The visitor

Our friend, Sophie, came to visit on the weekend. For the last eight months or so she has been working in Hobby Craft. She has now left HC as she starts her new teaching job in September. But her visit to us at the end of last week brought with it an impressive bag of wool that I had asked her to get months and months ago. I think that I am going to make a lap blanket with the multi coloured yarn, but no idea about the other four that go together wonderfully but have yet to have a future purpose!

I was slightly overwhelmed by the sheer number of handmade things that Sophie had with her. She first came to stay in February 2009. We had just got Rex and I was at my lowest ebb having just started therapy. Sophie and I got talking about our various woes, it has often amazed me that once you start talking about your own depression that suddenly you have a whole host of good friends who are also having similar problems - bingo, instant support network. That was how it felt when Sophie was staying that time. We talked and talked and I stitched and stitched (crochet...I'm really not a knitter) and Sophie claims that I inspired her.

Now, I find it hard to comprehend that I could inspire anyone to anything, even more so when I have inspired someone to be more creative than I could ever imagine being. So I had to snap away at her efforts. I really liked this lovely little keyring.....


.....then there was the crochet string shopping bag (which was expertly deployed at the spa on Friday morning to carry home wet swimwear)....


....and not to mention the knitted baby blanket, which got finished whilst she was here.


All in all a very impressive visitor to the cottage. And now it is my turn to be inspired. I have decided to do a beginners workshop in knitting. But before then there is Kelly's baby quilt to make as her last day in work is next Tuesday, and I have dusted off my Sew Hip! mystery quilt as 12 months on I think that it is time to get some projects finished off before beginners knitting gets me inspired to start more things that languish unfinished.