Yup, that time of the week again ( Read more... )

I would have blogged about this yesterday, but the final knitted item was not dry, so its ended up with a post on its own. As you all know, I have taken up spinning on my drop spindles. When I did, I was already aware of a UK dyer of yarns and fibres though Ravelry, my knitting go to site. She has a Folsky shop My Heart Exposed. Helen's fibres were ( Read more... )

Yup, here we are again. More nonsensical waffle, but that's me for you. You all know me, you know what to expect, don't pretend that its a surprise ( Read more... )

But I am so excited about some spinning I have planned that I just have to write an entry about it. When I saw one of my favourite fibre sellers selling these two lovely braids I just had to have them:


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This blog post is going to be a bit of a mix by my own admission. But now I am back from holiday, I want to write a few things down for me, this is my blog after all ( Read more... )

Hey guys, currently in Holland, chilling with a drink, and thought I would do an update since I never got chance to before I went away. I want to thank everyone for their lovely birthday wishes ( Read more... )

well blog time again, because there hasn't been an update from me in a while. Its been a odd couple of weeks. Valentines day was lovely, finally saw Toy Story 3 with the hubby, and I cried, yes I cried. But had some... stressful times shall we say. Its mainly down to terrible twos kicking in, and unfortunately a couple of bad night's sleep. Its ( Read more... )

Here it is, in all its overspun, curly glory, the first yarn I ever spun, spun yesterday. It weighs 63g and is all bright and funky. And I am immensely proud even if I have a lot to learn yet and a long way to go!


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Hoo, time for another update, and boy is there plenty to update ( Read more... )

Okay, this will be my first post about the two pieces I am going to be working on for the next couple of months. The tag will be relevant as there are other pieces based on LOTR I want to knit as well, and more patterns are being designed and released as time goes on. So yes, this tag will get used again and again. What I am going to post about are ( Read more... )