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Who's up for it? Let's find a weekend!

I'm Dorset/Hants...

Yes but can't knit but would love to learn. Dorset here.

Can sew though and actually would love to finish my tapestry.

I can't knit either but I can crochet

As long as we can get a bunch of folk into Starbucks spending four hours drinking one coffee and doing some craft

Let's keep this to the top. I'm border, and I know of two crafty types in the New Forest. There's also a couple down in Portsmouth Saints supporter spits

I am Wareham way but happy to travel (and praying that Saints go up)

Nice one!

Was chatting to FrazzledBlob today over coffee and crochet for the Blanket projects and she's up for it too. We thought Winchester might be good as it's easy to get to from Surrey as well as Hants and Dorset?

Also, I am likely to have lots of wool leftover from the Blankets for EdgarAleNPie and Rindercella so I thought perhaps I could bring it and we make some things for charity. I normally support www.lisasstars.org.uk so we could kick off with them, then if it's a success do one every couple of months for a different charity... Or for the same one...

signing up :)

extra brownie points for fivegomad for the saints prayers

I think the charity idea is a fantastic one for the leftover wool and it would be lovely if we can kick start a regular craft meet up that results in some good support for a charity like the one purple has mentioned.

Oh I am in Hampshire too! I am N E Hampshire so I thought Hants/Dorset borders might be too far but if you are going to be in Winchester can I join in? It is only 15 miles from me and would be great!

Do you have a venue? In a dream world where everthing falls into place in a lovely woolly way, you could meet in the C & H Fabric store coffee shop, one floor down from their yarn department.

Mind you, it would mean fighting off the OAPs with your crochet hooks/knitting needles for a space at some tables.

Ooh, cheers Niecie, that's our venue!!

Right. Midweek or weekend? I work shifts so am available at random times therefore no preference...

Sadly Winchester is too far.

five, Winchester is just over an hour for you, and about 45 minutes from me...

Closer to an hour and a half, it is an hour to the junction for Southampton Docks from us. Never Mind.

Is Southampton better??? I don't think it's any less convenient for Hants types (loads easier for me)

Well don't worry about me then - I know most of you are in the southern part of the county. I might be alright with Southampton but it would depend on the time of day. It would have to be a weekday mid morning thing so I could get back in time to collect the DSs from school. It then gets a bit limiting for everybody else! You have to go where the majority find it easiest.

If there were more up this end of the county perhaps we could have 2 groups and maybe meet up as a big group once in a while but I seem to be the only one so far.

I'm still willing to travel :)

I am free in the week in the school holidays but term time it would have to be weekends.

niecie I am liking your woolly dream, sounds ideal chilling in a coffee shop after bankrupting ourselves in the yarn department

I can't do holidays or weekends.

Forget about me if I can come I will but don' worry.

So far we have three people, two of whom live close enough to liftshare.

Anywhere good in Dorchester or Wimborne, Fiver?

Wimborne or somewhere around ther would be great but only if OK with ithers.

Hobbycraft? With a cuppa in Haskins?

me mee!!! Please and thank you. I'm in the forest, would likely be armed with the two bairns.

Would have room for another in the car if both kids were with me.

Unless we go picnic (athough not sure I can deny myself hobbcraft!)
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picnic or hobbycraft sound good :)

At the moment I would quite happily skip work for this meet up and I only went back to work today

Oh No!! boohoo to work and horrah for naughty hobbycraft/picnic treats!

Bumping

Apart from Hobbycraft where do you all get your supplies from locally? I always need more yarn and I have decided to give safety eyes a whirl.

kryshees how old are your two? mine are 6 and 2, wondered if we could find a suitable child friendly spot where they can entertain themselves a little? (any excuse to do more crochet )

I like the child-friendly idea (although I don't have any)

We need some kind of park with a cafe right next to it!

2 and 3.5 @frazzledblob. now I do happen to have a biggish wendy house that goes down well!!

@purplepidjin perhaps flasks? And a cake off?

Wiverly enclosure is always good as it has loos, or the reptile centre maybe (I have never been there!), Leep? that has a good playpark.

in terms of supplies, I use the treasure trove/chest or something like that in Tuckton, with Zebedees up the road. Hobbycraft (soton one I like), Williamsons in Woolston soton, there a fabric place that also fixes sewing machines in bournemouth way

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