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 [...]