Moving…

One of our old rooms, with almost everything gone. Leaving here marks the end of an era – the group has been meeting in this building for 20 or more years.

Settingup and unpacking in the new room – which has the advantages of being a larger, single room, and – most importantly! – with no stairs. We can park right outside the door, and easily cart looms, spinning wheels etc inside through wide doors.

Four of us got a fair amount achieved in just a couple of hours – we’ll finish off most of it this afternoon, and gradually settle in and build the ‘homey’ feel.

The big move

We’ve been busy, getting ready for the big move to our new premises under the grandstand at the Showground. We’ve been clearing out 15+ years of accumulated bits and pieces, packing up, and planning what will go where in the new space. Yesterday we had a garage sale to sell some excess equipment, and while we didn’t sell everything we’d decided we could do without, we did sell a fair amount of it.

The new space is probably a similar size to our current space, but it’s all one room, rather than three, and we’ll be sharing it with other groups, including groups with kids who might find our equipment too tempting to ‘play’ with. So, we’re only taking what we’ll use, and can stack in one area of the room that can be screened off. (As much as one can ’stack’ table looms and spinning wheels!!)

Friday the removalists are coming at 9am – we hope to be all moved by about 11am! Since our present rooms have external, wooden stairs and many of us are not young and fit, we decided it was worth the expense of getting removalists to do all the hard work of carting gear down the stairs. (One of the big things in favour of the new premises is that there are NO stairs!)

Saturday 17th will be our first meeting in the new premises – and we’re looking forward to unpacking and making it our new ‘home’. Hmmm… this event might call for some champagne. Or some wicked chocolate cake. Or both!