TORCH ISLAND

I love this so much that I want to eat it. Etsy :: copperpot :: wool roving 100 merino 4oz. TORCH ISLAND I think Mr L should get some nanny software he can set up to keep me away from Etsy. I’m getting some very lustful feelings…

Etsy :: danishknitdesign :: Charlotte, knitting kit in more color options

I have never before considered knitting underwear but this kit could make a convert of me. Cheaper, nicer, prettier… more fun than M&S thermals. Etsy :: danishknitdesign :: Charlotte, knitting kit in more color options I rather like the Louise kit too. But I don’t have 35 dollars. If I did, I’d be busy making …

Sanday Knitters

There is a wonderful article at Orkney Today about the now defunct Sanday Knitters company. http://www.orkneytoday.co.uk/news_item.asp?newsItem=3330 As I understand it, the Sanday Knitters were victims both of their own success, and of the high delivery costs entailed in getting raw materials in, and finished garments out, of Sanday. In fact, we had a conversation about …

Spinning Day

Spinning group plus 1 today. Very snug. Lots of wheels. Lovely almond tart, warm and gooey from the oven and tasting of a good old fashioned Bakewell. Silence descended, as it always does when a really good cake appears. Eating cake is a serious business. I finished a bobbin of my supposedly fat single, then …

Lightsabre spindling

Yay – lightsabre spindles! Etsy :: needlelite :: NeedleLite Lighted Drop Spindle, 6 inch length 🙂

Etsy :: butterflygirldesigns

It’s a jolly good job that Butterfly Girl Designs apparently doesn’t ship to the UK. Because I don’t otherwise see how these spindles could possibly be resisted. WANT! EDIT: OOOH, she does ship International. Oh…. dear…. EDIT 20 Feb: Oh, they’ve gone 🙁