BBC COUNTRYFILE - CHILDREN IN NEED HAT

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CHILDREN IN NEED ACTIVITY

 
 
Last year, the Stratford-upon-Avon Guild was approached by the BBC's Countryfile team to help with fundraising for Children in Need. We jumped at the opportunity!

Countryfile ran a competition to design this year's Bobble Hat for BBC Children in Need. We were asked to turn a fleece from Countryfile's Adam Henson's sheep into some hats and a scarf, inspired by the winning design, to be auctioned off to raise money for the charity.

Jane Lucas, one of our members, collected the fleece from Adam last November, and was filmed demonstrating some of the skills we would be using to process the fleece. This subsequently appeared on the Countryfile show launching the hat competition, which can still be found on the BBC iPlayer at 
 
In the last few months, the fleece has been washed, dyed, carded (brushed smooth), and spun into various colours of wool. This wool has now been knitted up by some of our members into a number of hats, and a scarf designed by the judges of the hat competition. These are to be auctioned off shortly - details to follow!

The guild will also be (briefly) appearing on the Countryfile show on the 25th of September - we will post a link to the episode once it is available!