This summer I will be participating in the Nova Scotia Heritage Explosion camp hosted by Nova Scotia Girl Guides as a volunteer staffer. I’m pretty excited about it, but this is a new experience for me too.
I’ve got the kit list in front of me and they’re asking for us to bring ”traders/swaps (camp hat craft to swap with friends)”. I guess I hadn’t really put much thought into the idea … I’ve made hat crafts AT camp, but not beforehand. It doesn’t say so on the kit list, but the internet reading I did suggests that you should put your contact info (like an e-mail or website - NOT home number/address) on it so that the camper you traded with knows who you are.
After some thought, I’d like my swap to be:
- Easy (and quick!) to make in large quantities
- Something personal/regional (representing Ontario).
- And Simple. I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of hat crafts – I do have a box of walnut shells with eyes on them, baggies wrapped up like bedrolls, and film cannisters with first aid supplies in them. My craft/swap must not dangle or flop around. It must be sturdy and light as well.
Here is my thought… I am a knitter/crochetter. I could make a small flower – like a daisy or trillium – in the form of a small brooch. I’ll provide a safety pin for attaching to the hat. Something like this. Or this. Now how many do I make?
UPDATE: I decided to go with a Trillium and modified Akua’s Daisy pattern to get what I wanted. Here is the pattern which I wrote about on my other site (about knitting and crochetting).
Other Swaps resources:
- This site used to sell kits – but you can get ideas here
- Ideas from Scoutmom.net
I think that sounds like a great idea. as for how many, I guess it is how many you have time to make!
[...] craft which you have made in mass quantities and which you intend to swap with your new friends. On my Brownie site, I wrote about deciding what my swap would be. I have settled on making a crochetted flower in the shape of a trillium (Ontario’s [...]
awww gee! Love the ripples from and of the sharing!
Hi Akua – thank you for stopping by. I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t ask you for permission to use your pattern as a base for the trillium. I hope you don’t mind. =)