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Woolfest 2012 will be held on Friday 22 June 10am-6pm and Saturday 23 June 10am-5pm at Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 0QQ.
Entrance costs £6 per day. No concessions. Accompanied children free
Tickets only available on the door
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Bunting for Woolfest
For Woolfest 2010 we had the idea of getting our friends and visitors to make some bunting to brighten up the show. We were overwhelmed by the response and this is now a long term project!
Thanks so much to everyone who donated some very colourful contributions. An incredible 100 metres was contributed during Woolfest 2011. We now have 145 metres of pennants which stretches half way round the venue. The aim is to keep adding to it through the coming year and eventually encircle Mitchell's completely.
We would like triangles made out of wool or any natural fibre. They can be knitted, crochet, felted, woven or a combination of any of these - as plain or as fancy as you wish; just bring them to the show and leave them at the information desk
They must be no bigger than an A4 piece of paper - that gives a maximum width of about 20cm and a length/depth of about 30cm.
Attached are a couple of suggested knitting and crochet patterns courtesy of Wool Clip member, Ruth Strong and Woolfest regular, Avril Jennison.
Knitted bunting
Here is a simple knitted triangle in garter stitch to get you started. You can vary this as you like - Ruth's original incorporated stripes of colour.
Cast on 2 stitches and knit in garter stitch (knit every row)
Increase one stitch at the beginning of every 3rd row.
Continue until work on your needle measures about 20-22cm
Cast off and sew in ends.
Crochet Bunting
Courtesy of Avril Jennison of www.woollyone-offs.co.uk
To make the triangles I started at the point and worked upwards.
The two variations are both made using a 4mm hook and the yarn I used was J C Brett Pure Merino DK. The triangles can be made by any yarn thickness - just change the size of the hook used.
Purple Triangle
Ch 2
2 dc into 1st ch from h ook, turn (3 sts)
Row 1:
Ch 1, dc across, turn
Row 2:
Ch 1, dc across, turn
Row 3:
Ch 1, dc in 1st dc (inc made), dc in each dc across, 2 dc in top of turning chain (inc made), turn
Repeat Rows 1 to 3 until triangle is as large as you require.
Red Triangle
Ch 3
2 tr into 1st ch from hook, turn (3 sts)
Row 1:
Ch 1, 1 dc into each tr, turn
Row 2:
Ch 3, tr in 1st tr (inc made), tr in each dc across, 2 tr in top of turning ch (inc made), turn
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until triangle is as large as you require.
Avril has also created some more variations and ideas for the bunting - see www.woollyone-offs.co.uk for details.