New 100% wool fabric to play with

Can't wait to get stuck into this new project!! New murky green wool blanket just in - I love Ebay! Instagram post

Mary Arden's Care Farm Open Day

Yesterday’s Care Farm Open Day, at Mary Arden’s Farm, was really fun. Lots of staff attended to support the Open Day and were very enthusiastic about Care Farming as part of the Mary Arden’s Farm offer. The catering team had put on a lovely spread with loads of yummy almond croissants and hot drinks!

Copyright Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

The introduction to the Care Farm, given by Care Farm Coordinator Shashika Poopalasingham, gave everyone a good idea what the Care Farm is about. There were various activities throughout the morning including a short film about Care Farming at Top Barn, testimonials from a Welcombe Hills teacher, a tour around the farm with members of the Mary Arden’s Farm team and we saw some Care Farm clients in action. They were being very industrious, weaving our willow tunnel with their teacher (who seemed to be having loads of fun too!), and we even got to have a go!

People had an opportunity to chat to Shashika about working with vulnerable people, engaging with visitors and about how the farm, as a historic visitor attraction and farm, could accommodate the specific needs of Care Farm clients.

It was a lovely, informal event. Looking forward to the next care farm open day!

"Gorey" stuff

The Gores I have mainly been avoiding today...

Winter partlet

Ooh I eyed up some lovely fabric whilst volunteering this week and now I am going to make a madder/pink winter partlet. Partly because the lovely fabric called to me, partly because my "gores" on my Tudor waistcoat are getting me down :)

Such pretty wool. I'm using a wool blanket (100% wool) and some linen for the lining, and some ribbons for ties, I think.

Ribbons: Might make braids but my friend said that putting pink on one side, black on the other, would make really fun linen ribbons when they're tied!