KNYSNA NEWS - This week the Knysna Embroiderers’ Guild will host its special exhibition, titled “Past, Passed and Present”, at the Amble Ridge Retirement Village on Wednesday and Thursday, 14 and 15 September, from 09:00 until 15:00.
The exhibition will showcase the work of members of the Knysna Embroiderers Guild, with the addition of extra works by the talented ladies of the Garden Route.
"Many accomplished needlewomen have been members: Rose Barns, Renette Kumm, June Mason, Louise McCullum, Nola Erasmus. The late Gay Booysen; some of her work will be brought through by her daughter Maryna, from Cape Town. Our latest new member is Colleen Goy, who recently relocated to the Crags," said the guild's Berenice Prentice.
Lesley Delport Turpin and Colleen Goy will each give a talk about their embroidery journey - one on each day.
There are tickets for sale, and all proceeds will go the Knysna/Sedgefield Hospice.
For more information you can contact Berenice Prentice (Berry) on 082 216 9666.
KEG member Sadie de Jager with the seahorse that she wove.
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