PRESENTED WITH A POT PLANT.

I would like to thank the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Keith Axon Centre in Fairlop for such a warm welcome yesterday afternoon. Pam, a keen knitter and librarian from Redbridge, invited me to talk to her community about knitting. She publicised it well and there was a fantastic turn out. There were four different knitting circles there, who were all busy making things.

I talked for I don't know how long and was then inundated with questions, stories and finally a pot plant, which touched me greatly.

Pam then drove me back to the station. On route we were followed by a police car for ages, although we were both sure we hadn't done anything wrong, Pam tried to shake the police off by turning down a side road, which turned out to be a dead end, but fortunately, the police didn't follow us, so we didn't have to volt the tall fence straight ahead.

Thanks Pam, I had a really cool time.

WELL DONE DIEGO!

Diego it's not too bad. We know you struggled and the needles seemed too big even though your hands are quite large. We can see that Casting On was a struggle, but come row 4 when you could see where the holes came from it got quite good. Keep going!

Ellen cast it off for you.

TUMBLE DRY FILTER - SEPTEMBER '09.

A rather good one this month. Interesting fluff collected after felting our new and gorgeous, felted hand spun range. £2/10g.

ELEN INHABITS TOKYO.

When Elen won a scholarship to visit Japan, we knew she would knit something special along the way.

Here is Elen finishing the right front of her "To Tokyo, In Tokyo, From Tokyo" cardigan.

The yellow specklety and pink yarn, are from Shin Gin Koo - (Which we know we have probably spelt wrong.)

Elen noticed that in Tokyo the Pharmacy has pink squares rather than green ones. During the day the colours are all greys and pastels, and then at night the real colours appear with all the lights.

All this happens in one garment. Sadly, Elen had such a tight schedule that she didn't pick up any related buttons. Does anyone have any ideas? They are to go along a beautiful cabled edge.

CELIA PYM SAVED A TEDDY.

This beautiful story has been hidden in the depths of my hard drive for some time. Celia Pym sent me this picture, shortly after she mended the head of a bear, with a gentle cream darn. I expect he's fully active these days.

MACMILLAN COMFORT BLANKET CAMPAIGN.

For a quick, but very useful knitting project, the MacMillan Comfort Blanket Campaign at http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Get_Involved/Worlds_Biggest_Coffee_Morning/theknitter.aspx

now has some beautiful designs from leading knitwear designers. A good project for a journey to somewhere and back, they would love your help.

LUX INTERIORS.

Since Lux Interior died, earlier this year, I've rekindled my love for The Cramps.

'Bend Over I'll Drive' has, at times, kept this business rocking.

Recently, I've been concerned that should the remaining members of The Cramps visit our shop, we might not have anything they wanted.

So now we have three new, faux fur, animal print ribbons to jolly up the rest of our brightly coloured trims, currently on sale at 60p a meter.