Silly Socks

Not sure where this week has gone - it seems to have disappeared into a pile of either teaching or teaching preparation in between updating my CV etc. There was a bit of a fun start to the week last weekend at our Embroiderer's Guild meeting.

Once a month our Guild has an informal gathering on a Saturday afternoon - a chance for a chat and a cuppa, sometimes a bring and buy and usually a talk or short demo from one of the members. This month I offered to show how to make a sock monster.

I really didn't think there would be much interest, but it would seem that the idea of a bit of silly sewing appealed to our membership and the room was packed.

Let me tell you, I had to put up with a lot of heckling and some rather badly behaved ladies but we did have a laugh and it was a lot of fun! And as a result there is a new addition to my ever growing sock monster family... "Crazy Daisy"

And not all the ladies in the audience were misbehaving... some were obviously paying attention and making notes, because this is what they have made this week... This one is Gill's which she made for her sister.

And these two were Marian's... which she made instead of doing her City and Guilds homework... but we won't tell.

I'm now wondering what to expect when I go and give a proper talk to the Guild in July. Maybe they will be nice to me and not heckle too much?