The Four Seasons B&B just outside Athlone offers guests complimentary tea and coffee in the sitting room “upon arrival.” John and I made it before Kevin did, so we chose our rooms then settled in to the sitting room to enjoy tea (for me), coffee (for John), and biscuits (for both of us). We checked [...]

By the time we’d reached Sligo, I knew a lot more about this promotion thing. My “driver,” John, and his van-driving counterpart (Kevin) were not merely drivers but actually a promotions crack-team, doing everything the promotion needed except the knitting. We’d set up in local colleges, and the guys would don their red Vodafone shirts [...]

Things have been moving fast this month. I kicked off the new year by teaching an X-Factor celebrity and 130 Dubliners to knit. Then, just as I was recovering from the lovely response to my pattern releases, I was asked to follow the Vodafone promotions events and teach knitting. This was scheduled on Monday, I [...]