I've done the first Lizard Ridge square, complete with several mistakes. (no-one could accuse me of being a perfectionist!) It now seems odd that this pattern is in stocking stitch both because it curls up and because it's not reversible - and you kind of want a blanket to be reversable, don't you? Although perhaps an Afghan is different - I don't really know what an Afghan is. Can anyone advise? Anyway I suppose I could back it with something - even possibly something knitted.
The film crew turned out to be not from Channel 4 at all. They were an independent film company making a feature film about civil liberties in the UK - I got the impression the director saw himself as an English version of Michael Moore. Anyway they sat us all at the kitchen table and interviewed us for about an hour. We all had to avoid having words put into our mouths eg. "So do you think your daughters were treated like terrorists?", and as we didn't say exactly what he hoped we may end up on the cutting room floor. Either way it was interesting because I learned more details from the girls about what happened. This report on the BBC this morning underlines the point they were trying to make.
The Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally was huge, hot and heaving - I don't know what I'd imagined but it wasn't that. Perhaps late morning on Saturday was the busiest time. Anyway I saw some lovely things, and bought some wooden straight needles for the Lizard Ridge, and this yarn at a very good price from a man who only sells at exhibitions. Only spent £25 in all though, so not too wild.
Organising exhibitions seems to be almost a license to print money. All the organisers had to do was hire the venue and publicise it. And set up a few workshops. Then they just wait to collect the money from the exhibitors (I bet it was expensive) and the thousands and thousands of visitors.