Last weekend was a busy one for me travelling through to Fielding each day for a craft fair being held there. I decided that it would be cheaper to drive each day than to pay for a motel and because my friend Sally and I were sharing a stall it made sense to share a car as well. I had never been to this particular fair before but it was one that my Father regularly went to with his woodturning.
The saturday was very busy peoplewise with waves of people pouring into the venue. I made the mistake of spending most of the day up on my feet talking and knitting while I was selling my yarns. Normally that isn't a problem for me and when I worked in retail management for Pascoes there were no seats to sit down so I was always on my feet. But when I was driving home on Saturday I started to get a little cramping in my right leg and I had to take my shoe off. When I got home I saw why... the leg I've had celulitis in had become swollen and tender. Luckily not a relapse, just a bit of swelling so on the Sunday I made sure that I sat down for most of the day... which was interesting in itself since I was wearing my kilt.
So in the end it was a successful weekend as Sally and I had a great time, we both sold stuff and we got to meet lots of new people and also got to meet people we had only known from online. I'll be back to the Fielding market next year for sure.
I was at the Post Office a couple of days ago and saw the poster with Christmas posting deadlines and decided that it was time to start getting my Christmas cards sorted. I happened to be at Paper Plus so I browsed through there huge display of Christmas cards looking for something that would appeal to my knitting friends who live overseas. Normally it's quite difficult to find anything combining Christmas and Knitting but this year I spotted this card...
Not only does the card feature knitting... but sock knitting!!! It was perfect and I couldn't resist buying a pack... a portion of the sale price also went to a Breast Cancer charity so it was a done deal.
Then just as I was about to leave the store I spotted another card with a sort of Christmas knitting theme...
An ultra cute Christmas Kitty!!! I might have to see if I can replicate this image using Jazz the cat... I'm guessing that I'll have to ply him with food to model for me.
And speaking of Christmas knitting... here is another project I'm working on. Red and white... Christmasey. Reindeer looking on... Christmasey. It's another knitted jock for a friend and I know I'm going to regret this but it's going to be called the 'Santa Sack' jock because it will have a double pouch which will have gifts in it.
And as Christmas is partly about fun and games follow this link to a really cute game about testing your reaction time by tranquilising sheep. It sounds weird but it's fun and quite addictive when you keep trying to improve your time.
Loved the game - signed Ambling Armadillo aka knitknigel
Posted by: Nigel | November 17, 2011 at 07:31 AM
will try the game later with a mousie; my laptop touch pad sux for something like this.
ooooooooooooh, luv the cards; and hallmark cards too!
I know I have to start thinking about sending goodies overseas...
Posted by: anne marie in philly | November 17, 2011 at 11:57 AM