Welcome to ehdknits.Until I get the website rolling,view debonnaire’s collection of artistic yarns,unique knitting kits, accessories and hand-painted needlepoint here (as well as my random comments!). Please feel free to contact me at ehdknitsATgmailDotcom with any further questions. Erica Downs
What a wonderful show- best sheep ever and stunning area. here’s my stall looking crammed to the rafters as usual- somehow missed snapping the Herdy sheep which were Scott’s favorites. This is definitely worth the trip from London for the fibre obsessed- I wanted to buy everything….. and just about did.
It has been a very frantic last six weeks- another trip to the States for Alex’s graduation and celebrations and my 35th high school reunion (.. gasp..) , a move out of our house in Suffolk ( which entails trying to fit another large lot of furniture into our already crammed London house). And showing at the Wimbledon village fair which was fantastic. As a result of the move, I have been forced to move a good deal of my stock into temporary storage until I get this house sorted out and have thus delayed plans for a summer open house and sale. However, I managed to keep quite abit of yarn here and I can get to anything easily. Also, have managed to sort out credit card facilities, so if you do need anything, just call and I can send it out. Please feel free to drop by as well!
managed to knit and needlepoint on the beach in florida this year- note flamingo on bag. black yarn is a mink ( brushed from animals not pelts) and cashmere blend which is amazing. it turned into this hat.
Also did cute child’s sweater using the german self-striping yarn( schoeller &stahl). the pattern looks vaguely missoni-ish with a slight chevron. very easy and inexpensive to make. Also, saw sharks in the water (right after I’d gotten out..), ate too much and shopped too much, love Florida….
The latest drama in our family – annabel received a letter from her flat’s mgmt company the other day informing that the building’s water supply contains dangerous letter of the 2/14 legionella bacteria- needless to say she and her 2 roommates were immediately evacuated to chez us (their families live in Geneva) while we figure out where they are going to live next. ( because they are not going back and oh, by the way this is a very respectable building in kensington/hammersmith border). The good news is that this vastly increases my model pool and I’ve managed to get some new items photographed at last. The bad news is that annabel is at the age of 20 well on her way to eclipsing my record of weird, outrageous life dramas.
Sophie photos particularly well and we’ll catch Jen yet-
Q: How many women with MENOPAUSE does it take to change a light bulb? Woman’s Answer: One! ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY? Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They don’t even know that the bulb is BURNED OUT!! They would sit in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it out. And, once they figured it out, they wouldn’t be able to find the #&%!* lightbulbs despite the fact that they’ve been in the SAME CABINET for the past 17 YEARS! But if they did, by some miracle of God, actually find them, 2 DAYS LATER, the chair they dragged to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILLBE IN THE SAME SPOT!!!!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE FREAKING LIGHT BULBS CAME IN!!! BECAUSE NO ONE EVER PICKS UP OR CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!!!! IT’S A WONDER WE HAVEN’T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THATARE A FOOT DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE!IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS PLACE!AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON WHO CHANGESTHE TOILETPAPER ROLL !! I’m sorry. What was the question ?
And my best response from a friend
Had to laugh – Almost fell down the stairs trying to escape his snoring because all the spots are out in the stairwell – He mumbled that the lightbulbs are in his office…. I can’t reach them so I will have to take a different route downstairs until the rest of the lightbulbs in the house go out.
Don’t even go near the garbage issue. Next week I am going to put it in the trunk of his car – hasn’t emptied the garbage in years. Our house would be a “pit” if I let him do anything except pour himself a Scotch.
Toilet paper is the best – it has been in the same place for 20 years – Liza, Sam and Bill still cannot remember where it is which can be annoying as I am the only person who knows where the plunger is for the kleenex and paper towel!!
A happy new year was had here until I discovered I have lost my debonnaire-gb domain name and server host. If anyone is trying to contact me via this email address-it won’t work. Please feel free to call me on the number plastered all over ball bands and threads etc or use my aol email address to the left. New domain etc will be set up once techie advisor returns from his holidays. Will 2009 be the year we get a proper website?
New update, secured domain name ! now at debonnairegb DOT com!
My feet have grown 2 sizes! This is a result of standing for 12 hours daily for the last 5 days ( could not fit a chair in my stall)- will be forced to wear my fit flops until they recover- luckily it’s mild out
Serious fun but totally frenetic. I had the tiniest stand there (ok- there was 1 more as small as mine) and it was crammed to the rafters( or stall panels) with delectables. . Thanks everyone who supported . Did notice that most were carefully budgeting ( including moi who wanted everything…) which I can completely understand in the current climate. Have considered the serious risk we all face of economic meltdown and possibility we will all be living in communes.Mine will be fine as I am very resourceful, a decent cook with meager provisions and best of all, everyone will be clothed in cashmere and alpaca.
I was gobsmacked by the talent displayed- especially the embroider’s guild-
will post a pix of my stand when I find my camera!
What an amazing day at IKNIT’s saturday knitter’s paradise. My table is looking messy- will try to clean up the presentation before the Creative Crafts show next week in Escher!
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-For this year’s race for life ,designed this cap which hopefully you can download free from Ravelry here-
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