Shop directions: Skye Boat in Opulent www.skeinqueenshop.co.uk

…tomorrow – Saturday afternoon. Prices start at £4.95 (around $8.90) for pre-dyed Bamboo Soft. This shop is for keepers – no more changing shops for a loooooonnnng time! But I hope you’ll like the faster speed times, the ability to pay by credit/debit cards as well as PayPal, the facility to pay in sterling, USD [...]

Cinderella’s Dress in Plushness Seaspray in Elegance Olea in Blush Reykjavik in Blush Chocolate Cherries in Plushness A glimpse of just some of the hand-dyed yarn which will be available when the new shop opens.

It’s nearly ready – just waiting for PayPal to approve the new account – so I’m hoping that will be by the end of the week, or early next week. In the meantime, some photos of the yummy pre-dyed cashmere and bamboo now in stock: Sky 100% cashmere Periwinkle 100% cashmere Midnight 100% cashmere Peapod [...]

Skein Princess is delighted with her first pair of hand-knit bedsocks. I used the Sock Buddies pattern from Fab Feet and Cosy Toes by Anna Tillman. They have little pockets knitted into them as she’s a hoarder and she loves to tuck away precious little “treasures”. I still have to knit a pair of white [...]

Glister – a new hand-dyed laceweight silk from Skein Queen in Jade Palace and Camellia I thought I’d start by clarifying my plans for the direction of the kingdom of Skein Queenery. I’m happy with the new website but am in the process of building another shop. The current one is O.K. but I’m not [...]

… I’ll tell you tomorrow!

So, apart from launching the shop and the winter sock club this week, what else has been going on the world of Skein Queenery? After getting my children back safe and sound from a week staying with their grandparents and aunties over in Northern Ireland (and very spoiled they were too), I got all over-enthusiastic [...]

Tonight is an historic night in the world of Skein Queenery as the much-anticipated new royal shopping establishment is finally launched. Click on the Shop link on the top right of the page if you want to start shopping right away, or the Website link if you want to go by the scenic route. One [...]