is being held this Sunday 19 May.

The markets will be packed full of hand felted garments and accessories, designer knitwear, millinery, weavings, funky beanies and farm label knitwear. And, of course, yarn - glorious yarn - including hand spun and hand dyed yarns.

This year's stalls will also include the brand new Queanbeyan group of the NSW Knitter's Guild, who had their very first meeting just last week. If you want to know more about the Guild, or think you might like to join, make sure you pop by and see them.

One of our resident Brown Owls crochet and knitting experts, Renae from Suzy Hausfrau, will also be there with her gorgeous boutique yarns.

We would love to hear from you!

Are you planning to check out the Celebration of Wool? What will you be shopping for? Do you know of an ace stall holder who we must check out - help us plan our shopping time!

It would also be fun to know after Sunday if you bought anything, and what your plans are for it (stashing is a perfectly good plan!). Get in touch, and maybe we can have a bit of a yarny show and tell next week =)

Happy yarny crafting!