Summary: Hello from a riverside car park in Northwich. There is still birdsong, but cars and planes too...<br> <br> On and Off The Needles<br> <br> I'm halfway through the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/kaleidoscope-crochet-blanket-club---march-2014">March instalment</a> of the Natural Dye Studio Kaleidoscope Blanket Club. Hubby's<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/beau">Beau</a> is a few rows further on. I've also cast on a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/traveling-woman">Traveling Woman</a> shawl using swap yarn.<br> <br> Spinning<br> <br> I've spun two bobbins of singles on the <a href="http://www.hilltopcloud.co.uk/">Hilltop Cloud</a> Ann of Cleves. The pressure's on to ply by the end of April!<br> <br> Competition Crazy<br> <br> The Golden Skein photo competition can be found <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-golden-skein/2899278/76-100#77">here.</a><br> <br> Something I Really Like<br> <br> The <a href="http://www.knitbritish.net/tag/podcast/">Knit British</a> podcast.<br> <br> Upcoming Events <br> <a href="http://unwindbrighton.blogspot.co.uk/">Unwind Brighton.</a> There will be a podcaster meetup at 1pm, Saturday 12th July in the Mezzanine Café at the Corn Exchange, Brighton. More details to follow.<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="http://caithnesscraftcollective.podbean.com/">Caithness Craft Collective</a> podcast<br> <a href="http://www.gingertwiststudios.com/">Ginger Twist Studio</a><br> <a href="http://www.stitchedtogetherpodcast.blogspot.co.uk/">Stitched Together</a> podcast<br> <br> Music<br> <br> Rondopolska by Barry Philips, from the album Tråd, available from <a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</a>.<br> <br> Make Contact!<br> <br> We have a <a href="http://www.zeemaps.com/228047">listeners' map</a>. Please go on over to pop in a pin - we're covering 5 continents now but I'd still love to see where you all are! Please feel free to leave a comment here or at <a href="http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/">http://www.yarnsfromtheplain.blogspot.com/</a>, or email me at <a href="https://yarnsfromtheplain.podbean.com/mailto:yarnsfromtheplain@googlemail.com">yarnsfromtheplain AT googlemail DOT com</a>. We have a Ravelry group <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarns-from-the-plain-podcast">here</a>, so come on over to chat. You can find me on Ravelry as talesfromtheplain and on Twitter as talesfromplain.<br> <br> <br> TTFN,<br> <br> Nic x
