did all the knitters go?
As soon as I could escape work I headed to Liberty's for the first day of their sale. In previous years I've needed sharp pointy elbows, walking stick and shin pads to get near the yarn department.
Tonight I could walk around, sit and browse patterns, pull out all the yarn etc and no one was in my way! On second thoughts - why am I moaning! I stayed within my budget and came away with some bargains that I'm happy with.
The loot includes a pack of Damask in a bright pink/purple; a pack of Bamboo Tape in a lilac and a full pack of Kidsilk Haze in Violet. A few pattern books also came home but I was very restrained for me.
Many years ago when knitting was just something that I did in the evenings (sic) Matt and I would spend our weekends on a heath or beach flying kites. They were fun times often fuelled by alcohol but this was counteracted by the beneficial effects of fresh air and exercise!
Matt loved flying his Rev kites and his heroes were The Decorators. What these guys could do with a kite was awesome. Last weekend we ventured out onto Blackheath and there they were!
We found other familiar faces how could 5 years have gone buy without us seeing the Sky Bums and then we see then twice in 8 days. What was really fun was talking to one friend about a mutual friend who lives in Belgium - and then only a few minutes later spotting the same Belgian flying in front of us! We really must get out more after all knitting is portable!
Today I had the fun of a trip to Birmingham for a conference, always a pleasure and this time I had my camera so was able to take a photo of one of my favourite landmarks - I'm sure she has a proper title but my local friends refer to her as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi.
Some knitting was managed on the train journey but not as much as I'd anticipated thanks to the overcrowding. I'm waiting for another skein of yarn for the Woodland Shawl so started something easy, new and quick growing just for the satisfaction of seeing 2 inches progress in 30 minutes - thank heavens for 12mm addies and the yarn has been in my stash for less than a week - thanks Adrienne!
Today was the first day of the Hyperbolic Crochet Reef exhibition at the Hayward Gallery and the Royal Festival Hall.
The work was stunning
lots more photos to see on my Flickr account.
I bet those of you who contributed will now be playing "spot my work" I know I was!
The Hayward exhibition was calm and refined - the one in the RFH had passers by stopping in their tracks, coming in to take a look etc. One of the exhibits fascinated a small child whist I was there she kept patting the top of a certain anenome whilst her father looked embarrassed!
If you get the chance do go and see it, even better - why not take part in some of the workshops or Crochet Jam!
I'm loving working with the Manos Silk/Wool and this pattern is a joy to work with - I'd got it memorised by the end of the first repeat! I'm now more than halfway so should be on target to meet the deadline for this one!
This week has been gentler on us, I've found knitting time and Matt has been catching up on his sleep. The local paper came out yesterday and had a write up about the coroner's inquest and we have heard that the local council have received the letter from the Coroner that he had promised to write about the lack of provision of street crossings on the road where Matt's Mum died. Let's hope something is done so that no-one else has to go through this.