yarn
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A wander round the wool museum
A little photo tour of the local (I love that it’s so close!!) Wool Museum!!
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Crafty Catching Up!!
Well a fortnight has vanished since my last post!!! Well more than a fortnight!!! That’s what new babies manage to do…. and toddlers… they eat time!!! So…. now I’m a captive on the sofa with a post immunisation snuggler…. Where was I…. Wonderwool Purchases!!! Those of you that follow me over on Instagram will have…
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Wonderwool 2018
So Saturday last Mum and I took the tribe of smalls to Wonderwool at Builth Wells!! I love this yarn show and have attended every year for the last ten plus!! Apart from the year William was born as him arriving and Wonderwool were just that wee bit too close in dates!! (He would have…
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More socks on the go!!
I have cast on another pair of vanilla socks!! Yes I seem to have a problem needing to have some vanilla socks on the needles at all times!! But it does seem to be all my poor sleep deprived brain can handle!! Look at this yarn!! It is Weavers Loft sock wool and I bought…
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Finished some knitting!!
I’ve finished another pair of vanilla socks!! Dad’s birthday socks!! And now they have been gifted I can publish them!! They are knitted in Weavers Loft sock yarn, which has knitted up a bit thicker than the usual sock yarns I use but it’s a great sock yarn!! And it should be really tough for…
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Shop update!!!
Well the yarn dried before the baby has decided to make an appearance!!! So the shop update is now live!!!! Two gorgeous spring colours and sparkles!!!!
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Episode 13 show notes
Episode 13 Sunday 18th March So I’ve made it this far!!! Still got bump in tow!! Lots of little bits to tell you all about this week, some sections are a bit light on content this week, because we’ve had disturbed nap times due to toddler illness ( joyfully he threw up in the car…
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A crafty little update
Apologies I was due to podcast this weekend….. but I haven’t a the energy and b with all the visitors I haven’t had a chance to do as much….. However….. Some sneaky peeks…… at an A J Aviator hat (pattern from Made by Jacks Mum) made for Young Sir for next winter me thinks…….. or…
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New yarns in store!!
I had a heap of locally sourced alpaca fleeces back last year that I sent off to be spun…. I grossly underestimated the amount of time it would take me to skein up….. but I have finally done three out of the four cones that came back from the Border Mill!! And they are now…
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So a couple of weeks in…
My challenges for this year seem to be going well!!! I have claimed nap time as my spin weave and sew time and although I have not necessarily managed all three each day I’m getting at least two in!!! The weaving in half way I reckon!! The spinning is going really well!!! I’ve skeined a…