2024-04-15 06:12
I have a pattern for a mans Sanquhar glove which I wanted to make as mitts, I spun the yarn, found the needles and all was well until I got up near to the fingers.They were too b… Read More
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2024-04-08 05:24
Hi,I thought that I had mentioned buying some more fleece? but checking back it looks like I totally forgot to mention any details about it.I had a message from Ann in Scotland asking… Read More
2024-04-01 09:15
A few years ago I watched a short you-tube video about a lady who had no crafting stash whatsoever. She simply bought all she needed to make an item, made the item and disposed of any… Read More
2024-03-27 11:28
Our home for the week, converted corn mill on the Isle of Skye, beautiful location next to a stream, fields of sheep. What more do you need as a base to explore Skye?Unfortunately a cracked… Read More
2024-03-10 14:04
Yep, not quite Skegness, just the other side of the golf course on Skegness Sands Caravan Park. The touring part of the site is affiliated to the caravan club and £23.00 per nigh… Read More
2024-02-29 23:00
Over the years I've been reluctant to throw out oddments of hand spun even when the balls are really small.. Mitts and headbands have been knitted from them but I still have a la… Read More
2024-02-23 13:41
Hi,I've been taking a bit of a break from my usual crafting, I had started to get pains in my hands when knitting so stopped, put down the pins and picked up a sewing needle, I later f… Read More
2024-02-19 12:55
HiWe had been back from Bridlington for a week before we packed our bags and headed down to Cornwall. This time we rented a small cabin on a campsite for five nights then moved in with… Read More
2024-02-18 13:27
Hi,Last week we popped up the coast to Whitby whilst staying in nearby Bridlington. Beautiful old fishing town that we have visited many times in the past.and up in the town, at the ba… Read More
2024-01-23 07:45
We grabbed a few days away and on Sunday it was coffee and cake at the Spa whilst knitting and watching the wild sea Read More
2024-01-17 12:55
Hi,Just a quick note, I've been busy with the destah/downsize so little time for anything except a bit of stitch in the early mornings.The big red thing is finally finished !!!Started… Read More
2024-01-10 08:27
hiThis just about sums up my week, I now have five skeins to label up, two Texel cross and three spun from oddments.The only other thing I've been working on is my band sampler, I've n… Read More
2024-01-01 08:46
Hi, just a quick post to wish everyone a happy New Year and to remind myself what I really want to complete next year out of the projects lying around.Spinning update, I've now spun th… Read More
2023-12-30 07:57
Hi,Armed with a bag of food ( no chocolates, no alcohol )we made our way to Ferry Meadows campsite just outside Peterborough. This site is a bit of a favourite with us and this was our… Read More
2023-12-24 12:14
Remember the workroom? well 4 black bags of rubbish, one box for the charity shop and a bag of bits for the local craft club later.....You can even see the rag rug now.Not perfect but… Read More
2023-12-23 06:29
Hi, just a few photos taken in the early sunshine at home. I was fascinated by the sun creating the mist on the fences {not today }I think that the drumming noise may be the autofocus… Read More
2023-12-18 12:06
I've just had a quick look back over my previous posts and realised that I haven't updated the craft side of this blog since I got back from Scotland.I have been busy but haven't recor… Read More
2023-12-09 09:17
If you have been following this blog for a few years , you will know that we don't 'do' Christmas. We prefer to take ourselves away from all the fuss and bother and chill for a few day… Read More
2023-12-06 09:12
I know I promised some crafty content but we decided to grab a couple of days away by the coast. It was very cold, a bit snowy but the sunsets were stunning, the streets quiet and the… Read More
2023-11-30 08:30
I'm sorry that I've been missing for a few weeks, we've been busy and somehow I never got round to updating the blog.So, where have I been ? mainly out and about with my camera.We have… Read More
2023-11-01 16:17
Last Saturday was guild weaving day although for me it was a bit of a struggle first thing. I woke up, checked the time with Ian who told me it was twenty to seven on the heating clock… Read More
2023-10-23 07:30
Sorry for the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks or so, I managed to catch a bad cold which kept me in bed and seems to have sapped my energy a bit along with some of my craft… Read More
2023-10-05 08:00
As you may know, I planned to knit mainly from my Jacob stash whilst away but I did throw in a skein of light grey ryeland and a ball of wensleydale/zwartble that I had already used to… Read More
2023-10-01 12:18
