FW: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Anna Kidd
Hi all Angel knitters and in particular those helping out at Stokefest,
I have a business thing on tonight at the British Library so might be a bit late and wanted to make sure you all get this email below with the meeting times for the Stokfest event which is this Sunday. My mobile to contact me on the day is 07798622493. If I miss you at the meeting tonight please could you text or email me so I have an idea of how many are coming.
Nikki – did you have the pattern we were going to use?
Lastly, as some of you know I am also a member of the local WI which also meets on Tuesdays, their SnB session is once a month on a Tuesday and isn’t always well attended and they aren’t too happy with their location (Hobsgoblin pub) so at our last meeting I suggested that they might want to double up with us and passed along our meeting details. So if you have some new faces tonight they might be from the WI
Thanks
Anna
Anna Kidd
kidd...@hotmail.com
mob +44 7798 622493
Skype/MSN: kiddanch
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 03 June 2008 12:30
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Hey Anna,
Just a gentle reminder that stoke fest's coming up this Sunday 12- 3pm. The
info (including stuff about angel knits is up on the website.)
www.stokefest.co.uk
We should have plenty of tables and chairs too.
There should be an interactive marquee at the fair - if you can aim to get to
the marquee by 11.45am, that would be great. I hope to be there around that
time or earlier.
Look forward to seeing you on Sunday,
best
Yolanda
From: kidd...@hotmail.com
To: yoland...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:53:55 +0100
Hi the pub is the New Rose on Essex Road, we will be there from about 6pm, look for the needles. My mobile in case you cannot find one of us is 07798 622493
Anna
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 19 May 2008 09:04
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Hey Anna,
Hope you're well. I'm planning on coming down tomorrow evening to meet you -
was at 6pm on Essex road - what was the name of the place?
Look forward to it,
Yolanda
From: kidd...@hotmail.com
To: yoland...@hotmail.com
Subject: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 07:59:00 +0100
We do have a web site that can be linked to the StokeFest website.
I will get Nikki, our resident it expert to send the link. Small and manageable sounds good and I like your idea’s I’ll see what we can find.
Anna
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 09 May 2008 07:54
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: 3 new messages in 2 topics - digest
Dear Anna,
Firstly, many thanks - that's brilliant news. I absolutely love your
suggestions of starter packs too.
The workshop is intended to run from 12-3pm on Sunday 8th June and it will be
inside a marquee - I will try to ensure that we have sufficient chairs. As it
is quite a short time to run a workshop - I was thinking of making something
small and manageable - do you have any suggestions? I was thinking potentially
iPod covers or mobile phone covers.
Also, do you have a website or something as I will try to see what is going to
be included on the Stokefest website and try to make sure your group is
publicised. If not, do you want to include the angelknit email address?
I will confirm the amount of wool/needles that can be provided.
I plan to go up to Oxford on the 19th May so will come to a knitting workshop
that week to meet the group and hopefully firm everything up.
Many thanks once again, I'm really looking forward to it.
Best
Yolanda
07809 450 662
> From: kidd...@hotmail.com
> To: yoland...@hotmail.com
> CC: angelkni...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: 3 new messages in 2 topics - digest
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 18:10:44 +0100
>
> Yolanda,
>
> Angel Knits would love to help you with StokeFest on 8th June with
volunteer
> knitting teachers. We have 3 already confirmed and I have volunteered to
be
> the co-ordinator so you don't have to keep too many people in the loop.
>
> Some initial suggestions from our side follow below, but don't worry we
> would love to help come what may and might be able to help to provide
> solutions as well as teach.
>
> Could you provide us with Yarn and needles to teach with?
> Seats to sit on - around a table works well.
> Where will you be positioned? Similar events for "UK hand
kitting" have
> identified that near a food venue works well, (but not so near people use
> your seats as an extension to the café) or near a high traffic area, where
> members of a group can drop off someone to learn and pick up on the way
> back.
