Hi everyone, ‘Let’s make it’ has had another busy week, begining on Monday at the Park Centre workshop. Many attended and all got straight into making (and chatting of course) and started on a rose arch for the garden area of the float.

Thank you to all who handed in made items, red and white squares that will make up the light house, fish , seaweed deck chair and more.

Our giant ammonite is coming on too, one very young man is working extra hard

to complete.

Our lighthouse structure is almost complete

thanks to our community carpenter.

A Photographer from the Dorset Echo attended; hope you’ve all seen the article in the echo on Wednesday.

For the last few days I’ve been challenging my tiny craft sewing machine to help make up a life size mermaid, its poor little motor raced away & didn’t let me down, She’s now complete and ready to be adorned. This began at Littlemoor youth centre on Wed evening. Some young people learned how to finger knit and crochet using

strips of Bright coloured nylon netting to make up her scales and garland.

Others were busy braiding wool that will become mermaids beautiful locks.

She now has a nickname ‘Molly’ .

Some young chaps also got busy making a coffin for our Rat history section at the front of the float. Oh! I know it’s grim but fun too!

We’re hoping to continue working on these at the next workshop

Thursday we were at littlemoor library, where many local people showed interest in our project, and thank you to all who have taken on the challenge of knitting more fish and maybe a rat or two of various sizes.