The car park is full, Handmade in Hay are in the Buttermarket with stalls for Christmas gifts, and people are wandering round town with maps in their hands, looking for the Drill Hall, where some of the talks are taking place. The Community Centre has an entrance canopy (which cunningly disguises what a tatty old building it is), and other events are taking place in the Swan. The weather hasn't been too bad, either.
One of the stalls in the Buttermarket was taken by Jane Meredith of Plant Dyed Wool. As well as making rugs and scarves and things, she runs courses on spinning, weaving, felting and dyeing from her home at Byford - something I'd like to do some time.
Meanwhile, at the Craft Centre, the large unit that used to be used by the woodturners has now re-opened for pottery workshops. They're called Fired, and they teach pottery, pottery painting and enamelling. You can just turn up off the street and paint a pot if you want to. I think it's a great way of encouraging ordinary people to develop skills they might not even know they have. They're having an open day next Saturday, 8th December, and if you take the Wye Local along, with the special voucher in it, you can paint a pot for free.
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