Come on, knit faster! Get more done!

Once again, I missed the Secret Pal blog guideline that there should be a posting on Sunday. Sorry, group leader, I wasn't here. And dear Secret Pal, if you see this: where art Thou?

I have just returned after three days on the road, and this is quite how I feel right now:


It was time for the yearly Hobby & Handicrafts fair in Cologne, Germany. I'll be back with more pictures, a longer story and above all, some new blog recommendations of the people I met. It was so much fun meeting you all, and beware, I will contact you next time I'm visiting your city.


The show is supposed to present the future trends of the coming winter, but let's enjoy the summer and the butterflies first.



The colour combinations of sock yarns has been widely discussed, but the hard times should be over: Kaffe Fassett has been asked to do some new designs which should be easier on the eye.



See how cleverly I guided you to the next theme: I spent two days in Cologne and on the way back from there, I took a detour via Jülich (also in Germany). Two colourful men, Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably guided us past mountains of yarn and gave hints on which ones were worth picking up. I had stayed up for yours during the previous night, trying to finish my swatch... which I did, around 2.30 am. I'll tell you more when I've had some rest. Now I could almost kill for a good night's sleep in my own bed... and I just might get that if I stopped writing this and actually did something to promote that idea. I'll be back.