Sock wool, eggs and cats - hmm, interesting mixture

I've had a lovely day today. After taking the children to school I popped into Sunderland to meet Lisa and little Gabriel at the museum for a cuppa. We then caught the bus to Lisa's VERY local wool shop which has the most amazing bargains! There is a branch of the same shop nearer to me but the one near Lisa is the main shop so they carry all the stock - and what a lot of stock there was!

They were selling Regia sock yarn for £1.20 a ball - normally it costs over £4. So naturally I had to buy a lot (even though I bought a lot last autumn when they had it in at this price)


And naturally I had to ring Moogsmum and see which colours she would like me to get for her (even though she bought a lot last autumn when they had it in at this price!)


But that's not all I got.

Not even slightly!

I bought some fabulous Rowan kits (that I can't show you yet unfortunately as they are a secret) - but the discount was truly INCREDIBLE! Lisa had originally bought 2 for me as I wasn't sure I would get to the shop in time but I also managed to buy another today!

I bought this Kaffe Fasset fat quarter for the grand sum of.............

...................50p!!!

This Kid-silk haze scarf kit, complete with needles came to the princely sum of...............


.........................£2!

And I also got these leather slipper sock bases, and special latex gel for the bottoms of socks


and these super, short metal needles which will be perfect for the Little Lockets.


So it was an incredibly successful shopping trip!

And guess what?

They have a website!!!



What makes the day even better is that both Fred and Daisy did really well in their Easter Egg competition at school!

Fred won with this version of The Stegg (The Stig)


and Daisy was a runner up with her Dippy Egg and Soldiers


And so that Dot isn't left out, here are the fantastically mad cat brooch and finger puppet that she made for one of her best friends' birthday presents last week


So, that's why this is a post of sock wool, eggs and cats!

Picture-heavy Post with Loadsa-Linkage

You are going to have to be patient with me as this is going to be a long post with loads of pictures (and hopefully, for your sakes, fewer words!)

The first things I wanted to share with you are the Little Lockets' Easter Egg designs.

First up we have Dorothy's

The perfect eggy-creation for an archaeologist's daughter! She is fed up because by the time it was out on display Indi-egga Jones' whip was no longer wrapped around the Mummy!

Next we have Princess Daisy's contribution

I love R-egg-punzel's plait and the birds flying by.

And finally we have the award-winning-Fred's creation!

which earnt him a great big Cadbury's Dairy Milk Caramel Easter Egg (which he very sensibly shared with his two big sisters!!!)

And I can't leave our friend Ben's egg out - how fab is this?

(although he has had to promise his dad that he will bring the feathers back unharmed for his fly-tying!)


My final Easter contribution is this tablecloth from the Easter display in Fred's school - isn't it lovely?

Moving swiftly on..................

Here are a couple of lovely things that arrived in the post last week.

First up is this gorgeous mini "zine" from Applehead.

It seemed such an appropriate publication for the Locket household where the only time the occupants have matching feet is when they are wearing tights or are bare-foot! (Don't worry, Mr Locket and Fred DO NOT wear tights!)

I'm not going to show all the pages but look at this next one
The whole thing is really lovely full of adorable illustrations.

My other transatlantic parcel came from Aunty Cookie's Etsy shop

My very first pieces of her brilliant fabric. I love the "Cookies" in the centre although I wish I'd had one saying either "Knitters aint quitters" or "Who are you calling a Fat Quarter?". I may
have to buy some more!!!

On the subject of parcels, I am very pleased to say that I managed to get 4 of my own sent yesterday.


My bunny-hop-bunny-swap parcels to Hilde and Rachel (but I could have really thumped the stupid swap organiser for telling us to include a "hand-made" card and giving the 17th as a deadline! Stupid woman!!!)

Kitty's "100th post giveaway" (finally)

And my PIF for Thimbleanna and a little thankyou for the wonderful goodies she sent me a (long) while ago!

I will get my other PIF parcels sent soon and will be offering to do it all over again as I have signed up to Patti's PIF too!

It was Weight Watchers Day today and I am pleased to say that in spite of my lovely day out on Friday and the lovely food I happened to eat whilst in London, I have still managed to lose half a pound this week.

My perk on "weigh-in" day is to go to the little craft shop around the corner from the meeting that is closing down and has everything half-price. Today's purchases were some more sewing needles, a sheet of alphabet stickers for the children, some soft yellow knobbly wool and these two knitting pattern books.

Even though they are both quite "dated" I just love the birdies in them


and I reckon I could update them with a few little changes (she says over-confidently!!!!)

Not content with these bargains I then went on to "Matalano-darling" (ask Lesley about this) and bought some very reduced clothes for the girls,

and these two tops for only £2 each for their fabric - not my usual taste but rather lovely!

I'm going to leave you today with these photos of Daisy and Fred's den

and this fantastic text that arrived on my mobile yesterday evening..........................

Please come and
tuck me up.
'cause I can't be
bothered to
come and ask
you. Hope to see
you soon.
signed: the girl
in the small room
upstairs!

Dorothy really loves her new (hand-me-down-from-Granny-via-big-cousin-Em) mobile phone!

P.S. I lied about the fewer words bit!!!!