Following a talk a few years ago, a group of Brockenhurst WI ladies visited Honeypot House and garden in Blackfield. The sun shone and so we were able to enjoy the fabulous grounds and the house. The charity operates three respite residential houses – the New Forest, Wales and a new one in Scotland. The idea is for child carers to come for a short … Continue reading Tour of Honeypot House
Here is a round-up of our forthcoming activities for November: On Monday 14th November we have our monthly meeting. The theme is Christmas & Celebration Crafts, with a demonstration by Annette Williams. It will be held at Brockenhurst Village Hall arrival from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Annette will will have kits for sale, so bring money with you if you would like to purchase anything. Janice … Continue reading November Activities
Twelve ladies from Brockenhurst WI got together to make stars under the expert tutelage of our member Jayne. We had some preparation homework of cutting the material into 4 strips then folding and ironing it so we were all ready to go! Jayne demonstrated the processes to us in stages. Firstly we learnt how to lay out the strips to get started Then we learnt … Continue reading Star Making
The Craft Group continued to work on making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening on Friday 2nd December. Anne N, Corinne, Gina and Kim continued to sew to make a variety of decorations. Carole, Maureen and Julie painted the salt dough decorations that were made last session. Maureen has also been busy knitting. This is what we produced today: It … Continue reading Craft Group 28th October 2022
Our first bandage session of the month was hosted by Evelyn and attended by Rita. They did sterling work. The seconds session was hosted by Julie and attended by Moira, Rita and Barbara. We made 18 triangular bandages, tourniquet ties and ripped and rolled sheets to make rolled bandages. Avery, who is coordinating the bandage making process for New Forest for Ukraine, dropped in with … Continue reading October Bandage Making for Ukraine
Our craft group focused on making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Brockenhurst Christmas Fun Evening on 2nd December. Carole had made salt dough so Maureen and Julie got busy with rolling pins and cutters and made a variety of decorations. Carole, Gina, Evelyn and Corinne got cutting and sewing to make some lovely felt decorations. Ann H had got the ball rolling and … Continue reading October Craft Group (Part 1)
Despite a rainy forecast, the weather was once again kind to us for out monthly walk. As we gathered in the car park, it looked like we were going to be joined by these ponies! We decided to do a slightly different walk to take in the woods and see if we could spot fungi. We weren’t disappointed! We headed up to the bridge and … Continue reading October Walk
Janice sends her thanks to everyone for their generosity in knitting and donating for Hats off for Ukraine. It was received very gratefully when she took all that she was given down to The Hub at Ampress Lane. These hats were previously delivered from Brockenhurst WI New Forest for Ukraine are appealing for thick knitted hats and scarves from those who are happy to knit.Donations … Continue reading Hats Off for Ukraine
We met this month for our meeting at The Village Hall. The competition of the month for this month was to make Christmas Tree decorations. We received a good selection and money was raised by voting with silver coins for our charity ACWW. The craft group brought along some of the July New Forest Show entries so that members could be encouraged to enter … Continue reading October’s Meeting and Press Report
The New Forest Nappy Library The New Forest Nappy Library is up and running. We are very grateful to Hampshire County Council for a grant that has enabled us to buy all our kits and to our wonderful team of volunteers, all of whom are cloth nappy experts, who are on hand to help other parents take the plunge! For more details click the button … Continue reading Latest Newsletter from Greener Brockenhurst
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