Would anyone like...?

I've been having a sort out ...  well it comes to us all in time, the moment when you can't find something because you've put it somewhere safe and you realise that everything has got into such a muddle you can't see the wood for the trees.  As I've been waiting in for some things to be delivered and some to be collected, it seemed like a good idea - not much point trying to sew when you can't hear the doorbell, or work upstairs when you can't get down to the door quickly enough, so I've been systematically going through 'stuff'.
Quite a few things I shall take to the local charity shops, but I thought I'd put one or two things on here.  If you see something you like, it's first come first served, no charge.  I've got three things to offer today, but keep checking as I expect there to be some more over the next few days.

Firstly, this is a 50g ball of Patons Spirit (75% Acrylic 25% Mohair).  Although it's only one ball, it's enough  (and plenty) to make this

A dear little guinea pig from a pattern by Debbie Birkin which can be purchased and downloaded here http://www.debibirkin.com/inc/sdetail/136, for £2. (I'd happily throw in a copy but it's copyrighted).  It's very realistic when finished - I've given away the two I knitted but they were lovely.

Secondly, still from the knitting stash, three balls of Debbie Bliss cotton dk in fuschia pink.  Might make a scarf or table mats - I haven't any pattern.  I think this was part of my sister's stash as I have no memory of buying it!  Anyone want it?

It's dark and stronger in colour than it looks on screen.  I don't know if it's a current colour.

Finally, we've managed somehow to aquire two copies of this book which is the story of Madresfield, a country house which is where Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited and is therefore the inspiration for Brideshead itself and the Marchmain family who lived there.  It also has many other claims to fame - connections to Dicken's Bleak House and Elgar's Enigma Variations and many historical events and it has been lived in by the same family for 28 generations.  The house had never been left unattended and has no handles to its outer doors!  If you've never read Brideshead Revisited I'll find a copy of that too.

That's all now, hope someone will want these - they'll go to the charity shop otherwise.  I'll probably have some more to offer next week.