Blogstars Meet-up

Friday 9th February 2018

Tags: Blogstars

Early February usually means we have some very special guests visiting our Yorkshire mill.

There is a buzz around the office as though royalty are on their way. On February 3rd we had our highly anticipated Blogstar meet-up.

This is where all of our Blogstars come and join us for a chat, lunch and usually a little workshop to feed their creativity.

The activities start on the Friday before when some of the bloggers arrive and we go on a visit to somewhere crafty. This time we visited The University of Huddersfield’s Textiles Department. Well known for its fantastic textile courses, we thought it would be the perfect place to take a bunch of textile loving bloggers. Two students called Liam & Echo showed us around where we saw samples, swatches, fabrics, machinery and yarn!

It was brilliant to see the inner workings of the department. They have around nine different courses from Textile Crafts and Art to International Fashion Buying Management. It was safe to say the Blogstars enjoyed their visit, apart from when the fire alarm went off and they had to stand outside!

That evening, the Blogstars all met for a meal where much eating, drinking and crafting was to be had followed by a good night’s sleep ready for an early start on the Saturday.

We all met at the mill for around 10am. Within seconds, the yarn from the Blogstars goodie bags was out and the mill went from being very quiet to being a hive of activity.

What’s this? There’s a new Blogstar sat at our table! Meet Helen Shrimpton, with a wealth of super crocheted blankets, motifs and knowledge, she is a great addition to the team.

We all said ‘hi!’ to our overseas Blogstars who were attending the meeting via Skype. We had Anne Schueler, Julia Marsh, Michelle Westlund, Polly Plum, Zelna Olivier and Angela Armstrong.

We began with a general chit-chat and a feedback session followed by the very exciting Spring/ Summer collection and new releases (shhh, top secret!) This always creates a buzz in the air as you can almost see the Blogstars conjuring up ideas of what to make with the new yarn! We discussed new competitions, giveaways (watch this space) and magazine articles, so keep a lookout for a Blogstar popping up on paper.

We got to meet Sandra of Cherry Heart's Forget me Not Dots Blanket in person <3

Then we moved on to what some people see as the best meal of the day… lunch. We mainly like lunch as it gives us a chance to drink lots of tea or coffee, play with yarn and chat about yarn! Not to mention the lovely food and cake… yes! Cake.

With all the important things out of the way, it was time to move onto our relaxing Dorset Buttons workshop run by Juliet Bernard.

This was not too taxing with brilliant results.

The charm is that it isn’t very difficult to master. This is a great technique for making buttons to match your knitted or crocheted garment if you can’t find the perfect button. You can use matching yarn! Perfect.

It was then time to say goodbye, until the next time, Blogstars!

From left to right we have Emma Varnam, Sarah Shrimpton, Phil Saul, Helen Kurtz, Lucy Attic, Sandra Paul, Kathryn Senior, Helen Shrimpton, Lucia Dunn & Heather Leal.

Unfortunately, Jane Crowfoot, Catherine Bligh & Julia Marsh could not attend, but we hope to see them next time. We would also love to meet our overseas Blogstars in person one day too.

To find out more about our Blogstars, follow this link to their profiles.

 

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