Yarn Mistrys

1. Wildcraft BFL Summer Heathlands, 2. Birthday Socks, 3. Oceanwind Knits Merino, 4. Spring Forward Socks

At the beginning of the week, I received some more Birthday goodies from Diane and they cheered me up endlessly. Working clockwise from the top right picture, you can see that I received a pair of lovely socks that [...]

Sometime at the end of last year, Adrian from Hello Yarn announced that she was opening up some more slots in her Fibre Club. I squeed and danced a little and decided that I would desperately love to be part of the club. Thankfully, that’s exactly what happened and because I couldn’t resist, [...]

Warning:  Picture heavy post!

I’m home!  I made it back from the lovely Pocono Mountains on Monday lunch and spent the rest of it in bed, catching up on the sleep I should’ve had on the plane.  My suitcase, on the other hand, didn’t quite make it home with me.. but that’s a different story.

SOAR was [...]

This post, that is!

I’ve been busy, busy, busy and I’ve also been very naughty.

This is the latest in the spinning escapades:

Fibre: 100% BFL from The Yarn Wench
Type: 3 ply Laceweight (18 wpi)
Length: 388 yards/355 metres
Weight: 106g

Then there was the little skein made up from the leftover on the 2 bobbins:

Fibre: 100% BFL from [...]

I was speaking to Ollie the other day about S.O.A.R the other day, saying how excited I was and that I’d registered etc. He sat there, smiling and nodding, and then became very alert when I said “You know, I’ll need a travel wheel for this?” Silence.

Yesterday, this turned up in the post:

loves [...]

I have been very naughty and bought myself some more gorgeous fibre from The Yarn Wench. Mind you this was a purchase at the end of February. The package seems to have gotten sidetracked at customs and turned up here yesterday.

Anyway, the contents:

4.4oz Falkland in colourway Majik

3.7oz Falkland in colourway Mahogany Peacock

4.1oz BFL [...]

This turned up in the post today, and LittleBerry has requested piccies:

This is 4.3oz BFL in Heart-Throb 1 from The Yarn Wench

It’s a beautiful range of colours that really work well. So far, I’ve just petted it. But some time soon, I shall attempt at spinning it up. Once I feel more [...]

This is what I got in the post yesterday afternoon, from HelloYarn:

This is 1lb of Romney in Brown:

225g each of Corriedale in Charcoal Grey, Grape, Brown & Black:

And as a treat to myself, some SWTC Soy Silk in Karaoke White, 225g:

My favourite is the Soy Silk, it’s so buttery soft and so squishy, I can’t [...]