>
> To keep people knitting and therefore buying stuff to knit with, have you
> thought about "Starter kits" for us to sell, wool from your Fair
trade
> sources, simple non copy righted patterns (we might be able to help here)
> and needles (ideally fair-trade sourced)
>
> We have some Flyers and promo-materials for us with our logo and meeting
> details on an hopefully you won't object if we had these on display too.
>
> We have our usual group meeting on Tuesday - starting at 6pm in the New
Rose
> Pub, Essex Road N1 if you are local you are very welcome to come along and
> meet us all.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Anna
>
>
> Anna Kidd
> kidd...@hotmail.com
> mob +44 7798 622493
> Skype/MSN: kiddanch
>
>
>
> > Dear Angel Knits,
> >
> > I am contacting you in the off-chance that your group might be
interested
> in participating in the interactive area of Stokefest this Sunday 8th
June.
> > www.stokefest.co.uk. It is a free community festival in Stoke
Newington
> which happens every year and attracts about 30,000 people.
> >
> > The organisation I'm working with for this proposal is an
Oxford-based
> fair trade organisation called Trading for Development (TFD)
> www.tradingfordevelopment.co.uk. The organisation links fair trade
> co-operatives in Latin America to suppliers in the UK etc. People will be
> able to learn about the producers; more about fairtrade; the materials
> produced from different regions (Peru, Bolivia, Chile) and children (and
> adults) will have the opportunity to write them messages/ send them
knitting
> patterns/ pictures etc and we will post it to them as the director of TFD
> works closely with these co-operatives with the aim of improving the local
> economy.
> >
> > I thought that knitting & weaving would be the perfect medium to
allow
> people the opportunity to see the wool they produce and learn how to knit.
> >
> > I am hoping to reach out to the community via a knitting group and so
was
> wondering whether this is something you might be interested in. It would
be
> wonderful if your group would be interested in lending some time to give a
> knitting workshop for children and/or adults during that afternoon. If you
> have any comments or suggestions then I would be really pleased to hear
> about them.
> >
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Yolanda
> >
> > 07809 450 662
> >
> >
> >
> == 1 of 2 ==
> Date: Wed, May 7 2008 6:18 am
> From: "Anna Kidd"
>
>
> I'm happy to be involved in Stokefest as a teacher on 8th June, being
based
> in Stoke Newington - how can I say no.
>
> If anyone else would like to be involved I'm happy to co-ordinate the
Angel
> Knitters.
>
> Nina, my direct email is kidd...@hotmail.com if you would like to get in
> touch
>
> Anna
>
>
> I am happy to help out for a couple of hours! I love
> teaching people to knit!
>
> I am sorry, I have never actually come along to your
> group ... I keep really wanting to ... It's always one
> thing or another (normally work-related, huh.)
>
> Nina
> --- We are Angel Knits London
>
> == 2 of 2 ==
> Date: Wed, May 7 2008 8:32 am
> From: Nikki
>
>
> Local co-ordinator all cool and groovy. Do give Yolanda a call.. :-)
>
> I should be free to get invovled as well, as I've not got anything in the
> diary for that day.
> I'll get some Flyers and promo-materials setup for us with our logo etc.
> Do mention to Yolanda that we will need yarn to teach with of course, and
as
> people will want to keep knitting, we might want to think about suggesting
> there getting "Starter kits" for us to sell as well from their
Fair trade
> peoples? I wonder who we can tap for needle donations to go with them...
>
> We'll chat about it next week as well, but everyone on here please do chip
> in with ideas and offers to help out! :-)
>
> L&s
> Nikki
>
>
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Nikki
Now, people... Anyone else free on Sunday?
http://www.stokefest.co.uk for details!
This Festival gets around 20,000-30,000 people through the doors...
I'd guess there will be about 100 people out of that interested, and
god knows how many kiddlings...
Myself and Anna are not going to be able to cope with that on our own!
If anyone else can come along, it is a free festival, we are doing our
bit from 1pm until 3pm, the festival runs 12pm-7pm
L&s
Nikki
On Jun 3, 2:36 pm, "Anna Kidd" <kidda...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all Angel knitters and in particular those helping out at Stokefest,
>
> I have a business thing on tonight at the British Library so might be a bit
> late and wanted to make sure you all get this email below with the meeting
> times for the Stokfest event which is this Sunday. My mobile to contact me
> on the day is 07798622493. If I miss you at the meeting tonight please could
> you text or email me so I have an idea of how many are coming.
