Craft Fair at Olympia

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Did anyone else go the the big craft fair at Olympia at the weekend?

Oh, dear, I missed that.

oh well, I thought there might be a few mn'ers.

What are you working on at the moment?

Nothing. I've enjoyed making crochet bowls, but there are only so many you can use after all. I've spun some attractive alpaca (black plied with white) but when I knit it, it all pulls over to one side, so I obviously have got the tension wrong. Crocheted about 2 1/2 feet of a rectangular shawl (in treble stitch) using some white alpaca that I spun and suddenly realised it wasn't creamy and soft and light, but was something more in the dingy dishrag line.
The vision of what I want my projects to look like so rarely match the reality
Anyway, I'm concentrating on re-upholstering an ercol cottage sofa I bought recently.

Blimey. That's proper crafting. I'm doing more sewing, including, coincidentally, re-covering a sofa (not reupholstering, though!). I have the seat cushion (only one) to do, and the frame, then that is done. Lots of little purses for third birthdays coming up. (groan...).

Oh, what kind of sofa - I'm doing an Ercol cottage sofa and chair (I've got a thing for Ercol) so not proper upholstery either, but recovering.

It's a bog-standard Multiyork, but I had new foam cushions made (as the old ones were.... old.... and no doubt crawling with dust mites ), and have added some big Ikea cushions (which I am covering in the same fabric) and bolsters, as DH loves to lounge about on the sofa.

I have just googled Ercol sofas, and they do look nice to re-cover! Nicer than this fffffiddly Multiyork!