{"id":6621,"date":"2016-01-24T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=6621"},"modified":"2016-01-24T07:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T07:00:39","slug":"oops-i-did-it-again-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/knitting\/oops-i-did-it-again-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops.. I did it again (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was pretty good really – only four purchases (apart from the soap, but that doesn’t count, does it?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have just got to stop going to Wool and knitting shows.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, I was at the Waltham Abbey Wool Show.<\/p>\n

The thing about events like this\u2026 many of the stall holders are real crafters. They spin their own wool and hand dye it \u2013 often with natural dyes, not commercial chemicals.<\/p>\n

And they take such pride in what they do.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s important to keep these traditional crafts alive, and to support the people who work with such skill.\u00a0Otherwise, the time will come when these crafts are lost to us.<\/p>\n

My\u00a0writer chum Jean Fullerton <\/a>(who I totally blame for taking me somewhere I was bound to spend money) remembers and writes about the time\u00a0when knitting was\u00a0just what everyone did. A lot of people couldn’t afford shop bought clothes and jumpers – so they hand made them.<\/p>\n

These days, hand-made often means\u00a0expensive and shop bought is cheaper than buying the yarn and making it yourself.\u00a0 Hand made also\u00a0 seems to be associated with unfashionable and old. But that couldn’t be further from the truth…<\/p>\n

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The spinners are keeping an ancient craft alive – but there is nothing old fashioned about this fabulous dress made by one of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And of course, it’s all about creativity. It’s like writing- but I’m using my\u00a0fingers in a different way to make the thoughts in my head into something real.\u00a0 And like a book, everything I make is distinctively mine – good or bad – its something that only I have done and it says something about me.<\/p>\n

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The wonderful pompoms were made in Chile. Now I need to figure out what to do with them. The lovely lady from the stall wore them as a necklace – which makes me think I shall knit them into a round neck sweater as a highlight. That could be fun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The other thing about knitting is it relaxes me. That’s one of the reasons I had \u00a0to Quinn, my heroine in The Wild One<\/a>, does it too.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately my phone camera had a meltdown at the show and\u00a0I don\u2019t have as many photos of the event as I would like\u2026 but I do have lovely yarn and handmade lanolin soap.<\/p>\n

I also had a lovely afternoon chatting to people on the stalls.\u00a0Do go and check out the fab Chilean yarns <\/a>and hand spun pure English wool <\/a>and the soft shiny silk yarns<\/a>…\u00a0\u00a0and maybe you too will get the knitting bug.<\/p>\n

I have a feeling this is the kind of Oops moment that is going to happen again. See you at the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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