2023-10-01 10:13
As you may have guessed from the previous post, we have been in the road again, first port of call was Devon for a week or so split between a couple of campsites which gave us the opportunit… Read More
2023-09-21 17:12
Although Nottingham is know for lace it is machine made lace that put Nottingham on the textile map along with its frame knitting history, we made the trip down to another lace town, H… Read More
2023-09-14 16:26
I've been trying to come up with some new beanie designs. I often use a few favourite traditional designs that I really don't have to think about too much like these.But I currently ha… Read More
2023-09-07 16:12
August back holiday generally means a trip out to Papplewick Pumping station for the classic bike show and this year did not disappoint. We spent a couple of hours there before I heade… Read More
2023-08-31 06:31
Every year we have the van serviced, mot and what's called a habitation check where they check the safety etc of the gas and electric, check for damp and any issues that may arise with… Read More
2023-08-21 06:58
Hi,I mentioned a few posts ago that Nottingham Castle has reopened and you can now purchase a ticket that is valid for the year. Another part of the castle complex is Brewhouse yard, a… Read More
2023-08-15 06:58
HiThe last weekend in July saw us attending Shrewkfest, a Ukulele festival in Shropshire, since covid we have only been doing one uke fest a year but I suspect things are going to get… Read More
2023-07-25 15:21
Hi,I stopped spinning on Sunday and i am now giving my hands a rest for a few days.Over the last three weeks I have achieved my goals of...spinning down the stash (slightly)restocking… Read More
2023-07-15 16:39
Hi, Week two saw me at the Framework knitters museum in Ruddington ( after a stormy start waiting for a bus in the centre of town)Again spinning in a couple of cafes whilst enjoyi… Read More
2023-07-12 10:03
I've just finished the last 100gm of the Jacob project. The plan is to use this yarn as my knitting project for our next road trip.I ended up with a reasonable selection of shades and… Read More
2023-07-09 07:07
Over the last seven days I've been spinning, at home, in cafes and outdoors. I'm slowly making friends again with my Louet spinning wheel which really doesn't get a lot of use these days as… Read More
2023-07-06 10:23
Yesterday we had a day out in the car. We took the last of my Dads railway memorabilia to the Great Central Railway so they can sell the items to raise funds for the running of the railway.A… Read More
2023-07-03 17:46
HiDue to a family engagement I had to change my plans around but still managed 100 gm plus of Lleyn x Texel on first day.I followed this up with 3 bobbins on Day Two.spun a further bob… Read More
2023-06-26 12:06
The countdown is on for the start of the tour but I still have a few fleece washing days ( weather permitting) Just for fun I had a look back over my blog to see when I first took… Read More
2023-06-20 10:55
Back briefly to Scotland, I think this will the the last Scottish post as we have been back for a month now and really its old news, so here we have the West Coast in Photos starting a… Read More
2023-06-19 17:00
Which do I do first? I think the TDF 2023If you follow this link you will see that most years I take part in the Tour de Fleece when spinners around the world watch the Tour de France… Read More
2023-06-07 08:38
I left us down in Montrose in the last holiday post, we then drove further north to Lossiemouth. The weather was still cold and wet and unfortunately the touring part of the campsite h… Read More
2023-05-29 17:43
Yep, filling the car with fleece.More Scottish pics to come but I just did a quick fleece stocktake and I'm going to be really busy over the next few weeks.I've nearly finished the recent Ja… Read More
2023-05-26 13:41
We decided that this year we would travel up the east coast as far as Inverness before cutting accross to Ullapool and Skye. Time to visit some new places and revisit a few firm favour… Read More
2023-05-19 14:28
Hi, You may have noticed the last few posts have been craft based rather than my usual mixture of travel and other interests.The reason is quite simple, we have been on the road a… Read More
2023-05-10 20:29
Jacob has been knitted4 hats2 headbands1 pair mittsAnd like a idiot I forgot to take photos before saying goodbye to them. SorryXxWill update again once I have spun some more Read More
2023-04-27 06:45
In-between the knitting and spinning , I have been busy playing with different things. We had a cross stitch session in the local cafe to make mothers day cards.Followed by a lace maki… Read More
2023-04-20 17:04
HiA quick update on the Jacob project, one of my original skeins is now a hat :-) although it is a little rustic but warm.More has been spun and the collection so far looks like thisTh… Read More
