Between blotch and blok

As well as it being a week with Dad staying, it's been a week of pretty things. First, I showed off, at the local art exhibition at school some pieces I'd knit or embroidered, the which precipitated a hurried finish off of a scarf from this for Looby Loo (yes, it's the pink one you can just see on the cover) and another, more knit recent project. Added to these, the needlework hat band that's currently sans hat and the cross stitch one that's on a straw pill-box. They looked really smart on display. It's the first time I've done this, mainly through lack of confidence. But I think I showed things that looked professional and, for items made using traditional craft techniques, rather cool.

Second, I bought a skirt. It's red, unbelievably full, and on me almost floor length. Teamed with the little strappy T-shirt I got from Disneyland Paris at Easter, it's wonderful. I just want to do that little girl thing of twirling around at any possible opportunity. Fairtrade costs, however--as it ought. If I had set a clothing budget for the Summer, or even longer, it would have gone.