Then yesterday, huge box of  embellished silks finally arrived:

New Silk Lace:

Colours are not done justice with my camera-

Off  with all to Unravel to set up today. Held this weekend at Farnham Maltings, Surrey, the show features about 65 fantastic purveyors of yarn wonderfulness. Check it out:

http://www.farnhammaltings.com/news/unravel/748/574/96/unravel_2012.aspx

A wonderful but exhausting time in north Paris last week exhibiting at L’Aiguille en Fetes. Paris shows open until  pm so we had no time at night to do anything but eat dinner afterward. Managed to stuff in all my favorites however.

French clients were fabulous, most notably Francois who visited me on 2 different days and by the time I had returned had finished 1 pair of mitts with my new supersoft merino superwash:

formidable,n’cest pas ( my pigeon french..)

managed terrible french throughout- although I am still thinking numbers in French and can count to 100 quite quickly now. Hopefully will be able to pronounce ” la laine” correctly next time.

Unusually for moi, the trip passed without any major drama.  Am inordinately proud of the fact that I negotiated a right hand manual van throughout France without incident. In all, fun, fun ,fun. Debonnaire retournera!

You may have seen the Lake District Sheep singing jingle bells last year- but check it out again, sure to make you smile.

When I was young, we had a sheep called Henry the Lamb ( yes, that was his full name). Henry grew huge over the years, was shorn by Ladybird Johnson during her beautify America kick and inspired a children’s book. When Henry died (in my mother’s arms), he seemed as big as Shrek but it was all muscle (ok,  maybe fat too) not wool covering. Henry did not like  the male humanoid  species. Whenever my father drove home, he would zoom around the circular driveway 3-4 times with Henry in hot pursuit and then quickly emerge and race into the house. Henry also tormented my younger brother- he particularly liked to hide behind bushes ( or at least he thought he was hiding) and then charge at any opportunity. And who said sheep are dumb ?  Still makes me laugh….

1-3 Sept  Manchester- Creative Crafts-done….

10-12th Edinburgh- taking Savannah to Uni ( not exactly Debonnaire,but gone none the less)

14th My birthday- def a debonnaire event

16-18th Sandown Park, Esher-  Creative Crafts

22-25th Exeter- Creative Stitches Westpoint Arena ( I seriously need helpers)

26th- London- Daisy Trust, Hurlingham Club ( I will be brain dead)

28-1st Cardiff- Creative Stitches

Please come see all the wonderful new yarns and patterns!

Spotted yesterday in Knightsbridge Jigsaw shop:

A customer knitting a square of blankets for the HIV charity KasCare benefiting  Aids affected children in South Africa.

The article then goes on to recommend a knitting kit from the States (!) for those wising to hone up their skills. Gee, they could have at least researched the UK providers of knitting kits such as moi. I clearly need a PR person.

Seriously though, celebrate- There’s tons going on all over the country.

Then started Lustre Silk Lace tunic:

Here’s Savannah modelling the poncho thing:

She was not impressed with the babushka look-

or you can have the cashmere version for about $2000:

I would happily work up one of these in your choice of yarn and colour at a huge savings, or do it yourself and save a fortune. Please send me any pics of your creations…….

           Cute Sheep- I liked the Ryelands this year and the dwarf ouessant sheep

I love the Woolfest weekend- the show is just fantastic and as well, we have the chance to spend some time in the Lake District.

Knit Nation- Imperial College this weekend!