The chip shop saga continues!

I met the journo yesterday and mentioned the chipshop piece had made me a *tad* unpopular at the post office. When I took in my most recent parcels they were sniffed (as a joke) by staff at the counter to show they hadn't got any food smells! I was assured I wouldn't be in the paper this week.



This week's piece shows even the Mayor opposes the plan - he apparently deals in extractor fans, and implies they won't be up to the job.

Relieved not to be quoted, I moved on to the letters page *eeek*!



I feel sure my photo will hang in the fish and chip shop when it eventually opens:
*Do not serve this woman* :-)

Beginning to wish I hadn't placed an objection in the first place - but I *am* concerned about the smell, and it's my right to object, that's what planning permission is all about, seeking the opinion of the locals.

Still feel like a marked woman though!

Not nifty in the paper AGAIN, surely?

I think I was *slightly* over-quoted (don't think I said it'd ruin my business, I'll just go to a different post office!) but hey - I'm famooose!

The photo was taken by the newspaper photographer way back in November 2009, it's slightly weird to think the newspaper can just reach into their archives and find *me*!!

Knitivity in the newspaper today!

It may only be the Kentish Express, but hey - it's a newspaper!

Meerkat Nativity available from each of my stores: Zibbet, Etsy and Folksy

(Watch out for the Shepherds, sheep and angel in time for next Christmas!)

Newspaper coverage part 2

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I'm on the front page of our local rag :-)

Sadly, the online version doesn't show the photo of myself and husband pointing inanely at litter.

http://www.kentishexpress.co.uk/paper/default.asp?article_id=10922

Here's hoping the reporter comes back to do a piece about etsy next week. What shall I knit him as a bribe? and will I get paid for them using my photo from previous blog? Somehow I don't think so!

I'm going to be famous!

Great excitement here today, I met with a local journalist!

This was because a few weeks ago I got fed up with moaning about litter and decided to do something about it. We took a bin bag with us on our regular walk and picked up no less than 5 kilos before we gave up.


There were: 19 plastic bottles, 3 glass bottles, 1 drinking glass, 22 cans, a hubcap, a clipboard, a 5L container of antifreeze and...these we had to leave behind...a microwave, 2 tyres and a rubber carmat.

Today, we took the reporter to photograph the microwave and I collected the car mat and some more rubbish. Amusingly the 2 tyres had bred, and there are now 3.

But - the real excitement is that I mentioned my etsy store, and he said he'd come back and do a story on me maybe next week! I will be knitting my nifty little heart out till then!