Wedensday 14th of April Flowergruop

After lunch the flowergroup had a walk to see the new sportscentre in Pastende. An old man (the manager) told us all about the place.

This ruin & park is next to the school in Pastende and we are told that it is an old sprit-fabric.

After dinner this wonderful dancing-group came by and taught us some dances. Originaly they are a weight-loss group.

Wedensday morning

Kindergarten so cute

we walk in the town.

Lunch time
/ Maiken

Arrivel to Latvia

A break at a castle on our way to Pastende.

The food group starts.

Making pancakes.

Here is the pancakes.
/Maiken.

Wedensday 14th of April 2010 morning

In the morning we started up making a "gate".

At 10:30 am we went to see the performence from the kindergarden.

Dorte made a Stork for the "gate".

The "Stork-gate" in the hall, notice the little "crocedille" and the fish.

Thursday 13th of April 2010 Afternoon

The flower-group went to Talsi with the bus in the afternoon.

We visited art school for children aged 10-15 years.

Some of the old part of the town. A town with 9 hills.

On top of one of the hills, we got this view.

Thursday 13th of April 2010 morning

Thursday morning we meet at 9 o'clock a.m. at the culture house next to the school.

We began to make som blue and yellow flowers, that had to dry up until tomorrow.

Out of willow we made mobiles for the entrance/hall.

"Long" Analie is hanging the mobiles at the sealing.

Monday 12th of April 2010

The reunion at Riga Airport. We were picked up by bus and went to Pastende.

At Pastende Culture House we had a warm welcome from Jolanta and Antra. We were shown around and told about the place.

This is the local primary school, were we have lunch every day in the celler. It's build by a german Baron and his family are still conected to the place.

Our first meal in Latvia, lunch at the school. Afterwards we went to our hosts, and had a look at their places before dinnertime at the culture house. After some singing we went back to sleep, while Poul and Anne arrived at midnight.

Felting on recycling sweaters

We bought a bunch of sweaters in a recycle store.
Washed the sweaters and felted them with needles nice and tight.
Personal and beautiful designed clothes.
See the example above.

Needle felt on cards

Dyed wool and feltneedles
passepartouts

silk (left overs)

The finished cards

Arrange the wool on the silk - felt it properly with the needle - glue it on -

decorate it with perls - send the card to a good friend -

/Elin

A crochet flower

Start with the inner flower:

Croch 5 ch (chain stitch) into a ring with a SlSt (slipstitch)
All rounds ends with af SlSt an begins with a ch.
Croch 9 sc (single crohet) in the ring and end the row.

After that:
- * 2 ch and skip 1 crochet an croch 1 sc in the next stitch*
- Repeat from * to * 5 times = 5 bows

Croch in every bow * 1 sc, 3 tr (treble), 1 sc*

Croch from the back of the work a new row of ch-bows:
-*croch 4 ch, 1 sc around the sc from the inner flower*
- Repeat from * to * 5 times = 5 new bows

Croch in every bow: * 1 sc, 4 tr, 1 sc*

Do the ends nice and thight.
Decorate with perls or fabric flowers an sew a brooch or a hairbuckle on the back side.

/Elin