Category: Local Yarn Shops

Looking back

Well hello to you!  It feels like an inordinately long time since I wrote a post about everyday stuff instead of about yarn or giveaways, so I thought that today I’d do a quick...

Wiseheart Studio visit

If you’re in the Peak District over the Christmas period, you might well be tempted to follow the Peak District Yarn Trail (although do check opening hours before you visit!) – you might remember that...

Peak District Yarns visit

You might not guess from these pictures but it was actually quite a bright morning on Saturday when I left Winwick to drive over to Tideswell in the Peak District to visit Peak District...

Visit to Woolaballoo, Durham

Saturday morning, 6.49am, and I was at Newton-le-Willows station, just a few minutes’ drive from Winwick.  It was raining (for a change) and you may be wondering what I was doing here at this...

Knitting socks with Arne and Carlos

Quite a few people wondered what I was doing at Black Sheep Wools last week when I arrived for the latest Arne and Carlos workshop – their sock masterclass.  “Don’t you already know everything about...

From sheep to socks – sorting fleeces

Warning – this post is sheep-heavy! 🙂 The weather was pretty rubbish for the whole of the half term school holiday that we had here in the UK a couple of weeks ago, and...