2023-04-13 16:46
Back in March we had a weekend away planned, all packed ready to fetch the van but watching the weather forcast carefully then we noticed this.At our planned campsite this was translat… Read More
2023-03-27 06:42
I mentioned in my previous fibre based post that I was currently spinning Jacob Fleece, so why Jacob?It's easy to spinI can divide up the colours and blend more natural shades for my k… Read More
2023-03-20 06:51
A quick trip out to check out some charity shops whilst Ian was off work led us to Beeston, just a few miles from home. It was a bitter day and not terribly successful on the buying fr… Read More
2023-03-06 14:51
Back in January I realised that I was getting very low on white fleece, bad time of the year to buy and wash/dry it myself so when I saw a small wool mill advertising that they could s… Read More
2023-02-19 16:43
The plan was to go to Poolsbrook Park campsite, I checked the availability, no problems, went in to book and someone swiped the Saturday night pitch from under me ! So back to the dra… Read More
2023-02-07 07:35
Last post I made a comment about charity shops, well I was very successful over the east coast break :-) I collected some books, bobbins and even a lace making pillow.As you can see, a… Read More
2023-01-23 10:44
We have just got back from our first trip of 2023, cheated a little by taking the car and staying in a Premier hotel but looking at the figures using the van wouldn't have been much ch… Read More
2023-01-12 15:27
over the last couple of weeks since the New Year, I've met friends for coffee, managed to get some yarn washed and labelled, done a little spinning, some fibre prep and some knitting.I… Read More
2022-12-31 09:00
At the beginning of December I said that I was done with knitting because I needed to spin some more yarn. I am am slowly making inroads into the fleece stash and the wash bag is filli… Read More
2022-12-27 14:12
Christmas is always a good excuse to grab two or three nights away and this year was no different. Van packed we headed back to the Norfolk coast and pitched up at Cromer on the Norfolk coas… Read More
2022-12-05 10:14
Just joking, I'm taking a break simply because I'm running out of yarn so the next couple of weeks will be focused on spinning.My knitting tally for the last two months is seven hats… Read More
2022-11-21 13:13
Hi, Its been a wet week and today the temperature has dropped drastically from the 16c that we had in Kings Lynn a week to around 6c and wet.You may remember that whilst in the va… Read More
2022-11-14 09:21
Kings Lynn.Yep, dragged the van out again, packed extra bedding as summer has passed and headed down to Norfolk. We have travelled around the country for the last 30 odd years by… Read More
2022-11-09 16:26
HiI had to go into town at the beginning of the week for as eye test, yep new glasses are needed. On the way down I noticed that the paint pots have been out down Bridlesmith gate.I'm… Read More
2022-10-31 08:31
HiWe are slowly recovering, Ian has returned to work but is exhausted when he gets home, and I've found that my cold has just left me feeling blaaah during the daytime.However, I did l… Read More
2022-10-24 12:22
Hi,I'm back, survived the heavy cold, survived living with a covid suffer (just) and currently still feeling a little under the weather and moody.I eventually picked up the knitting ne… Read More
2022-10-02 06:52
The leaves are changing colour and its definitely getting cooler. The heating is not yet on but we have switched from salads for most meals to cooked meals and the kettle is definitely… Read More
2022-09-24 13:32
HiWelcome back to the workroom for a quick crafty update 😀Firstly some knitting. As you may expect, I took some knitting on our recent trip, especially for the long drive up which en… Read More
2022-09-23 12:01
HiFirst I must say sorry for not posting in the last four weeks, I was busy packing before our trip and seem to have been washing and knitting eversince we got back. More about the kni… Read More
2022-08-21 14:42
Hi,My wrist is beginning to feel a lot better and I have spun a couple of skeins of lleyn as I suddenly realised that I am going to be short of yarn to knit with during our upcoming ro… Read More
2022-08-05 06:19
HiLast weekend saw us out and about again in the van, this time heading towards Shrewsbury for Shrewkfest. This is an ukulele festival held on a farm with the stage in a cowshed ( a ve… Read More
2022-07-24 14:20
After the heat of last week (39c which for us in the UK is HOT) the weather changed, cooled down and even rained so we headed back out in the Van. This time we headed for Leyburn in th… Read More
2022-07-17 20:27
I know I promised yarn bomb photos but it didn't pan out that way. Netherfest was great fun, history talks, music, dance all managed to lure me away from taking photos. On Friday I fou… Read More
2022-07-12 15:27
