craft, crochet, wool-eater blanket

First Brown Owls meet for 2009

Tuesday evening was the first meet of the revamped Brown Owls crafty club for this year.  Rather than meeting at the clubhouse and having a different set project each meet (a truly massive workload for the organisers) we are meeting at a different location each time and bringing along our own crafty projects (although there are still craft kits available if you need one).  We met at Stay Human in Richmond, which describes itself as an “ethical hub and merch makers”.  It was a great crafty space, I took along cushions to sit on and had a glass of wine from the cafe downstairs.  Lovely to greet familiar faces and meet some new ones!  I took along some crochet (hardly surprising).

Brown Owls March 09 by you.

I’ve made a start on Clare’s Wool Eater Blanket.  I found it a little tricky to get into the flow of the pattern at first, necessitating ripping out stitches a few times – much to the horror of onlookers!  But now I’m in the groove, and I adore the way it is progressing.  Stay Human has a badge making machine available, so I made a few badges using crafty photos I’ve taken.  That was fun – I’m trying to think of other uses for badges (school fundraisers, kids birthday parties, etc) so that I can have an excuse to go back and make some more one day.

We ended the evening in the cafe downstairs and had coffee and creme brulee – one of my favourite desserts!  It’s nice to be meeting up again, although I do miss the clubhouse.  The opportunity to share my interest (obsession?) in craft has become very important to me over the past year.  I’m so glad to have met you all, fellow crafters!  And I’m so glad that we’re continuing to get together in a different, relaxed format.