Summary: Hello from a sunny spot in Oxfordshire. This episode I'm out and about, taking advantage of the lovely weather! <br> <br> <a href="http://www.woolsack.org/">Woolsack</a> Update <br> Cushions are taking over my life. If you don't hear from me for a while, you'll find me under a pile of cushion squares and stuffing... <br> I've finished sets 9 squares for Guild cushions, seamed my sixth cushion and made a start on blocking the 4 inch squares sent in by you, my lovely listeners. <br> <br> Spinning <br> I've spun up some Falkland sliver (gorgeous to spin!) that I dyed myself. <br> <br> <br> <br> I also spun up some dyed carded Gotland. <br> <br> <br> Knitting <br> I'm using that handspun to make another cushion, this time the <a href="http://audreysteashop.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/make-do-and-mend-for-woolsack.html">Make Do and Mend</a>pattern. Here's the Union flag in progress on the train. <br> <br> <br> <br> Review <br> <a href="https://secure3.subscribeonline.co.uk/origin/offers.sol?ctry=1&mag=KNIT&cmp=y077&promobox=FALSE&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=Knit%20today%20magazine&utm_campaign=Magazine_KNIT&utm_content=y077">Knit Today</a> magazine, May 2012 issue. <br> <br> Something I really like: The Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines at the <a href="http://www.royalmarinesevents.co.uk/mountbatten-festival-of-music/">Mountbatten Festival of Music</a>. Here's a <a href="http://youtu.be/e4NyM390DbA">link</a> to a video of the Royal Marines Corps of Drums. <br> <br> Music: Rondopolska by Barry Philips, from the album Tråd, available from <a href="http://magnatune.com/">Magnatune</a>. <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 4 continents now but I'd still love to see where you all are! <br> <br> 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 (although Tweeting can be sporadic!). <br> <br> <br> TTFN, Nic <br>
