Much nearer home

When I started this blog about travelling crochet, I was thinking about long distance travel, not just a few miles. This evening I had to travel at rush hour through part of London... had my wool bag with me, and as the traffic was so bad that I was only moving forward one car length at a time, managed to get three rounds of a granny square done while trying to get through traffic lights. 3tr, engage 1st gear, move forward 10 ft, handbrake on, go to neutral, 1ch 3tr 2ch, back in gear... etc etc! Arrived at my destination in East London much less stressed than I would otherwise have been.

First project complete

The work I started when I last flew - result of a hurried search for a one-colour crochet cotton pattern - is finally complete - a shopping bag. Although the crochet work was completed while travelling, making up had to wait for some spare time at home. I've reused lots of bits and pieces of reclaimed stuff - stiffened the top edge with curtain header tape, lined with reclaimed fabrics and added rope handles from a store carrier bag. This will be one item for sale at a church fair, to raise money for building work to adapt part of the church building for community use. There's a lot of money to raise but as they say on the Tesco ads, "Every little helps"! Although the bag is white, which might not be thought too practical, it's cotton so will be machine washable.

Yarn cutter to go

Thanks to a link given to me by a forum contributor (on http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=52354363) I now have a little yarn cutter which I should be able to take with me when flying... roll on the next journey, when I can do something with more than one colour!