I've been tagged!

I've been tagged by Lottie. I've not done this before :o)

Rules

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1. Ten years ago May 1998 - I was finishing my last year at Uni doing an Occupational Therapy degree and looking into getting a job.

2. Five things on today's "to do" list (in no particular order) - Washing up, cooking tea, entertaining the kids, knitting, tidying up.

3. Snacks I enjoy - Chocolate! Dry cereal straight from the packet.

4. Things I would do if I was a millionaire - Open a yarn shop :o) Own my own house again, talk to the local farmer about extending the garden.

5. Places I have lived - Worcestershire, Nottingham, West Cumbria, Derbyshire, NW Leicestershire

I'm gonna tag:
Iwouldratherbeknitting
Wolfmaiden
Carl
Christine
Knitwithwine

(Knittermum)

May Market - how it went!

I had a good day at the market - this is the first time I've actually been able to sit down and think enough to write this!

I learned alot on the day - knowledge that I will use for future fairs etc.

Firstly, there were several people who visited my stall who asked for cheap acrylic yarn in a variety of colours. I had been thinking about moving towards stocking mostly natural fibres, but I'm now going to have a range of value acrylic yarn as well as the more expensive yarns which yarn addicts like to fondle! The Fyberspates yarn I had on my stall was very much admired, but no sales unfortunately :o(

Also, I decided to have a range of knitted items for sale on a future stall which would appeal to non-knitters and maybe tempt some of them into starting to knit :o)

I've started making some little bags and a dolls blanket. I've also got plans to make some hairbands and bracelets as well. These are my first designs! They are fairly simple and easy to make and I am planning to make up some kits for later fairs. Once the patterns are written up and the items finished and photographed, I will have them available as free downloads on my site.

I'll get some photos on here as soon as I have some.

I will be at a couple of school fairs in June, so most of my designs at the moment are aimed at primary school age children, but I will look into adapting the designs or making new ones to appeal more to adults.