Day 28 & Country Markets & Donations wanted

This is something that I have been working on over the weekend and I finally managed to finish yesterday.

It's a very long draught excluder! 

I made it from Cotton normally used for dishcloths as it's nice and sturdy & I lined it, as you can see from the photo below, with some printed green fabric that I had in my fabric stash.

This is for my Crochet Classroom.

Now for today.

Today I went to the Country Market at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton

It's held very Monday from 9am to 11.30am

And I am their newest producer.

I didn't manage to sell anything but I might have got a little more interest in lessons!

Square 28 is in "Apricot"

So another new colour

If you have about 7ft of DK yarn or wool lying around and would like to donate it to my project (this is the idea of "susgood" on Twitter, then please email me and I will email you back with my address.

Thanking you in Advance as I would love to get as many different colours as possible into this project.

Whilst at the Country Market, I didn't just sit there chatting away & drinking coffee, I made a few squares for my odd square Granny Blanket!

And finally, once I got home I made this poster for my Crochet Classroom, after downloading a "stitch" style font for my computer

And coloured it all in

Day 14 - Busy Bee Day

Before I start to babble on, I would like to introduce a new blog to you, which has just been started by my Twitter Friend and fellow Dorset resident, Caroline.

http://carolinemakesit.blogspot.co.uk/

It's in it's infancy at the moment, but I am sure that it will grow and grow to make very good and interesting reading in the future!

Now for my news:

I have been really busy with phone calls from ladies wanting to book up to come to Group Classes that start this week, tomorrow in fact, so I am not complaining there as it means that I have  more new pupils to look forward to teaching and more like-minded people to meet!

I have also been busy preparing for both Group Beginners & Intermediate classes, printing off leaflets, patterns, symbols charts etc. and making sure that I have enough tea, coffee & cake to keep us all going.

On Tuesdays I have intermediates in the mornings and beginners in the afternoons and on Thursdays, beginners in the mornings & intermediates in the afternoons!

I was also contacted by the Western Guardian asking me if I would like to take out an advert in their next publication, which would include and editorial.  The next one comes out at the end of January, so that would be good timing for the new run of group classes that are due to start in February.  As they are doing a New Start, New You, New Look piece I think that this may be a very good idea!

This morning I went to The Exchange in Sturminster Newton to sign up to become a member of Country Markets.  I will go there every Monday morning with a few items for sale plus my leaflets to promote my classes some more - it's all about the networking you see!!

And with all that going on, plus dog walks, cooking and very little housework, I completed my square for 

Day 14

I had to raid my NEW YARN STASH for a new colour!

This one is called "Rose Pink"

I have come up with a good idea, which is to raid my new pupils yarn stashes for a little length of some of the colours that they bring with them, so that I can make more squares in different colours - do you think they'll let me??

You'll have to wait and see!