Saturday 16 April 2011

Village Fair

It was the first village market of the year today, except now it's a village fair with more emphasis on raising money for charity and held less frequently. I think we were all a bit apprehensive about how the event would go, the time had been changed to the afternoon and there was an admission charge that went directly to the nominated charity this first one for CHAS, the Children's Hospice Association ScotlandI helped prepare the village hall yesterday, Pam and I had fun decorating the windows in a suitably spring/Easter way. I shared a stall with Hannah who also lives in the village and as you can see is an excellent baker. Gazing onto all her cakes for 2.5 hours certainly gave me an appetite. I took a good selection of socks though I only sold a couple of pairs and one pair of gloves, I didn't mind too much as I am desperate for socks myself and I had the feeling that with the warmer weather there wouldn't be so much demand for cosy feet. I had a good time though, met some interesting people including members of the band who played throughout the afternoon adding much to the atmosphere. Terrible picture, I apologise. Mr FF and I got chatting to a couple of the players who took us out to the car park to meet their fantastic ginger cat, Fleetwood, who has his own blog page and is a regular at music events. He's called Fleetwood because that's where he comes from and not because of the other band. At the next fair in June I'm running a Knit and Sit session where beginners can have a go at knitting and those with experience can help knit squares for a charity blanket. Be interesting to see how that goes.

8 comments:

  1. Love the little tiny pairs...too cute! Your display was lovely, even if you didn't sell a great number of them.

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  2. You've managed to knit an amazing number of socks Jenny! At least your stand will be well stocked for the next fair. The 'sit and knit' sounds a good idea, especially if you share a stand with Hannah, although the knitting might get a bit sticky with cake crumbs!!

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  3. I'm doing a small 'market day' next Saturday - at which I hope to sell all the stuff that was left over from the cancelled, then rearranged at the last minute, when everyone had done their Christmas shopping, fair!! Hope you understood that sentence!!)

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  4. Just been reading all about Fleetwood - what a brilliant cat. He's better travelled than a lot of people!!

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  5. Just been reading all about Fleetwood - what a brilliant cat. He's better travelled than a lot of people!!

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  6. It all looks great. I'm hoping you didn't just gaze at those cakes!

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  7. What a coincidence, my MIL came from Fleetwood!

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  8. Happy Easter, Jenny! Such fun to see about the fair, and LOVE seeing all the socks you had for sale. I've never done a sale like that, so admire your courage to go for it. :o) Happy Days ((HUGS))

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