Thank you for your advise and I can see the towel would be a better idea to absorb some of the water and then lie flat. Great. I’m not so fortunate to have young ones running about, you tend to forget and get into the habit of leaving everything lying about. I have a chair and it is full of my stuff never mind whats behind it. I am in a club called Readers Union/crafts, any one else? I have bought several items that I haven’t seen anywhere else (though they don’t do wool) the last things I ordered got me a free gift which was a book of accesories, mitts, wrist warmers, hooded cape, scarfs etc. It has some neat ideas plus the book I managed to get in the charity shop has some lovely edgings, so don’t be stuck for ideas.