West Yorkshire Spinners – a very modern mill
Back in May this year, I started – and finished – a pair of socks in one of the new cocktail colours from West Yorkshire Spinners. I chose their Rum Paradise colourway because I...
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Woolfest 2016
I hope you’re all ready to go because today we’re off to Woolfest! Woolfest is an annual wool festival held in an auction mart in Cockermouth in Cumbria, and if you think that sounds...
Catching up and counting down
I can’t believe that it’s Monday again! I’ve had such a busy few days and it’s all been yarn-related – I’ve felt very spoilt! There’s such a lot to tell you about and I...
Peru Socks
I mentioned the other day that I had cast on a very special pair of socks, and I’m going to tell you all about them today. Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about the DK...
Socks on and off the needles
We’ve got the sunshine again today after a few wet days this week – great for the plants as they’ve all shot up and some of the seeds that I’d all but given up...
Easter holidays
Both of my girls go to schools in different local authorities and generally their holidays coincide – but not this time. Luckily they have overlapped for one week out of the three that they...
