I am back from my business trip and waiting for me was a parcel of wool I had ordered from my favorite wool shop http://www.angelyarns.com/. Ahhhh nothing beats wool rush, it gives me the same feeling I used to get from an ice cream on a summers day.
I am using the purple wool on a new bag design. The blue is for a poison dart frog and the white mohair for a little arctic fox cub and the alpaca for a giraffe.
I have spent the last two days in Grimsby, a place that used to be thriving and successful, which now has very little industry, with what it does have ever-diminishing. It was voted the UK's sixth worse place to live, and its next door neighbour Hull the second worst, last night on Location, Location, Location. I love Kirsty and Phil http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/index.html.
I stayed at an old hotel in the middle of nowhere, which was very Fawlty Towers. It had an amazing old facade, but underneath it was all 70's. The carpets smelled of many nights of spilled beer. (I didn't bend down to smell it, trust me, the smell found its way up!)
I was very relieved to get back to Edinburgh. (Best place to live!! I am not sure I totally agree, I prefered Surrey, but I am pleased for the city.)
This is a photo I took at the weekend:
I have been so impressed by the entries for the Holiday Softie Awards http://www.flickr.com/groups/530820@N23/ it has kind of paralyzed me. I wanted to put the crazy evil kitty in, but now I am in two minds. I made it for the creepy cute category, and it certainly is creepy, but is it cute enough!
This lady's work totally astounds me http://www.sotosofties.blogspot.com/. She has some of the most amazing softies I have ever seen.
A final quirky thought - Coming home on the train today, I saw part of a magazine, that a lady was reading, with a true-life headline "He would cry from loneliness, IF HE HAD EYES." A very serious subject, I'm sure, but quite incredible sensationalism. I hate to admit it, but I couldn't help myself, I had to stifle a laugh.
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