Hi Folks,

Well! After 10 days of making up, we did it! Thanks to you all, our ‘Let’s Make It’ carnival float was a complete success, achieving 3 awards in the following categories’:

2^nd in Best community Float

Highly Commended (3^rd) in Procession teams favourite

Highly Commended (3^rd) in Most Topical Entry.

I hope you all got to see it, if not you’ll find some photos below.

A special thank you to all those who worked so very hard at the make-up sessions, to Travis Perkins who kindly supplied the structure materials and lorry, also Synergy(Weymouth & Portland Housing),Weymouth & Portland Council and Weymouth Harbour side Rotary for funding the project. Also thank you to Value house and Ricol Leisure for help with materials; And of course to our very patient driver on the day.

What an amazing journey we've had, I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you all and hope to do so again in the future…..It doesn’t end here folks….We’ll be sending out details shortly of forthcoming projects……..so watch this space….

Me & some of the make up team with a few of the incredible items you have made........

One completed Sea themed panel.

A chorus of sunflowers

Lighthouse is nearly done...............

There obviously is no end to all your creative talent.........

In 1348 it is said that from a Ship docked on Weymouth Quay came rats responsible for spreading the Black Death to England. Come along to Weymouth Carnival and See our colony of knitted rats clambering up the front of our float.......

More knitted items... andWall panel for the garden

A Wall panel complete with snails.
A fully knitted sea panel......................................................

Completed Wall panels made from finger knitting by children at St Andrews and St Johns primary schools.

After an exciting creative workshop with Yr 2 Children attending St Andrews School, the children are now working incredibly hard, making brightly coloured wool chains by finger/thumb knitting.

Then using the Chains to collage a picture panel

For our carnival float.......

.................The children's first trial collage

......Experimenting with various designs

The final design progressing rapidly........SuchFun.....................looking amazing....

Thank you to you all for joining in the fun and making me so very welcome.

Molly Mermaid and Lobster Pot have been on their travels again. Lobster Pot and our first fishing net (made mostly from finger knitting) are now complete. Molly is

making good progress thanks to all the young people

who have helped (finger knit, crochet and plait), at Littlemoor Youth Club, Littlemoor Library and Southill Youth Club. Molly will continue on her travels until she’s complete, so keep a look out for

her.

The last few weeks have been lively with our final workshop at the Park Centre, where everyone is busy continuing with

their themes,( lighthouse, Rose Arch,sea,beach and more).

Thank you all for your continuing support. Just a reminder, there are some make

up sessions at the Park Centre on Sat July 30^th 10am -1pm and Mon 1^st Aug 3.15-5.15, So if anyone out there would like to give us a hand in making up some larger items please drop in.

Ladies at the YMCA Portland gave us a

warmwelcome and were keen to get started. By the end of the session we saw the birth of the lobster pot, eel, rat, flowers and seaweed (finger knitted from green plastic bags).

Thankyou to all for your amazing efforts, a mass of items have now been handed in. Thanks also to Fairways Court Craft Group for their creative pebbles, ladies at Swannery Court, Thursday Art Group(at Park Centre) and Littlemoor for all the incredible fun items you’ve made so far.

I’ve also had the opportunity to help out and share ideas at Westham Methodist Hall Carnival Club. Their float is themed around Noah’s Ark, and already they have completed some fabulous interesting items. I had such fun making some giant feathers from wire and Tutu netting that will help make up a bird of paradise costume. If you are interested in helping with their float, Carnival club is on Fridays 4pm – 6pm, all welcome.