>
> Nikki – did you have the pattern we were going to use?
>
> Lastly, as some of you know I am also a member of the local WI which also
> meets on Tuesdays, their SnB session is once a month on a Tuesday and isn’t
> always well attended and they aren’t too happy with their location
> (Hobsgoblin pub) so at our last meeting I suggested that they might want to
> double up with us and passed along our meeting details. So if you have some
> new faces tonight they might be from the WI
>
> Thanks
>
> Anna
>
> Anna Kidd
> Sent: 03 June 2008 12:30
> To: Anna Kidd
> Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
>
> Hey Anna,
> Just a gentle reminder that stoke fest's coming up this Sunday 12- 3pm. The
> info (including stuff about angel knits is up on the website.)www.stokefest.co.uk
>
> We should have plenty of tables and chairs too.
> There should be an interactive marquee at the fair - if you can aim to get
> to the marquee by 11.45am, that would be great. I hope to be there around
> that time or earlier.
>
> Look forward to seeing you on Sunday,
> best
>
> Yolanda
>
> _____
>
> To: yolanda_y...@hotmail.com
> Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:53:55 +0100
>
> Hi the pub is the New Rose on Essex Road, we will be there from about 6pm,
> look for the needles. My mobile in case you cannot find one of us is 07798
> 622493
>
> Anna
>
> Sent: 19 May 2008 09:04
> To: Anna Kidd
> Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
>
> Hey Anna,
> Hope you're well. I'm planning on coming down tomorrow evening to meet you -
> was at 6pm on Essex road - what was the name of the place?
>
> Look forward to it,
> Yolanda
>
> _____
>
> To: yolanda_y...@hotmail.com
> Subject: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 07:59:00 +0100
>
> We do have a web site that can be linked to the StokeFest website.
>
> I will get Nikki, our resident it expert to send the link. Small and
> manageable sounds good and I like your idea’s I’ll see what we can find.
>
> Anna
>
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Anna Kidd
Dear Angel knitters
To the whole group who came, Yolanda sent the email below to say thanks for coming and giving your time at Stokefest on Sunday. Nikki, Maggie and I managed to teach quite a few people to knit and spread the word about the group so maybe some new faces in the next few weeks.
As I write this Feline is sitting at some London airport on her way back to Germany then on to the USA, Canada and back to us on or around 11th July. We wish her all the best in her travels and not to spend all her money on yarn in New York even if the exchange rate makes it so attractive. Verity has also been on holiday in France, so welcome back to her when she reads this.
We are now in the 6th month of the year and as one of my New Years resolutions’ was to complete WIPS and deplete the stash. I thought I would list my WIP’s for you proving that I have well and truly broken my resolution and in the hopes that someone else would reply listing theirs and it would be longer than mine!!
WIPS
Bears
As you all saw a few weeks ago Björn was completed, but now has the jaunty edition of a scarf and is keeping my nephew company in slumberland. I have two more bears to be stitched up and stuffed one brown and one variegated pink; any suggestions for names gratefully received.
Bathmat
My bathmat is coming along slowly, taking its time to grow to the completed length of 60 cms, but it is repetitive and is now travelling to the cinema and in front of the telly ( I did quite a few rows whatching Indy at the Rio the other week).
Cardigan’s
My winter weight pink cardigan has ground to a halt. I decided that the pattern was so basic and the wool so plain that I could liven up the ribbing with a pattern from the Nicky Epstein’s “over the edge” series…and that is as far as I have got.
Cotton summer cardigan, well it’s started!! Actually I bought the wool and started last summer, then it became winter so I started the pink one and then I needed to do Björn and friends and so is still a WIP
Yarn Stash Depletion
Well I did buy some new yarn at the show earlier this year, but I have used two of the balls to make one of the bears and Björn and his brown friend were completely from the stash, please can I have some credits for this?
