out and about

I was invited back to the Malago WI to give another talk. (It's always nice to be asked back somewhere.)

From my bath in the place I stayed, I enjoyed a spectacular view of the rooftops of Bristol, and I had a sunny swim at the Lido which combines a brilliant heated outdoor pool with fantastic food and drink.

There's an interview with me in the October issue of Mollie Makes,

and a feature about my baking in the very sweet Sweet,

and a Q&A and extract in Love Patchwork.

I've seen my knitting book in Finnish in a Finnish book shop, but I still can't say the title: Lempeää neulontaa.

I was very surprised and terribly pleased to find my quilting book in the Marimekko flagship store in Helsinki with other textile reference books out on a reading bench for customers to read.

I went to Foyles for a knitting group 'ktog' reunion plus four babies born in the twelve months. Knitting and babies really do go together.

I saw Liberal Arts at the Curzon Soho (how civilised to have a Konditor & Cook and a non-mainstream cinema in the same building). It's a thoughtful film, about love, literature, books, reading, growing old, looking backwards, looking forwards, not wishing your life away.

I've been to the Knitting & Stitching Show. The tea and refreshment arrangements are as bad as ever (see here and here; Ally Pally is the antithesis of the Curzon Soho/Konditor & Cook and Clifton Lido set-ups). On the plus side, it was good to see some Nancy Crow quilts, and the excellent Charles Holden-designed Wood Green tube station on the way home.

But the architectural and social highlight of the week was Goddards and a lovely Persephone party. I was too busy talking to take photos, though.