A partly-knitted sock in stripes of blue and rainbow on a white background next to a curled long circular needle with a pink cable

Blogtober 2023 : Day 28

Hello, hello, it’s the weekend again – and phew, what a week it’s been! Thank you for your kind words about the Hope Socks pattern which was launched into the world yesterday – over...

A pair of baby socks in pink and green stripes with a decorative cuff lie on a white background next to a red glass heart

Hope Socks

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” This quote by Lady Bird Johnson was the inspiration behind the yarn collaboration between West Yorkshire Spinners and the breast cancer charity Future Dreams, and the result was...

A pair of baby socks in pink and green stripes with a decorative cuff lie on a white background next to an adult sock in the same yarn and a red glass heart

Blogtober 2023 : Day 27

Day 27!  Blogtober is heading to a close, only 4 more days after this one – I don’t know whether we should be feeling sad about it all or celebrating that the daily ramblings...

A ginger, black and white cat is lying on a wooden table playing with some yarn

Blogtober 2023 : Day 26

Well, today I have had a lesson in appreciating the moment as I woke up to rain on the windows and the wind whistling round the house – it couldn’t have been more different...

Looking up at a blue sky past red autumn leaves on a tree

Blogtober 2023 : Day 25

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful morning!  I’d expected it to be foggy as it was misty last night when I went to collect not so small daughter from big daughter’s house where they’d...