I’ve got to get this little lot into the shop ready for the update tomorrow evening. It includes two new yarn bases. Decadent – handspun cashmere. And Duchess – 50% superfine alpaca 50% merino – DK weight I’d better get started…

Jamie Findlay Born 11.47am 30th March 2009 3 weeks early weighing 9lbs 9ozs. Brother to Megan Rose. Congratulations sis and Stuart!!! I’m an auntie again!

As Spring has officially sprung, I bring you four shades of new Cashmere Soft in laceweight now in the shop. It’s sumptuously soft and a treat to knit with – I started a Fountain Pen shawl in Ruby – a gorgeous pattern for a luxurious yarn. Each skein is 100% cashmere, 400 yards, is competitively [...]

Made with Lotus Yarns Cashmere Soft in Oatmeal (MC), Ruby, Hot Pink, Chocolate, Lime and Sugar Pink. A Tuck-Under-the-Armable kind of a bear and ever so soft. I based her on an old flat teddy that Skein Prince took everywhere with him until a fateful day when he was six and left him on a [...]

First of all, thanks so much to everyone on Ravelry and Facebook for all your get well wishes. I’m sure all the good vibes must be reaching me as I’m feeling a bit better this afternoon – at least my fatigue not quite so extreme and my achy joints not quite so achy – now [...]

Many apologies – I will have to postpone the shop update from this weekend to next Wednesday 1st April due to ill health. Most frustrating to not be able to get out to the workshop this week as the weather is perfect for drying. Hopefully, my health will be restored to dye over the weekend [...]

That sounds like I’m not enjoying it – I am, especially when it clicks into place and goes smoothly – those rare instances are becoming more frequent, which must surely be a good sign? Another effort – take some merino acquired from Wingham Wool: And turn it into this: Still not perfect – practice, practice, [...]

…as my mum says when progress is being made – usually related to tidying! Last night I managed to turn some of this Mixed Shetland from Wingham Wool day: Into this: which is the first time I’ve felt a bit of pride in my spinning. I can see an improvement – still not perfect, but [...]

1. Designing – fairisle in Cashmere Soft 2. A shop update – been and gone. 3. Attempting spinningAlpaca fleece – fawn from Teddy plied with white from Bubble. Attempts to retain the softness ended up in thick and thin again and I found it much easier to spin which the fawn. The white had very [...]

One week ago, I was in a meeting in Andover taking to a colleague who said her aunt keeps a few alpaca. Yesterday I went out to Marlow to meet the lovely Julie who keeps a veritable menagerie of animals in the most idyllic spot, including these boys: Meet Teddy – isn’t he gorgeous? This [...]