Tangerine

I really wanted to show you this gorgeous yarn today and I am kicking myself for having bought such a duff camera. The colour reproductuion with this one is awful — and I still cannot read a card from the Canon. Anyway, you will simply have to take my word for it that this yarn, …

The Thrill of the Yarn

Oh, what a Thursday Thrill we have today. Nobody can tell me that new stash is ever any less than thrilling but today’s parcel is just wondrous! The recent Colourmart Lovers contest[sic] over on Ravelry saw the Woolgatherer produce the best project in the Accessory category – my Annis shawl.  The prize for this extraordinary …

A wander through my stash

Those “holes” in my Ravelry stash  page have been bugging me so, while I had my light tent out, I’ve been doing a little catching up. I love the way that a few small changes make such a huge difference to my photographs. Although these images were still a little slapdash. I improved on them …

p/hopping

A little while ago I was successful in bagging a beautiful skein of laceweight wool via the p/hop Ravelry group. Rav user fey packaged it up and sent it off to me and it arrived here this morning. I haven’t got the colours quite right – the photos were taken in artificial light. Think Royal …

Like a hole in the head

I think it’s an addiction, why else would I acquire more stash? I’m never going to knit my way though what I have already! And then there’s all those fleeces to spin… Anyway, I fed my habit: Kelpie, from The Yarn Yard. Laceweight cashmere. Colour: Paprika. This is wound already and poised to make a …

Drift On By

At long last, the Ocean Drift roving is all spun up and skeined.

A pretty yarn, very silky and with much drape.

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