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POLISHING THE CRAFT
Ian Ayris suggests ‘you can write anywhere with anything on anything’ (Creative writing building blocks, WM Sep). Emboldened by reading that, I joined the weekly Crafternoon in our Village Hall.
Some people bring knitting or needlework, some paint or draw. One woman’s husband sets up her easel so that she can work on her paintings of steam engines; he polishes small metal machine parts and chats to his friend who is making model buildings. How could I fit in?
I set down my tablet and rhyming dictionary, then nervously asked whether anyone would like me to write something. Someone said, ‘Write a poem about this jumper I’m knitting.’ I asked a few questions, then tackled it like an exam. At the end of