ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO...

... before I join the wonderful machine knitting Amy Lawrence at the Winter Arts Market at St George's Hall. We were both lucky enough to get a table on Sunday the 4th of December where I will be selling some of my hand printed paper, letter writing sets, bunting and other festive oddments. I'll also have a few limited edition sheets of hand printed christmas paper. Amy has been a busy bee knitting some snoods, wrist warmers and some adorable bow tie necklaces, sweet!

If you're feeling lucky there's also a competition where you can win a £50 voucher or one of two £25 vouchers which you can spend at the event. See here for details and good luck!

JUST A QUICKIE...

...before running off to work. A friend shared a link with me this morning that I'd like to pass on too! Mum, Grandma, Sarah, get your knitting needles out! A yarn store in New Zealand are requesting people to knit jumpers for penguins that have been affected by the country's oil spill.

Skeinz the yarn store first sent the pattern out only this week which you can find here, the crochet pattern will be out soon so keep an eye on their blog to keep updated. Above you can see some of the stores recent arrivals and some of the lovely penguins keeping warm and trendy with their jumpers on (Photo credit: Toby Zerna/Newspix/Rex USA). Read the full story here on the abc news website.

BABY WINTER KNIT

I made one of these for both Sarah and Marie when they were babies and they were the handiest winter coats they had for when going out in the pram. I've not long finished this one for a friend of mine and it's just in time for the chilly weather. Marie thinks it looks like a big marshmallow, which it definitely feels like, it's sooo soft! It's best to use the wool that the pattern sheet suggests for this piece which is Sirdar Snuggly (55% Nylon 45% Acrylic). Marie has just ordered some wool from ebay where she got 50g balls for £2.25 each to make her friends recent arrival her winter coat.

YARN GUIDE

Remember a post a while back about my visit to Berlin? Here's a reminder. Well, I mentioned purchasing a gift for my mum which I wasn't sure she'd really use but thought it was worth a try anyway. I finally managed to snap some pics for you to see what it was I was trying to explain! As you can see from the instructions (and lovely finger model!) you slip it onto your finger and then put the different strands of wool into the separators. I'm still not sure mum has actually had a chance to have a go with it yet, I'll have to ask her and update soon! I'm not sure I'd find it much use as I'm sure that's my needle pusher and checker for no wool falling off finger when knitting!

A BIG THANKS...

... goes out to all who came to say hello at the market stall on Castle Street last weekend, I met some really lovely people. I still have some stock left over from the stall but unfortunately will not get a chance to set up an online shop for a while yet. If you are interested in purchasing any of the hand printed papers, bunting or letter writing sets please don't hesitate to get in touch here. In the meantime here's a few pics of the stall and you can check out the different types of hand printed papers available here.

FIESTA LATINA!

If you're out and about Liverpool City Centre tomorrow why not pop over to Castle Street right by the town hall and join in the with the celebrations at Fiesta Latinaaaaa! I'll be there with Mister Paxman selling some of my hand printed paper (See below) and Mister Paxman will have some lino prints on sale too. P.S. I'm quite busy at the momento trying to finish off the writing sets and some bunting (Last minute idea!) but I'll hopefully get the new images of my papers up before tomorrow.

COMING TO A STALL NEAR YOU...

... this weekend I will be selling some hand printed pieces I have made on a stall at the Fiesta Latina on Castle Street in Liverpool. The festival will start this Saturday (which is the 24th) at 12 noon. There's also the Bold Street festival on too so if you're going to that why not pop over to Castle Street for a bit of a Fiesta afterwards!

If you're not lucky enough to make the festivities in person and would still like to purchase some of my paper feel free to get in touch with me here. Each sheet measure roughly 100cm by 50cm but there's still more to come yet too, these are just for starters! So watch out for the next batch where there will be some letter writing sets, my christmas collection and some more printed sheets of paper. Busy busy, no time for knitty!