Felting day Saturday 1st August 2020

Hello Fellow Felters

Another month has gone by and its a new month on Saturday - which means its a felting day this Saturday August 1st.

All welcome
Usual place: Halswell Hall on the corner of Halswell Junction Road and Halswell Road
9.00 am - 3.00 pm
$10 door charge

Hi All, Our next felting day is this Saturday, 4th July 2020. We had a good turn out and catch up last month with our first post covid felting day.

New felters are welcome
Halswell Hall on the corner of Halswell Junction Road and Halswell Road, Christchurch.

9.00 am - 3.00 pm
$10 door charge


Other dates for your diary:
Dont forget members of creative Fibre can enter the Canterbury branch's exhibition. Entries due Friday 28 August

Fibre Creations
3rd – 13th September 2020
Visitor Lounge
Canterbury Museum
Opening night is Thursday 3rd September 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Entry Fees: $10.00 per entry (item for sale)
$15.00 per entry (item not for sale)

SOUTHERN FELTERS
southernfelters@gmail.com. Check our facebook page and website.

Wohoo .....Felting day on Saturday 6 June

No particular activities planned but it will be great to see what people have been up to.  We'e been waiting a long time for this one.  Our first felting day since lockdown. 

It seems we are allowed social gatherings of up to 100.  The rules say: People who dont know each other should stay 1 m apart.  We need to keep a record of who attends.  The advice is that if you are worried or vulnerable it is OK to attend a social gathering but you might want to limit your time there.  They suggest 2 hours but anyone who is worried is welcome to just come for a short period.  We will be there over the usual time 9 am to 3pm.  You will need to bring your own mug and it might be best to bring any other cutlery you need for lunch.

We need to record

• the person's name
• their active phone number or email address (an effective way to contact them)
• the time they arrived and left the event.

Avoid attending a gathering of any size if you are:

• unwell
• a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19
• waiting for a COVID-19 test result
• self-isolating

Use good hygiene such as frequent hand washing with soap and water, and cough and sneeze into your elbow. Use hand sanitiser if provided.

Enough rules.... I'm looking forward to catching up with people and doing some felting.

Lynette

First post lock down Felting day 6th June

At this stage we are planning to have our next felting day on Saturday 6 June.  This is a while away so check nothing has changed but 6th June is the plan at this stage.  New members and new felters welcome.  Bring cash if you want to buy any of Annas lovely wool and $10 for the door charge.  If you are new email southernfelters@gmail.com so we know who to expect and we can bring along enough equipment to get you started.

Halswell Hall on the corner of Halswell Junction Road and Halswell Road
9.00 am - 3.00 pm
$10 door charge

Woo Hoo, first felting day of the year - this Saturday 1st of February 9am-3pm at the Halswell Hall.

See you there. We welcome new people and can help you get started with felting - although caution - it is addictive. 

Raewyn Penrose workshop - expressions of interest

Hi Fellow Felters
Southern Felters is hoping to host a workshop with Raewyn Penrose in March.  Raewyn does beautiful felt work and she is going down our way.

Barbara King is coordinating things for Southern Felters and is asking for expressions of interest so we can gauge numbers.  If you are interested in attending please contact Barbara directly.

Barbara King
arly@xtra.co.nz

The workshop will probably cover a range of techniques and attendees will produce a variety of samples.  It will cost approximately $100 per day and probably run for 2 days.  The samples are usable in other projects and Raewyn will explain this in the workshops. The samples workshops give you an opportunity to learn different skills and not just focus on one thing.  Dates at this stage are either 7th and 8th March or a date in the middle of March depending on Raewyn's plans (probably a weekend).

It is also possible Raewyn will also do a workshop in Timaru.  Let Barbara know if you are interested in this as we aren't sure who will organise this.

For some of Raewyn's work see
https://www.creativefibre.org.nz/tutordirectory/listing/raewyn-penrose

Glenroy Nov 2019

Katherine Wright's spinning

Lynne Evans leaves

Sharon Ferguson's jacket

Gill Shaw working on her chicken legs

Lynette Hartley's sumi ink wall hanging

Viv modelling Paula Crean's felt hat

Impromptu fashion parade