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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Ruth Has a Blog! and posts from the Festival of Quilts
Just wanted to let you know that lovely Ruth now has a blog, so we can keep up with her at: http://www.ruthcrafts.blogspot.com/
Ruth, and a handful of other Bluestockings, (including me!), went to the Festival of Quilts last friday. You can read about what happened here:
http://thomasinaknits.blogspot.com/2008/08/quiltfest-08.html
http://ruthcrafts.blogspot.com/2008/08/first-post-and-festival-of-quilts.html
http://www.littlegreenbees.co.uk/?p=50
http://www.oxfordkitchenyarns.com/blog/2008/08/17/festival-of-quilts-2008/
Have I missed anyone?
2 Comments » - Posted in plans, stash enhancement by katieh
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Oxford Bluestockings Trip to the Festival of Quilts - 2008
Last year, a number of us went to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC. It’s an incredible event, and everyone had a lot of fun (and bought lots of great crafty things…)
Anyways there are plans to do it again this year, so here is the information:
Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham, Thursday 14th August to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in plans by katieh
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
The London Stitch & Creative Crafts Show - 28th feb - 1st march 08
Does anyone fancy a trip to the London Stitch & Creative Crafts Show, at the EXCEL building in Islington, on Saturday 1st March?
Tickets are £9, or £7 if we find an offer code (from Simply Knitting magazine, probably, so I will ask my mum, who is a subscriber), and prebook.
My sister, (honourary non-knitter and holder [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in plans by katieh
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
2nd Annual Oxford Bluestocking Wind-off and Yarn Swap
Go hunting through your stash, the 2nd Annual Oxford Bluestocking Wind-off and Yarn Swap is on!
Date: Saturday 26th January 2008
Location: Katieh’s house, in Headington
Time: 2.30pm onwards (the yarn swap will start at 4.30pm)*
Please feel free to bring cakes or nibbles (I’m going to make a marmalade cake, and a lemon curd cake), yarn you need [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in plans by katieh
Monday, December 24th, 2007
Happy Christmas!
Just a short post to say Happy Christmas to all the Bluestockings. Hope you have a great time, and that any knitted presents this didn’t cause too much stress.
I’m looking forward to Liz getting ‘New Pathways in Sock Knitting’! (is it weird to be looking forward to someone getting something you already have? [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Uncategorized by katieh
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Opinions please: Oxford Bluestockings Secret Santa.
Hello - I had this idea in the bath!
How about we run an Oxford Bluestockings Secret Santa? With say a gift limit of £5 - or equivelent from stash or something. The present could be made, or bought, or whatever. I figured we could run the getting of names in early november, so people have [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in plans by katieh
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Important Question about this Wednesday’s meeting.
Hello all!
Given that various people went to the Knitting and Stitching Show on Sunday, and bought yarn, I am wondering if it would be better to move the meeting to my house (in Headington) just for this week?
That way, anyone who has anything that needs winding to do can do it themselves, and get to [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in plans by katieh
Monday, October 15th, 2007
Introduction: Katie of Oxford Kitchen Yarns
I’ve been a member of Oxford Bluestockings since November 2005.
I remember that I nearly didn’t go the first week. I was certainly nervous, and - having never been to a stitch n bitch before - had no idea what to expect. I didn’t know how old everyone was likely to be, or what sort of [...]