Home again

Home again – and most weary. I managed to mail off both my recent commission knit and a P-hop package (much delayed) to paintermom . While killing time, I thought I’d investigate the LYS again in the hope that stock had improved since I first arrived in Orkney. It was a depressing excursion and I …

Broken Promises

So much for promises! I really do not know what happened yesterday. I plied some yarn before berakfast. I got ready to go to spinning group. Went to spinning group. Came home and had a belated lunch, then began to check kitchen cupboards and make a shopping list for today… after that I packed up …

It’s not all about knitting

Tell-it Tuesday returns. Yay! Glossing over the recent declaration of a yarn diet… I am told that this “Purchase” is wholly allowable, as it is not intended for knitting… Now, how could a girl resist that? It was up for p/hopping and I thought it would be great to weave with one day. While I …

Returning to normal

It feels quite odd not to have as much on my back as I have had for the last couple of months.  I confess that in an effort to get Sanday Spinners up and running I expect to focus much of my blogging activity there for a while but I do promise to spend more …

Birthday party time

I shall be there, will you?

Hello

Hello, blog, did you miss me? I’m back… While I was gone, we rebuilt the Sanday Spinners website, and added an online shop! We now sell Ashford spinning and weaving equipment online (we’ve been selling locally for a couple of years now) and hope to sell some handspun yarns, fleeces, spinning tools and other craft …