http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:19:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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? http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2008/08/22/ruth-has-a-blog-and-posts-from-the-festival-of-quilts/ 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 ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2008/06/26/oxford-bluestockings-trip-to-the-festival-of-quilts-2008/ Despite the predictions of the BBC we had a lovely sunny day for WWKIP day yesterday and so had a pic-knit in the University Parks much to the interest of passers-by and one particularly persistent moorhen who had apparently learnt to recognise the triangular profile of a sandwich from 10 ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2008/06/25/knit-together/ 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 ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2008/01/29/the-london-stitch-creative-crafts-show-28th-feb-1st-march-08/ 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 ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2008/01/23/2nd-annual-oxford-bluestocking-wind-off-and-yarn-swap/ 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 ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2007/12/24/happy-christmas/ I have been emailing Rachael about the walking stick cosy competition window display. She is making a Christmas tree to hang them on... I think it's going to look amazing and I was wondering if we ought to have some kind of Xmas event in the shop and if anyone ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2007/11/13/rachael-matthews-haberdashery-event/ This is actually more about destashing as I have a couple of ideas for what to do with all those ends of sock yarn that get left over when you just can't knit any more ribbing:  Oliver's blanket: Michaela at http://stashbasket.blogspot.com/ is asking for 4 inch squares knit from sock yarn to make ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2007/11/13/a-good-use-for-spare-sock-yarn/ 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 ... http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2007/10/27/opinions-please-oxford-bluestockings-secret-santa/ I'm not going to be there tonight, so I just wanted to ask people whether they'd be interested in a "knit-in" at my house on either November 3rd. Alternatively the following weekend would be a possibilty. What do you think folks? http://www.oxfordbluestockings.co.uk/blog/2007/10/17/saturday-3rd-or-10th-november/