A Wet Wednesday in Winwick

Well hello to you!  It's a wet and miserable Wednesday here in Winwick (how's that for at attempt at some midweek alliteration?!) and I'm very glad that I took the dog for a walk earlier on.  Thank you so much for all your comments on my last post - I'm delighted you enjoyed coming to Chester with us, and thank you for all the suggestions and recipes for big daughter too - we're both very grateful to you for taking the time to write!  Today, I'm sitting here with my photos from the weekend and remembering that it didn't rain all the time ...

It did rain quite a lot on Saturday, though.  Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day and also West Yorkshire Spinners day at Black Sheep Wools, my lovely local yarn shop.  There were lots of samples of garments and accessories for people to see and yarn to squish. Richard, the Sales and Marketing Director from WYS, gave talks on the company and the breeds of sheep fleece they use in their yarns, with more fleece to squish (it was a very squishy kind of day!).  I was there to talk socks and so was my talented crochet toy designer friend Emma Varnam, who designed the Bo Peep Great Adventures toys (these are so lovely with their matching clothes for children).  

Yes, Emma is knitting a sock - she's using WYS Winwick Mum Wildflower!

We had a lovely time chatting to customers and to each other, eating the cake from the Black Sheep Wools cafe (mmm ... lemon and blueberry, my new favourite!) and generally having a very nice time.  

After the holidays ...

Small daughter went back to school after a week off on holiday last week and oh boy, there's so much to catch up on!  I was looking through photos and realised that there are so many - the time goes so fast!  I've not uploaded everything that I photographed, but do be warned there are a LOT of pictures in this post!

Over the holidays, we managed a rare family day out in Chester with a walk along the walls with the dog and Sunday lunch in a lovely dog-friendly pub.

I love walking the Chester walls; it's such a fascinating timeline - the original walls are Roman, overlooking what was once a port ...

WYS Winwick Mum yarn giveaway update

I'm still looking for the last winner of the Winwick Mum yarn giveaway prize - this is the last call for Bevk!

If Bevk hasn't been in touch by Friday 7 June, then I'll re-draw from the entries to the original giveaway so that the yarn and pattern book can find a home! 😀