Our Federation have been busy adapting to our new world of lock-down, distancing and online meetings and have send out the first flyers for events in the New Year. All of these are free to WI members – just send an email to the Federation Secretary at fedsec@lrfwi.org with your contact details and the title of the event you would like to attend.

The Annual Council Meeting will be held on-line as well this year – please see the poster below for information. More details will follow in due course, but in the meantime you can sign up by sending an email with your contact details to marketharboroughwi@gmail.com.

So get the new shiny diaries for 2021 out and start saving the day!

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The Christmas season is upon us and the usual ‘What – already?!?’ panic is setting in. So to help you plan and make sure you get a break from the hussle and bussle, here are the key dates for the diary for the next three months:

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Thursday, 3rd December

The final social event for this year will be a joint meeting with the Craft Club and take place via Zoom at 7.30pm, when Heather will demonstrate how to make a seasonal wreath. The completed wreath will then be raffled off amongst the attendees. There is no need to subscribe to this event – zoom access details will be sent out to all nearer the date.

Monday, 14th December 

The Book Club will meet this Monday to discuss ‘The Cafe’ by Libby Page. Meeting time and location will depend on the corona restrictions in place at the time, so watch this space.

Wednesday, 16th December

For our Christmas Monthly Meeting on the 16th December at 7.30pm we are planning a Bingo Night and Year End Raffle via Zoom. Bingo Cards and the zoom access details will be sent to everyone by email, so look out for them in the week starting 14th December!

* * * J a n u a r y * * *

Thursday, 7th January

Craft Club at 7pm – likely via Zoom unless restictions have been lifted. Join in for a chat and to plan the projects for the coming months!

Monday, 11th January

Book Club Meeting – The Book of the Month for January will be ‘Dominicana’ by Angie Cruz. The meeting will take place via Zoom and access details will be sent out closer to the day.

Wednesday, 27th January

Our first monthly meeting in 2021 will be a Zoom Tutorial on 27th January at 7.30pm about how to take better photos with our mobile phones and capture that perfect shot.

* * * F E B R U A R Y * * *

Thursday, 4th February

Craft Club at 7pm – likely via Zoom unless restictions have been lifted. Join us for a chat and a natter and to work on our projects.

Monday, 8th February

Book Club Meeting – Save the day: time, location and book of the month will be advertised in the next edition of Dates for the Diary

Wednesday, 24th February

If you were ever worried about your handwriting, our February Meeting will be for you as we are planning a Zoom workshop on Faux Calligraphy. Materials will be send out to participants in advance, so that we can all have a go during the workshop.

We’ll be updating the ‘Dates for the Diary’ post on a monthly basis, so keep an eye on the website for the latest news.

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The Market Harborough WI Christmas Bingo Night will be held on 16th December via Zoom. We are planning a fun evening playing a couple of rounds of Bingo as well as the Christmas Raffle with some seasonal (and some not so seasonal) prizes.

Personal Bingo Cards will be distributed by email to all members with a registered Email address in the WI database.  These can then be printed out or used on any screen (such as a phone). 

Bingo Night will start at 7.30pm – eyes down at 7.45pm sharp.

Zoom access details will be send out by email closer to the day. Please get in touch at marketharboroughwi@gmail.com if you need any help to set up zoom on your device or want to do a ‘test run’ to make sure it works.

So dust off your dabbers, get a bevy or two ready and join us on the 16th!

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It is starting to look a lot like winter at the allotment.

The last of the harvest has been taken up and distributed, the fruit bushes have been cut down and the dahlias (daaahlias) have been lifted. With the weather not necessarily on our side we have been keeping warm by digging over the empty beds and covering them up with weed suppressant material which will hopefully keep the weeds at bay until we get back in spring.

There are a few shoots of hope though: Onions and garlice as well as broadbeans are in the ground and already sending shoots up. And a crop of green manure has been put in to help fertilise some of the beds for next year. Crop rotation will be the game then and we will refine our selection of crops following the lessions we have learned this year.

Since the lock-down restrictions won’t allow us to retreat to our usual spot at the large table at the Farnden Fields Restaurant we decided to hold a last planning and seed distribution meeting at the allotment.

As you can see, the weather was still not on our side, but that did not stop us from closing the year true to form with a lot of fun and laughter.

See you all next year at 41A Cricket Pitch View at the Stevens Street Allotments. Stay safe out there and have a lovely Christmas Season.

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Members of the Market Harborough WI met via Zoom last night for a craft session with Katherine Wright from the Leicestershire Craft Centre, who took us through the steps of making a leather tassel for a handbag.

And thanks to some logistical gymnastics members had a kit of materials delivered to their home address so they could work alongside Katherine and produce their own tassel. Who says you can’t do crafting via zoom?!?

A fun evening with plenty of banter, we all learned a new craft and will wear our tassels proudly! Thanks Katherine!

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