Cards and a cardie

This is what I’ve been up to for the last few days…

And what I’m working on at the mo :

Good or sad ?

Am feeling a bit bewildered by my day…

Took the afternoon off to go and look at craft shops around Oxford Street. The Cloth House was very nice, though I was less enamoured at the second outlet (the southern end, 98 ?). However, the prices were pretty steep, so for a newbie to sewing, it was off-putting. No doubt when (if !) I’m a better seamstress I’ll feel more confident at spending £14 a metre on material but for now, that seems a lot to drop.

Popped into Libertys but their wool section is basically Rowan now and quite rubbish.

I then went to John Lewis and the joy of going round their crafts department (inbetween fabrics and wool) was tempered by the fact I just didn’t want anything. I picked up some craft scissors, some coloured elastic thread (brown, for my Clessidra socks) and then some yarn from their bargain bin. But I got gawked at the assistants when I asked for the Happy Hooker crochet book to check the yardage for a project I wanted to do and when I looked at the cotton-based yarns, I realised  asimple summer top, short-sleeved, would cost me close to £50. It was quite depressing, so I wandered round a bit more, put everything down and then left.

So, I didn’t buy a thing. Which means I ‘saved’ about £70 as that’s how much stuff I had in my arms at one point, but I think I would have had buyer’s remorse as soon as I left the store. Am trying to concentrate on how glad I am I didn’t buy things that I didn’t really want but I still feel a bit odd about it. Maybe it feels like a waste of an afternoon off ? Maybe I should go and knit ALL evening now to make up for it !

Did a spot of quilling at lunchtime, and remembered how much I liked it. The perils of being a dilettante !