Summary: Hello from the Cheshire Plain. Spring is definitely in the air! This episode sees the launch of a new, occasional, series A Postcard From... A prize is available for anyone who can identify the music clips in the postcard! <br> <br> Works in Progress: No work on the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/damson-2">Damson</a> Shawl as part of the <a href="http://caithnesscraftcollective.podbean.com/">Caithness Craft Collective</a>Knitalong. Ravelry details are <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/damson">here</a>. <br> <br> I've completed a second bear this year for the <a href="http://www.motherbearproject.org/">Mother Bear</a> KAL/CAL over at the <a href="http://cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com/">CogKNITive</a> podcast. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/mother-bear-knitting-in-the-round-seamless">This one</a> is called Frank, in honour the the recently departed <a href="http://www.frankcarson.co.uk/">Frank Carson</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> Woolsack Update: I'm partway through <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/talesfromtheplain/cushion-tilting-at-windmills-3">another cushion</a> for Woolsack. Although I described the pattern, I didn't actually name it (shame on me). It is <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cushion-tilting-at-windmills">Tilting at Windmills</a>by <a href="http://www.woollythoughts.com/index.html">Woolly Thoughts</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> Spinning: I'm still spinning the Cheviot I got in the Secret Santa on the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/groups/uk-spinners">UK Spinners</a> board on <a href="http://ravelry.com/">Ravelry</a> from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shunklies">Shunklies</a>. I'm now over three-quarters of the way through it. <br> <br> A Postcard from...Manchester <br> <br> Whilst writing these show notes, I've made the horrific discovery that my memory card has corrupted, so I only have a few photos that I took on my phone to share, and those do not include the detail from <a href="http://www.bonzasheila.com/art/archives/jul09/14.html">The Hireling Shepherd</a>by William Holman Hunt. So sorry! <br> <br> <br> <br> The Jasperware by Wedgewood on the landing in the <a href="http://www.manchestergalleries.org/">Manchester Art Gallery</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br> And the landing itself, looking at the casts of the Parthenon friezes. <br> <br> <br> <br> This is the sign I mentioned when I was outside <a href="http://www.afflecks.com/">Affleck's</a>. <br> <br> I took some superb pictures of the theatre-in-the-round structure inside <a href="http://www.royalexchange.co.uk/page.aspx">The Royal Exchange</a>, but sadly you'll just have to put up with these two wobbly shots of the same area, to go with the shortened clip (I was just too quiet!) <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Links: <a href="http://www.woolsack.org/">Woolsack</a>; <a href="http://www.motherbearproject.org/">Mother Bear Project</a>; <a href="http://www.imake.gg/imakepodcast">iMake Podcast</a>; <a href="http://www.knitajourney.com/">Knit A Journey Podcast</a>; <a href="http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/">Fred Aldous</a>; <a href="http://purlcityyarns.com/store/">Purl City Yarns</a>. <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 - I'd 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 ove
