Most of the Lotus Yarns Cashmere has been restocked – a couple of colours did sell out at I Knit – but most of the range is back in stock. Not only that but there are some brand new colours now in the shop – some of which will feature in the next issue of [...]

Here’s this week’s offerings to gradually appear on etsy before the end of the week: This one’s called August because today was the first real sign of summer we’ve had and these hot summery colours remind me of a bright summer’s day. This is in the soft cashmere/silk 4 ply. Next is Plum Tree, also [...]

I have some new additions to list in my etsy shop over the next couple of days and here’s a sneak preview: First up, we have a beautifully, soft cashmere/silk which I have named Pitter Patter for obvious reasons: Next up is another pastel colourway, this time in the long-promised cashmerino which is so soft [...]

This is what I’ve been up to this week. I got myself onto Flickr at last. Here’s my Flickr page. Sure there must be some way of creating a mini link but will get to that some time. So far have joined 4 groups – Yarn Porn, For the Love of Fiber, Hand Dyed and [...]

To support my etsy site, and for a bit of fun, I thought I’d have a go at adapting a Carosel socks pattern by Violet Green into ankle socks and see if they would knit up with one of my 55g skeins. So I reserved one of my Cupid’s Breath solid shade of pink for [...]

Yay! My new skeinwinder arrived this week. I ordered it from Maggie at Woolwing on ebay. I can make longer and better skeins now. I love it – except when I STILL get in a tangle, but I’m getting better. But the arrival of this new contraption means redundancy for my trustworthy Niddy Noddy. Reckon [...]

Despite being injured after pulling a muscle in my shoulder during Body Attack on Saturday (this is after falling over in the mud in Running Club on Wednesday and being covered in bruises -is exercise supposed to be good or bad for you?) couldn’t go a whole weekend with no dyeing of yarn, so decided [...]

Once upon a time, about four Christmases ago, the Skein Prince saw some brightly coloured wool in a shop and wished for a teddy. Henceforth, `Colourful’ was born, according to my own made-up pattern. He started off all blue, pink and yellow and very fluffy. He’s been much loved, so much so, his hand has [...]

You live and learn. Today I found out there are two ways to pronounce skein – some say skayn and some say skeen. I think the proper way is skayn but I like to think that skeen sounds more Scottish – like scone and scoone (little curranty bun thingy). Check out this survey on pronounciation: [...]

After much work, have launched my Skein Queen etsy shop at last – I love the concept of a marketplace for handmade items. I’m gradually adding more items to it every couple of days and the most exciting bit was getting my first sale only a couple of hours after launching. A lady from Michigan [...]