June update

June already! It has, temporarily, stopped raining and I'm getting ready for another visit to St Alban's Farmers' Market. Last month was pretty busy and I'm hoping that this month will be good too, although rain and cold are forecast.

We've been having a run on our cushions over the past few weeks, which is great - I really enjoy making them and I've got two new ones ready for tomorrow.

Apart from that I've been dyeing, dyeing and more dyeing! Plus I found that the new yarn base I'm using is slightly different to the old one, so the bolero pattern that I'd designed will have to be re-sized and the sample re-knitted! Doh! Shouldn't take too long though and I'll post a picture here when it's ready.  

Cushions and distractions

I can't believe that its been nearly a month since I last posted here.







May was very busy - after the wet and windy morning at Royston last month my markets at St. Alban's and Wheathampstead were pretty busy with the best market of this year (so far) for Wheathampstead.







We've been a bit distracted recently as our lovely cat Katie (pictured)has gone missing - she's been gone for eleven days now and we're so worried about her. She did this three years ago and we found her after three weeks, straying in some gardens not too far away, so we're hopeful that we will find her again this time too, although it is difficult not to dwell on all the bad things that can happen to a lost cat.

Knitting wise, I've been using up a stash of tapestry wool (plus buying a bit more on ebay!) to make some colourful cushions. I'm very pleased with the results - there's such a great range of colours and you can plan out the stripes with the little skeins of wool before you start. I've enjoyed mixing colours that may not "go" to make a rustic effect in my first cushion, and I'm now graduating shades of blue and green to make a more shaded effect for my next one. There's no chance of getting bored making these either, as the colours are changing so often.

I'm waiting for a delivery of cushion pads so I can finish another and then they'll be ready for my markets this month. I'm off to St Alban's on Sunday and then Wheathampsted the week after.