Supporting a Charity - QMCG
Each year our group selects a charity to support. This year it is The Queen Mother's Clothing Guild , a charity that we have supported for a few years for their charity knitting. As you will see below, our members are already busy with needles and hooks. Madeline knitted this scarf using all the small skeins of wool she dyed at our last dying day, and plain white. It's all alpaca, one row colour, one row white, knitted in moss stitch lengthways. The aquamarine colour was just copper mordanted yarn that never got as far as the dye pot. This will certainly keep someone warm. Madeline sends woollen items where it does not matter if they shrink or felt, i.e., hats and scarves, as they end up being warmer! The QMCG is one of the oldest charities, providing for those in need since 1882. Each year the QMCG receives requests from charities all over the UK for items to enable them to continue their work. The charities include, homeless shelters, outreach units, refuges for women, hospic
