Oh sweet bliss

Oh Caro where have you been all my life you sassy beautiful songstress.

For all you ballsy ladies out there, hope you're dancing too xx

Update on OTL

One True Love is doing grand. I've come home for a little respite before crashing back in to volunteering efforts in the city next week. Ok, so it's 11:30 and I only JUST had breakfast because I've been coordinating via the wonder of the web but still..... I tried!

OTL has kept me company, his head resting on my lap as I type. It's an odd position. Standing, he is a bit taller than my knees so I have to have my feet on tippy toes or he 'falls off' and gets grumpy. To cheer him up I jump up and run to the kitchen. This is enough to make him get all skittish and trot along behind me, tail wagging, 'boinking' me with his nose and running at me when I stop. He's so funny. He's doing well considering his lovely old legs won't let him reverse anymore. He just sort of shuffles till he's facing forward again then trots back up to me again and sighs when I'm back on the computer.

I think he's tired out from all the messaging too.

To London

Your streets were quieter last night,
Yet still we listened
Less tense
But wary

As sleep finally fell over me
For the first time in days
I returned to thoughts....
Our future

I will not shout
Cry out for cannons
Blame your lost parents
Just hope

That the community we found
Spreads to more corners
Than we swept.
Time for change.

We don't need your rhetoric
Nor your public school games
We need to listen
They're here now

A voice deep inside them
Has caught you now
It was angry and lost
Don't stop

Don't move your focus to courts
Locked rooms and closed ears
Stay with them a while
Time. For. Change.

I Love My city

I came round this morning and listened. (I say come round because I've not slept in 2 nights, there are simply too many sirens surrounding our North London home). The streets were silent..... no sirens. I lifted my head and winced: massive headache.

I dragged myself up and forced paracetemol down my throat then packed a bag full of water, snacks, bin bags, gloves and set off to join 100s of other Londoners on the Riotcleanup.

As I waited for hours with crowds cheering the emergency services and waving our brooms I was not condemning 'thugs'. When I was on my knees scraping up broken glass, I was not muttering 'mindless violence' to myself. I was almost certainly not thinking we should 'clamp down harder'. 

No. 

I was smiling at the residents who came out and cheered, I was high fiving the shop owner when we scrubbed the sticky alcohol off her shop floor and I was amazed at Londoners. I will not cry out for harsher policing. I do not want to see a 13 year old on the receiving end of a plastic bullet, even if they are tearing apart our beautiful city. Why?

Because we proved today they can't and what's more we did it with nothing more than spirit and elbow grease. Now let's hope the government hear THAT message and not the message of hate. Happy children don't make the kind of devastating mess I helped clean up today.

Episode 10: Things that make you go Mmmmmm

Aplayfulday is kindly sponsored by Superknits, the home of super yarns for super knits. Please show your support for our playful friend by clicking on the link above- go on, spoil yourself!!!

Show notes:

Notes:

Win a skein of Abstract Cat exclusive Aplayfulday colourway in the Superwash Blue Faced Leicester 4 ply weight. To enter simple visit her online store and pop back here to leave a comment telling me what colourways you love best from this talented dyer. Competition ends 21st August 2011 and will be announced on the next podcast. Good Luck!

Knitting events
Ysolda Teague and Westknits classes announced at Loop, London. 

Donation giveaway:
Sock knitter's kit= 4 skeins of Drops Fabel, 2 sets of stitch markers. 1 sheepy set from The Lollipop Stop and 1 set with clip stitch marker from a Little Bit Sheepish.

Off the Needles
Monster Chunks by Rebecca Danger. 
The Dreaded Birthday knit, Earl Grey Socks by the Yarn Harlot in Sanguine Gryphon Bugga in the Tulip Tree Beauty colourway.
Super secret test knit for the wonderful up and coming yarn club from Lioness Knits. More details next week!

On the Needles
Test Knit for Rose Beck in Sundara Yarn Sock Yarn, in the colourway Brown Sugar over buttermilk and Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga in colourway KatyDid.
Little Colonnade by Stephen West in Madelinetosh Tosh Sock colourway Baltic.
Kai Mei by Cookie A in Superknits Mary, Queen of Socks, colourway 'With my tv and CD collection of Bob Marley'.

Munch, Burp, Schlurp
Recipe for Spelt Soda Bread:

1. Seive 2 cups of Spelt Flour into a large bowl along with 2 heaped tsps o Baking powder and 1 tsp salt. 

2. Add 3 generous tblsps of Margarine and rub into butter.

3. Add 250ml of Milk and stir into a dough (I used my fingers).

4. Turn out onto a loured surface and work into desired shape (I chose 2 mini round bun loaves with a scored X on top).

5. Pop in the oven for 30-40 mins on Gas Mark 6/ 220.

Podcasters Delite

Massive love for UK podcasters: Knit Spin Cake and Caithness Craft Collective. Keeping me smiley this week.
Also, congratulation to Jasmin from the Knitmore Girls. We can't wait to see if your baby has pink hair too and what a wonderful Glam-Ma Gigi will be!

Songs: 

Fly, Fly, Fly by Adrina Thorpe, available on Music Alley

Food by Deidre Flint, available on Music Alley

Contact me at: aplayfulday@gmail.com 
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