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Photo above courtesy of Denise Ogawa
This year (2012) our Waldorf School of Orange County Wednesday morning craft group came together and made a “Knitted Farmyard Garden” to raise funds for our school. Thank you Rachel Skelly and Christine Newell for organizing our beautiful Wednesday morning craft group get-togethers!
June 7, 2012. Today, Denise told the group that our “Knitted Farmyard Garden” turned out to be the highest earning item at the recent fundraiser raffle. It was reported that the tickets for our craft project brought in close to $1,000!!! Julie had entered our craft creation into the local Orange County Fair.
Hooray! What can be more fun than a few mornings of hanging out with friends, crafting and making $1,000 for a great cause!
Thank you Rachel, Christine, and all the many hands that brought this happy creation into being! Thank you Julie Fish for taking many, many photos of this knitted farmyard garden blanket.
Hooray! Our project won ribbons at the local Orange County Fair 2012!
July 16, 2012. Julie sent us some photos to tell us that our project won several ribbons at the local Orange County Fair!
white ribbons…
yellow ribbon…
Our knitted farmyard garden blanket at the 2012 Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, California …
ribbons…
Thanks Julie Fish for the photos!
Details of the little knitted (and needle felted) farmyard garden…
What a fun landscape to play in!
There is a little hammock for the baby chick!
…some straw bales for another chick to hang out on
The mother hen watches her brood hiding in little pockets on the playscape.
Here stands the rooster I wet and dry felted on a wednesday morning. I needle felted a colorful tail using leftover pieces of yarn from Christine’s handwork class.
Arial view of that grand tail!
Many wet-felted chickies!
The pieces on the blanket are movable for endless hours of open play.
It is such joy to craft together with friends!
A Book Recommendation
I particularly LOVE this book…
Oh! Tonsured Franciscan monks working in the garden! Who could resist that? The Knitted Garden by Jan Messent, on Amazon.com
The Knitted Garden by Jan Messent, on Amazon.com
Be still my pounding heart! Excerpt from The Knitted Garden by Jan Messent
One of the fans of Castle of Costa Mesa is the incredible Sachiyo Ishii. Look at her upcoming book (out in November 2014). I can’t wait to get a copy! Perhaps we will knit this for our Waldorf School of Orange County 2015 Gala craft donation?
You may pre-order Sachi’s book on Amazon here.
Waldorf School of Orange County Annual Fundraiser Handmade Goodies
Here are some other examples of our Waldorf School of Orange County craft group projects we made each year in support of our school fundraiser. This is a very short partial list.
Click here to view our Waldorf School of Orange County 2014 craft group’s Knitted Stone Soup project.
Our Waldorf School of Orange County wooden tree house fundraiser from 2013.
Click here to view more projects from our local Wednesday Morning Craft Group.
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Kimira
This is really beautiful. I am trying to make one for my little ones.
jzinius
This project was made by a group of mothers from the Waldorf School in Southern California for a school fundraiser. It was enjoyable to make this over tea in the company of friends. The result was a dynamic, interesting piece made up of different styles, talents and love. The process itself had lended an extra layer of beauty to this little handmade treasure. I wish you an enjoyable process and a beautiful result. Your little ones are very fortunate! If you have a photo to post, we would love to see it! Also, in case you find it fun, you too, can get together a group so each person makes a different part of a whole blanket (say for a child’s birthday). Enjoy! – Jzin
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