We've had a fun but exhausting day setting up our stand at Ally Pally.  Lots of deliberation over what to put where and how much hessian we should use in the process! Tim has had great fun with the staple gun....

Anyway, we are just about done.  Just had to pick up a few extra bits from the shop on the way home and all looks good.  Really excited that our new patterns have arrived and look just lovely!  Worth the effort we think... 

Hope to see lots of friends tomorrow.

We're in full Ally Pally mode now and have taken a day out of the shop to write up all the patterns that we have created over the last few months.  My personal favourite is Susan's crochet cowl shown here.  I love the colour of the Worsted Hand Dyes (strawberry) and the stitch that she's used is just gorgeous.... you might have seen it in the shop window recently.

Anyway, the pattern is called Syon and will soon be available to download from the website, but if you are coming along to the Knitting & Stitching Show from 11th to 14th October you can grab a copy there.

See you soon!

Susan and I started the year deciding to create a simple knitted and crocheted baby blanket each using Spud & Chloe's lovely Sweater yarn.  The colours of this wool/organic cotton mix are so fresh and combined with the fact that it is machine washable and tumble dryable, it makes it perfect for hardworking baby gear.

Susan's crocheted blanket is a version of a giant granny square with a flower incorporated in the centre.  It literally took her a couple of evenings, so she stole my thunder on the quickness front.  I tried to be a bit speedy by double the yarn up, very much inspired by the Purl Bee'sbeautiful  Chevron Baby Blanket which uses Blue Sky Alpaca's Worsted Cotton in the same way. It still took a couple of weeks worth of evenings, but very satisfying and quick enough to knock up as a gift.

The result is two wonderfully simple blankets that any new mum is sure to like.  Hope you like them too.

We had such a lovely morning on Saturday with Helena and Katarina from Millamia.  They brought in samples of just about every pattern from their three books, Close Knit Gang, Bright Young Things and the latest, Wonderland, and they all looked amazing. 

I managed to try quite a few of the samples on my daughter Tilly when she popped in at the end of the morning and have now had a few orders placed from her....!  Luckily she's small enough still for it to be achievable.... 

Katarina and Helena are going to come back in the Autumn, so if you missed them, not to worry and we managed to keep hold of a fair few new samples for the time being, so do pop by to have a look.

See you soon

Karenx

Gosh, sorry it has been so long since I've been here...  I really don't know why I haven't managed to keep the blog up to date but my new New Year's Resolution is to do better!

I think some of the reason why I've not written anything is that there is too much to write!  We have been so busy at Mrs Moon... what with appearing on the telly, in The Evening Standard, Home & Gardens etc etc we've hardly had time to think!

We've been thrilled to have lots of new people coming along to our knit-ins on Thursdays at 10.30am (ish).  In particular, we welcome people who make cakes!  There has been a bit of a cake war recently and this is something that Susan and I positively encourage!  It means I have something for lunch if it doesn't all go which is particularly good as at the moment I seem to be eating the same sandwich (emmenthal cheese and ham if you're interested) every single day and it gets a bit boring!

Last week Emily and Susan (not that one) both served up something completely delicious, but Emily went for it, by bringing in TWO cakes one of which was in the shape of a horse... now that really is raising the barre!  Can't wait till tomorrow.

To be honest though, we've needed cake since lovely Robyn headed off back to Adelaide in December.  Things are much quieter without her, but eating is getting us through...

See you soon

Karenx