Summary: Hello from a gloriously sunny, if blustery, Cheshire Plain. In this episode I talk about my crafty AD/HD, bemoan a lack of pictures and send you a postcard from my recent break in the Lakes. <br> <br> Works in Progress: I cast off my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/damson-2">Damson</a>! It's not yet blocked, but Ravelry details are <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/damson">here</a>.You can't see the loopy border in this shot, but proof that it is indeed finished. <br> <br> <br> <br> I've also been dying more yarn (Kid Silk Lace from <a href="http://www.poshyarn.co.uk/home.html/">Posh Yarn</a>) and fibre (more BFL and also some Falkland Sliver from <a href="http://www.dtcrafts.co.uk/">DT Craft & Design</a>, and a selection of Gotland curls from May Hill Gotlands (gotland_mayhill@yahoo.com) in the Forest of Dean and carded grey Gotland from <a href="http://www.blackeryarns.co.uk/scoured-and-carded-fleece">Blacker Yarns</a>) to use up the dye solutions from last weekend. <br> <br> Talking of last week's marathon dying session, I used the dyed <a href="http://www.sheepfold.co.uk/">Sheepfold</a> Clotted Cream and some black Hebredian to crochet a set of interlocking rings for the Cheshire Guild's exhibition on the theme of circles. I also took the dyed BFL fibre and needled felted it on in a series of cirlces along a length of the undyed BFL top which I'd lightly needled felted to keep the wave of the fibre visible. Of course I've not been so clever as to take photos of them before I handed them over to the Exhibition Secretary, so you'll have to wait a while, or come and see the Exhibition! <br> <br> Woolsack Update: I've been working on more little squares using <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/JaneKAL">JaneKAL</a> pattern recipe to make up cushion fronts and backs made by members of the Guild and seaming some of them together. It looks like we could have over 30 cushions just from the Guild alone, let alone any from members of the public who come along on the day. I'm so excited! <br> <br> <br> <br> I've also started warping up my loom to weave a cushion in <a href="http://www.texere-yarns.co.uk/texereshop/Texere_British_Wool.html">Wool City Wool 4ply</a>from <a href="http://www.texere-yarns.co.uk/index.html">Texere Yarns</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> A Postcard from ... the Lake District: Sadly the vast majority of photographs I talk about in the clips were lost when my memory card corrupted, but I have this shot of me behind Dove Cottage... <br> <br> <br> <br> ...my Cream Tea... <br> <br> <br> <br> ...a view from the drive north from Windermere, showing Derwentwater glistening by Keswick... <br> <br> <br> <br> and a shot of some of the alpaca... <br> <br> : <br> <br> Links: <a href="http://www.woolsack.org/">Woolsack</a>; <a href="http://www.keswick-launch.co.uk/">Keswick Launch on Derwentwater</a>; <a href="http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/index.asp">Dove Cottage</a>; <a href="http://librivox.org/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud-by-william-wordsworth/">I Wander'd Lonely as A Cloud</a>, read by Graham Williams for <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a>; Find out more about <a href="http://www.dentvillageheritagecentre.com/TerribleKnitters.htm">The Terrible Knitters of Dent</a> at the <a href="http://www.dentvillageheritagecentre.com/index.php">Dent Village Heritage Centre</a>; <a href="http://www.thealpacacentre.co.uk/index.cfm">The Alpaca Centre</a>; <a href="http://www.rheged.com/wow-wonder-wool-and-art-knit-and-stitch">Wonder of Wool</a>exhibition at <a href="http://www.rheged.com/">Rheged</a>; <a href="http://www.susancrawfordvintage.com/Home.html">Susan Crawford</a>; <a href="http://www.cardigan.ltd.uk/kate-jenkins.php">Kate Jenkins</a>; <a href="http://www.freddierobins.com/#">Freddie Robins</a>; <a href="http://www.wix.com/josswrigg/feltsculpture">Joss Wrigg</a>; <a href="http://keepandshare"></a>