How’s everyone else doing, have you made or missed any knitting targets this year?
See you at the New Rose 6:30 ish on Tuesday next
Anna
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 09 June 2008 09:41
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Dear Anna,
Just to say a big big thank you to Nikki, yourslef & Maggie for coming down
to facilitate the workshop. It ran really smoothly thanks to your creativity,
energy and help. Much appreciated.
I hope that you had a good afternoon at Stokefest and that we can collaborate
again in the future.
Best wishes
Yolanda
From: kidd...@hotmail.com
To: yoland...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:25:48 +0100
Yolanda that’s great hope to see you there
Anna
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 03 June 2008 12:30
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Hey Anna,
Just a gentle reminder that stoke fest's coming up this Sunday 12- 3pm. The
info (including stuff about angel knits is up on the website.)
www.stokefest.co.uk
We should have plenty of tables and chairs too.
There should be an interactive marquee at the fair - if you can aim to get to
the marquee by 11.45am, that would be great. I hope to be there around that
time or earlier.
Look forward to seeing you on Sunday,
best
Yolanda
From: kidd...@hotmail.com
To: yoland...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 10:53:55 +0100
Hi the pub is the New Rose on Essex Road, we will be there from about 6pm, look for the needles. My mobile in case you cannot find one of us is 07798 622493
Anna
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 19 May 2008 09:04
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Hey Anna,
Hope you're well. I'm planning on coming down tomorrow evening to meet you -
was at 6pm on Essex road - what was the name of the place?
Look forward to it,
Yolanda
From: kidd...@hotmail.com
To: yoland...@hotmail.com
Subject: Angel Knitters/Stokefest
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 07:59:00 +0100
We do have a web site that can be linked to the StokeFest website.
I will get Nikki, our resident it expert to send the link. Small and manageable sounds good and I like your idea’s I’ll see what we can find.
Anna
From: yolanda yong
[mailto:yoland...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 09 May 2008 07:54
To: Anna Kidd
Subject: RE: 3 new messages in 2 topics - digest
Dear Anna,
Firstly, many thanks - that's brilliant news. I absolutely love your
suggestions of starter packs too.
The workshop is intended to run from 12-3pm on Sunday 8th June and it will be
inside a marquee - I will try to ensure that we have sufficient chairs. As it
is quite a short time to run a workshop - I was thinking of making something
small and manageable - do you have any suggestions? I was thinking potentially
iPod covers or mobile phone covers.
Also, do you have a website or something as I will try to see what is going to
be included on the Stokefest website and try to make sure your group is
publicised. If not, do you want to include the angelknit email address?
I will confirm the amount of wool/needles that can be provided.
I plan to go up to Oxford on the 19th May so will come to a knitting workshop
that week to meet the group and hopefully firm everything up.
Many thanks once again, I'm really looking forward to it.
Best
Yolanda
07809 450 662
> Nina, my direct email is kidd...@hotmail.com if you would like to get in
> touch
>
> Anna
>
>
> I am happy to help out for a couple of hours! I love
> teaching people to knit!
>
> I am sorry, I have never actually come along to your
> group ... I keep really wanting to ... It's always one
> thing or another (normally work-related, huh.)
>
> Nina
> --- We are Angel Knits London
>
> == 2 of 2 ==
> Date: Wed, May 7 2008 8:32 am
> From: Nikki
>
>
> Local co-ordinator all cool and groovy. Do give Yolanda a call.. :-)
>
> I should be free to get invovled as well, as I've not got anything in the
> diary for that day.
> I'll get some Flyers and promo-materials setup for us with our logo etc.
> Do mention to Yolanda that we will need yarn to teach with of course, and
as
> people will want to keep knitting, we might want to think about suggesting
> there getting "Starter kits" for us to sell as well from their
Fair trade
> peoples? I wonder who we can tap for needle donations to go with them...
>
> We'll chat about it next week as well, but everyone on here please do chip
> in with ideas and offers to help out! :-)
>
> L&s
> Nikki
>
>
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