The V Festival

I think I am still recovering from last weekend!

My sister & I attended the V Festival in Chelmsford. We have done for the past 4 years. It is our sisters get together! I have to confess, I do festivals the easy way. I stay with my Dad & Step-mum who provide soft bed, cups of tea, cooked breakfasts and an on demand taxi service. Luxury! Not that I don't like camping, I love it, but I prefer to get a good nights sleep and not have to worry that the tent will be invaded. And nice toilets and showers.

Amy MacDonald

Overall it was a good weekend. We saw some great acts (Goldfrapp, Paloma Faith, Kings of Leon) and the weather wasn't too bad. It only rained a bit on Sunday, but did pour down Sunday evening. We left the place looking like drowned rats - but i guess that is normal at a Festival. I think Festival Food really doesn't agree with me though - I'm still recovering. I guess the park will still be recovering as well.

Goldfrapp - I loved her outfit!

As I said above, I do festivals the luxury way. We even take camping chairs to sit in as they are far more comfortable than the floor. For some reason they were taking chairs off people on Sunday but we sneaked ours through. Not sure what that was about. Why not have chairs? Not everyone can stand or sit on the floor all day. Most people with chairs sit at the back out of the way. Anyway, I was sitting in my chair waiting for the next act to come on and I had a thought - why am I not knitting? Perfect opportunity - comfy chair, plenty of time, relaxing atmosphere, no rain. I looked around and no one was doing anything like knitting. Would it be really out of place? I have done at other events, such as the Bramham horse trials. I would feel rather uncomfortable at a festival though. It seemed a little too hostile for knitting. Anyone else with any experience of knitting at festivals?

On the way back North I picked up my mum's sewing machine ( a new home super streamliner) and overlocker (a mylock 134D) and all of her supplies. There is a lot of them! I tried the sewing machine on some of her scrap fabric and it seems to work fine. My lines were fairly straight too! Just need to read the instruction manual now to change stitch size as it seemed quite small despite being on the largest setting. Must be something I'm doing wrong.

I get to start planning my first machine sewed project now!!!! I have lots of ideas but I am struggling to find a really easy pattern that makes something I want with the supplies I already have. Any suggestions?