We were delighted to welcome our newest recruit to Create this morning, Felicity brought Reuben in to meet us all, just 8 days old! We painted his foot and he cooperated beautifully and did a perfect print on a tile for his Grandad - what a superstar!
We had a great day here on Monday, normally we are shut on a Monday, but this week we had one of our Tutors in, Anne Makepeace, to teach a Parent and Child Knitting course all day. We had 6 Mums and 7 Children in of mixed abilities, some had done a bit of knitting before and others were complete beginners. Everyone had fun and lots of different projects were started - knitted pigs, elephants, wristbands, we even got on to learn how to knit with beads which look so pretty. Our youngest child was 6 and even she was able to cast on and knit by the end of the day. A great success all round.
Anne had been in London the day before, she had won a place on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square! She had an hour on the Plinth on Sunday afternoon, lots of people had sent in knitted and crocheted flowers to her which she used to decorate the top of the Plinth and she then spent her hour knitting and chatting. What a great experience.
The weather is still not very summery here in Ilkley so we are having a busy week with people of all ages coming in and painting pottery, we are also running some other craft over the next couple of weeks - Quilling, blackboard painting, Pin Felting and we will have the potters wheel running next week so you can actually make your own pottery aswell. Lots to keep the children busy.
Miranda
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