Colyton Grammer school and outing

Lizzie and I went to an open morning at Colyton Grammer school this morning. All I can say is *wow*. Lizzie is more than ever determined she will go there. Luckily it looks like she will be bright enough to get in - while selective it isn't *as* selective as some of the other grammar schools in the country - with about 2 kids for each place before the 11+ the head said that basically if the child was qualified to get in then they would. Their cut off point is the top 25% accademically. He said that if the kids look set to get 5s in the KS2 SATs then they should be OK - Lizzie some 5s last year...so it looks like she should get in just fine. She's very happy now - especially after he told us what the pass rates were in the 11+ tests - a lot lower than she was scared it was going to be.

Means we'll have to pay for the school bus , and if/when she starts after school clubs we'll have to find someone to lift share to get her home afterwards. But she is over the moon as she loves science and its a science academy.

Shop progressing

I have definitely decided to rename my shop.
I got a quote from a sign writer for the shop and the car and it shouldn't be too expensive.

I spent some time the last few days playing with making up some loyalty cards - I need to find a mini stamp or punch to use on them I think. Something around 1cm x 1cm.

Can't concentrate on Study today so have been putting some more rows into my wings of the swan stole. I finished the baby sweater a couple of days ago but I need to get some toggles and take a picture (which I can't do till hubby gets back from his sailing holiday with the camera.

Spinning

We are now in the process of buying a shop in MY TOWN to run. No it won't be a yarn shop - much as that is my dream shop, I need to learn how to run a shop first. This one is an existing business and running at a fairly healthy profit margin.


On the knitting front I am still working on my Wings of the swan stole, but that is on the back burner to a baby cardigan - knitted seamless with a couple of cables. Lizzie's best friend's mother has just had a baby.

I have also been spinning quite a bit recently using some lovely hand dyed tops I bought from ebay. I seem to be able to spin a single ply that is about 1 ply weight - i.e. when I Navaho ply it I get something lighter than UK 4 ply but heavier than 2-ply.

These skeins are Navaho plied to maintain the subtle random hand dying - standard ply-ing hand painted tops always blends everything together which I didn't want.