A knit and Natter group in Frome is welcoming new members to join their various projects or make use of the space to work on their own.
The group meets on Tuesday afternoons from 1.15pm to 3.30pm in the Churchill Room at The Blue House. They work on various projects, including knitting items for local charities such as matinee jackets and blankets for premature babies at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
“We have also helped the Peacock Women’s Institute in Corsham create a cascade of poppies down the tower of the parish church to mark the 80th anniversary of VE day,” said a member of the group Sheila Hedges.
As well as working on group projects, they also work on their own individual crafts. “This includes smocking, embroidery and tapestry,” said Sheila.
During the Frome Festival, the group displayed a ‘the cloak of invisibility’ they made outside The Blue House.
Sheila said, “The cloak was knitted by members using wool dyed with woad, grown in The Blue House garden. The Romans wrote how the Britons appeared out of the mist and the colour variation achievable with woad is thought to be a possible explanation.”
Anyone interested in attending, can drop in to a session on a Tuesday.
Pictured: The cloak of invisibility outside The Blue House
