I’m ashamed to say that I managed to turn this beautiful skein of Socks That Rock Lemongrass Into the ugliest sock I ever made.So ugly, it will remain an orphan as I don’t feel inclined to make a second one.Beautiful yarn + gorgeous pattern = ugly sock. Sometimes the chemistry just isn’t there. But I’ll [...]

I’ve been doing a little fibre and yarn acquisition of my own lately: This BFL roving is from the lovely Juliet at Artist’s Palette Yarns. She has some yummy stuff in her shop and I love her colours. This is for when my spinning wheel finally arrives. Who knew it took so long to send [...]

Would you like to see some more yarn temptation? For those of you on yarn diets, I say “pah” – blow the diet – indulge your passion. Life is for living. And for those of you on stashalongs, I say “nah” – forget about it – stashes are for adding to. (I kind of apply [...]

Two days later, I’m finally getting around to putting the shop update photos on here: This is Clam (sold)This is OysterThis is Sour Fruits (s0ld)This is Empress (sold)This is Violet Pumpkin (sold)And this is Sugar Mice (sold)I guess it’s worth putting them up here for posterity and as a record for if any readers who [...]

And I CANNOT wait! We leave in the wee small hours of the morning and I have my Richard and Judy Summer Reads picked out – The House at Riverton by Kate Morton, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday and How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper. Not sure how many [...]