OK, before you read on, I have to warn you, this is an (almost) yarn-free post – other than to say I’ve spent the evening skeining and skeining with a bit more skeining. And to just say I’m planning on putting together a 12 Days of Christmas “collection” (the word collection being totally tongue-in-cheek) of [...]

I realised it was high time I invested in a ball winder after a lovely customer asked for some skeins to be wound into a centre ball pull. I did it loving by hand – what do you think? Summer Bunting and Garden Party Some weekend dyeing:And drying: And some labelled up skeins ready for [...]

Since the kids are away staying with grandparents in Holywood for ten days (boo hoo, yay, boo hoo, yah – mixed feelings as you can tell), I spent five whole hours last Sunday trying to get a big batch of cashmere/silk dyed up. All will be listed on etsy by the end of the week [...]