About Pentlands Swi, Penicuik
A gaggle of jam-lovin', tea-suppin', crafty Penicuik-based gals! Meeting on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.
Pentlands Swi, Penicuik Description
Do YOU think you might be interested in joining us? - Why not pop along to a couple of meetings as a visitor before deciding if you'd like to join?
MEMBERSHIP: annual subscription is £23. This:
* registers you as a member of the SWI
* gives you entry to remainder of our meetings for the year
* allows you to enter our monthly competitions
* gets you a copy of the Midlothian Federation monthly newsletter
* gives you access to Federation courses
* allows you to visit talks at neighbouring institutes
WHEN? 7. 30pm, meetings on 1st Wednesday and activity evenings 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please check out our Facebook Events section for more details.
WHERE? Meetings are usually St Mungos Church Hall, Penicuik (just beside Lidl). Activity evenings are generally at Beeslack High.
WHAT DO WE DO? Have flick through our photos to see what we've been up to recently - Sometimes we try a craft activity, other times it's a talk on something. Once a year we have a day out somewhere for our Summer Trip, & there's also a meal out for our birthday each year. We've visited historical buildings like Newhailes and Arniston House, but also local ventures like the Secret Herb Garden and the workshop used for the Great Scottish Tapestry. We enter local competitions as a team, e. g. the Penicuik Horticultural Society Show - this usually entails half baking & half crafts to make up the entry & we look for volunteers from our members to create the items required.
There are also wee competitions we hold each month - a bit of fun & completely optional as to whether you want to take part or not, but each win gets you points & at the end of the year we award trophies! Activities to date have included lampshade making, floral art, pom pom making, metal stamping, glass etching & chutney making. Plus there's our annual afternoon tea every August!
Basically it's just a great way of meeting other local ladies with similar interests & learning or trying your hand at something new. Members can really be as involved as they choose to be with activities and competitions.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW?: At each meeting we bring £1 for a cuppa & biscuit!