Come along and join in a a relaxed day to work on your own project, try others and share your skills. Craft Day £8 including lunch and cake. Contact Harriette hdottridge@hotmail.com to book.
Lunch will be vegetarian of home made soup, home made bread, butter, cheeses, hummus for those can’t eat cheese, fruit. Some people are kind enough to bring or donate cakes or biscuits. Tea, coffee and herbal teas available thanks to the Community Association to whom all profits from these days are given, to support our village and villagers. Free parking is in the road outside and payment can be made on the day in cash

Bring your craft with you, or let me know if you would like to try or want help with any of the following: spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, felting as there are regulars who do any or all of these and we just need to bring the appropriate equipment. Everyone is happy to share their knowledge and many people simply bring what they are doing to do it in company with like-minded people. No pressure! If you would like me to I can also bring my wood block printing kit with some blank tea towels for you to have a go at (cost £2.50). You don’t need to have done this before as it is easy to pick up and make good presents. Feel free to contact me with any queries.

Mel was delighted to spend a few hours recently with Sarah Wilson creating her own bouquet of late summer/early autumn flowers, having won this activity in this year’s fete. Put next year’s date in your diary now Saturday 6th July.

Harriette’s Craft Day in Compton Dando on 17th October, the first of this winter’s sessions, was well attended. It was a lovely collaborative, calm day doing everything from knitting and crochet to glass mosaic, wood block printing, card making and making charming book journals. Jenny supplied her delicious soup and Dawn kindly brought her chocolate cake to add to the other homemade foods. The next three dates are: Saturday 18th November, Tuesday 9th January 2024 and Saturday 3rd February 2024.

Please contact Harriette Dottridge if you would like to come, cost is £8. Bookings to be made before Wednesday 15th November please, for the following Saturday.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone is doing next month. Embroidery is one Alison began at last year’s sessions, she is now working on a new seedhead illustration.

Mossy Earth, in partnership with Bristol Avon River Trust, In this video we’re introducing our new project areas along the River Chew in south-west England, where we’ll be undertaking a variety of interventions to let the river run wild again.
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
1:20 Context
3:39 Beautiful habitat
6:28 The problems
7:51 Our project
🔎 ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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The River Chew is a scenic watercourse that forms part of the Bristol Avon network of rivers, streams and lakes in the British countryside. Along stretches of the river, trees and vegetation provide food, shelter and spawning grounds for important migratory fish and invertebrates, including the protected Atlantic salmon. Where there is sufficient shade, trees help improve water temperatures, sediment levels and the riverbank. However, sections of the River Chew don’t have this delicate balance of vegetation cover and have been degraded by surrounding land use. Partnering with BART (Bristol Avon River Trust), we are focusing on river habitat restoration, riparian tree management, landowner engagement and habitat and fish spawning surveys to improve two key fish spawning tributaries.

You can read more about it here: https://www.mossy.earth/projects/spaw…