FRUIT BRACE LETS.

The problem with knitting and writing this blog all the time, is that my hands hurt all the time.

Well today it feels better because I am wearing Rosemary's fabulous new knitted Fruit Bracelets.

They are made with hand dyed cotton, and stuffed with foam, so they act as fresh comfortable wrist rests.

Made to order from PYF or on sale soon at Hoxton Boutique.

MICHAEL SWAINE IS COMING TO FIX OUR HOLES!

When I was 19, I met a fortune teller who gasped and said " Someone is coming from America!"

Well this must be who! HA HA!

On October 8th, Michael Swaine will be coming to stay at Prick Your Finger. Michael is an artist and lives in California. Michael has a treadle sewing machine, which he wheels onto the streets of San Fransisco and fixes holes in things.  Now he is coming to darn for us. 

Michael will be here for one day and one  night, so we must make the most of him.  Michael enjoys mending holes because holes, as we know, have interesting stories. If you have a hole or a darned hole with an interesting story, then please tell us and we can arrange for Michael to fix it for you in October. Michael will stay with us and then in the morning he will come to your house. He will knock on your door and you will answer and show him a hole. He will ask you how the hole came about and then he will fix it for you. 

Please tell us about your holes.

October is an important time for darning, so if there are too many holes and Michael can't fix us all, then we will have a darning meeting and put everything right.  Michael will be talking about the holes he has fixed at the Knitting and Ditching show at Alley Pally 9th-13th October.

KNITTED SHEEP AUCTION.

On 27th and 28th June, we are going to Woolfest in Cumbria. www.woolfest.co.uk 

I will be organising knitted sheep into lots for an auction in aid of Farm Africa. I urge you to come and buy them, or knit one while you still have time.  There is a pattern for one on the Woolfest website.

In the mean time, here is a real sheep auction.

REEF.

I stood in the foyer of the Queen Elizabeth Hall gazing at the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral for quite a while last night.  It is a beautiful example of what our craft community does. We do loads!

There is still room for more. PYF will be hosting a free reef workshop in the foyer on Monday from 5.30-7pm. You don't need to bring anything, and there's lovely leather sofas to sit on.

 A gentleman called Matthew said,

"I knew it was meant to be coral before I read the sign."

BOBBY COMES HOME.

A four and a quarter inch felt bunny arrived at Prick Your Finger on Easter weekend.  I loved him from the moment we met. He offered me his carrot, but never told me his name. 

I sat him on the pile of coloured felt.

He looked nervous, as anyone would when trying to find their role in a new institution. 

On Thursday, our friend Rocky came for tea. 

Rocky found the pattern for Bobby the miniature bunny. 

(Rocky usually knows what we need.) 

Bobby has come home! We now not only know his name, but we can offer you his pattern, to make Bobby lots of new friends and relations. 

BIRTH - BABY OWEN'S BOOTS.

Congratulations to Collette who knitted these very sweet green boots for her new nephew Owen. 

They are Jade Green DK UK Alpacca.

Collette's work has not finished here, her sister is due a baby next week. 

Keep going Collette!

KENNETH SAVES THE DAY!

It doesn't happen all that often, but today the wind blew and we locked ourselves out of the shop. 

We urgently needed a man. 

Then we saw one.

This is Kenneth James Baker, possibly the strongest man on Globe Rd.

You might recognise Ken because he has been a stunt man in Casino Royal, in an advert with David Hasselhoff,  and a double for a Crimewatch re enactment on serial killer who killed lots of blonde women.

Ken works out every day and has a 56" chest, and he can do the splits. 

He pushed the door open with a light touch and we agreed to knit him a new vest.