2020 Third Quarter Challenge
This year’s theme is ‘Personal Items’ so the third quarter challenge calls to all felters, spinners, weavers, stitchers, knitters, crocheters and mixed media fibre artists to think ahead.
With apologies to our forum friends in the southern hemisphere who are looking forward to spring, we need to think about the coming cooler months.
All the shops have their summer sales now so that they can clear the way for the new autumn/winter stock that will be on sale by the beginning of August.
So the challenge is to make something that will keep you warm!
Here are a few ideas to get you thinking:
Josie (forum member) is knitting a lap quilt…
…Arlene (adventures in felt) has just made her first pair of mittens…
…and last year Judith (koffipot) showed her woven scarf on the forum…
…and if you’d like to make a hat but don’t know how, then Teri Berry is running an online class via the Felting and Fiber Forum. The class will run in July / August and registration opens on 2 July 2020. The price for this four-week course is £50 GBP (approx. $66 US, $85 Canadian, €56, $88 AUD, $97 NZ) and the number of places will be limited to 30 students.
The first felting tutorial will be posted on 16 July 2020 with another tutorial posted in each of the following 2 weeks. The class forum will remain open for you to share your work and ask questions until 27 Aug 2020.
Here are a couple of her hats…
So get your thinking hat on. What can you make, in your favourite medium, to help keep you warm this autumn/winter?
Please post your photos on the Felting and Fiber Forum in the studio challenges section.
15 thoughts on “2020 Third Quarter Challenge”
your knitworks are really cool! I like all colors you picked
Josie will be pleased by your comment! The colours and pattern are really pretty.
I seem to anticipate your every move. My plan for the guild poker challenge will be warmer.
Two birds with one stone! Good move.
Hmmm… I’ll put my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with. I’m not much for wearing scarves and hats unless it is really, really cold. Maybe I can make a wool coat for my new dog 🙂
What a good idea Ruth!
Sounds like a great idea!
Unfortunately, fall will be here soon enough. Great idea Lyn!
And I highly recommend Terri’s hat class.
I think when we’re children the summer seems to go on forever, but as an adult you realise it’s such a short season.
Thanks Annie for the mention above. I have not worked on it since April due to all the mask making, but thanks to you I’ll make it a focus to finish for the upcoming challenge.
Sometimes it’s good to have a deadline Josie!
You chose some lovely examples to set us going Lyn. I’ll have to put my thinking cap on.
Thank you Antje. We chose those examples to highlight that the challenges are not all about felt – the forum embraces many textile mediums.
Neither of us yet have a clue about what we’re making for the challenge.