It feels like the summer has come to an end. There’s a decidedly autumnal feel in the air as the BBC weather people keep reminding us. The summer has whizzed past and I can hardly believe that the children go back to school at the end of the week. It’s been a bit more quiet [...]

It’s only a wee update and will be tomorrow afternoon around 5pm BST. There will be Squash and Decadent (look in the Guest Yarns section). Decadent is the handspun 100% cashmere. There will also be a small selection of fibre bumps and batts for spinners and a couple of new stitch marker sets by Lazyhill [...]

This week, I have been mostly knitting the Aurantium Blossom shawl by Alice Yu of Socktopus in her Twitter KAL. After much frogging and re-knitting, I finally finished the first Petitgrain section and have made a start on the Orange Blossom section. I’m using Lotus Yarns Cashmere in Ruby which you can find here. It’s [...]

Had a fantastic time in Northern Ireland. We were excited to see the children again, but they seemed pretty preoccupied with playing with their cousins and not overly-impressed to see mum and dad. Good to know they were having such a great time! Friday was spent snotubing – we had the best time – a [...]