Open Air Stitch-in at Castletown 25th August

 

Our first open-air social stitching event was unfortunate in being held in the only area in the island, on that day, with a sea fret, which cooled the temperature and was accompanied by a cold breeze blowing up Malew Street!  Members were arriving with tales of sunshine elsewhere and were surprised at the cool temperature in Castletown.  However, this did not deter our members from getting into the spirit, stitching and chatting to curious visitors in the square, who came to see what we were doing.  There were a selection of our 4” squares on display and some members had brought a selection of workshop projects to show what the Guild does.  We had a mother and two children from France who were particularly interested – even some chirpy bikers from Southend were curious and we had a couple of local  ladies who spent quite some time talking to members and committee, so although we didn’t get a great deal of interest shown, those who did come to see what we were up to, did spend a good amount of time with us.  A dozen members turned up to stitch, as many as we have at any of our workshops.