We seem to be in the grip of a rather warm spell with the forecast saying it will get even warmer ( for the UK ) This meant that the best plan of attack for Sunday was to go out for an… Read More
2022-07-07 11:53
I have my laptop back so I'm taking the chance to try it out whilst grabbing a coffee and sausage sandwich at my favourite cafe.The offending files have been removed and since this use… Read More
2022-07-03 16:34
My apologies for not posting but my laptop appears to have picked up a virus of some kind so it's currently disconnected from the net awaiting repair. Posting from my phone is awkward… Read More
2022-06-22 06:48
Last weekend we were back on the road and also back in Yorkshire. We booked the Bridlington campsite earlier in the year when we found out that the Race the Waves event was going ahead… Read More
2022-06-13 07:42
Last week turned out to be fleece delivery week. After clearing the decks of almost all my fleece stash, I've started to restock with freshly sheared fleece.The first to arrive was the… Read More
2022-06-12 06:53
We rarely travel over bank holidays mainly due to Ian working but last weekend we had the chance to grab a couple of nights away and found a relatively cheap campsite at Morecambe just… Read More
2022-06-10 06:41
May knittingI forgot to post this at the end of the month, not so much spinning this month but a reasonable amount on the knitting front.4 skeins of yarn 3 Jacob and one Texel/ncmThese… Read More
2022-06-06 05:55
The last three nights of our recent break were spent at Tewkesbury Caravan site, opposite the Abbey and pretty much in the centre of the small town. We had booked the site much earlier… Read More
2022-06-04 07:03
The weather turned as we headed down toward Penzance, we had booked a small campsite that I last stayed on a few times back in the eighties. I must admit that I had not been expecting… Read More
2022-06-03 15:50
Wednesday 1 June was shearing day at our local inner city farm and when I saw their advertisement on Facebook I contacted them to check that they had some Guild spinners attending. As… Read More
2022-06-02 12:54
Short and sweet post, whilst at the museum we were lucky to be offered a tour behind the scenes, chance to see the unrestored rides some of which we have never seen before and a sneak… Read More
2022-05-31 11:38
Hi,Today is Sunday and since my other half has decided to take his motorcycle and travel up to Yorkshire on his Round Britain Rally (visit points of interest in each county on a given… Read More
2022-05-28 07:00
Hi,I'm sorry, I really didn't realise that it had been so long since to I posted on here. My original idea of weekly posts went astray due to a bit of travel and other things.So, quick updat… Read More
2022-05-01 12:00
Hi,Time for a quick fibre update. I have been continuing to try and wash all my raw fleece and I am now down to just four bags ( one of which arrived yesterday )I still have a lot to p… Read More
2022-04-19 15:15
Hi,I was at a loose end on Saturday so packed up my wheel and headed off into town, first stop was at the independent traders market for a coffee (accompanied by an Easter chocolate)I sat sp… Read More
2022-04-08 10:36
Hi,Just a quick update on fluffy things. I currently have more bags of fleece drying on the line ready to continue with the stash spin down as most of the yarn in the previous post has… Read More
2022-03-31 09:38
Some of you may remember that I wrote a post at the end of February listing all my raw fleece that needed to be washed or tossed. Its now one month later so I thought that I would give… Read More
2022-03-29 13:13
Hi,Sorry for being a little more quiet than usual but I've been up to my neck in wool and yarn (separate spinning post coming soon ) and we took advantage of the recent unusually warm… Read More
2022-03-17 07:48
Busy, busy, busyFirst spinning demo for two years later this morning, I was going to just sit and spin but we've thrown it open as a demo / have a go session so I've been grabbing fibr… Read More
2022-03-08 13:26
It was cold and frosty this morning but the sky was clear so three bags of fleece are blowing around on the line.I took myself off into town for a wander round and a coffee, first stop… Read More
2022-03-06 20:40
Its Sunday so its baking time although I'm beginning to suspect that it may be cheaper to just buy a cake and a packet of biscuits !Ginger cake, ginger oat biscuits and Scottish oatcak… Read More
2022-03-04 09:27
Thursday morning saw me in my usual spot a Cafe Sobar with my lace pillow, I am currently working through some old patterns as I've found that I have forgotten quite a bit over t… Read More
2022-03-02 21:15
No fleece washing today, its dull, dismal and wet outside and I'm just grabbing a cuppa whilst I work out how many layers to put on !Today is parcel day, DPS are due to pick one up and… Read More
2022-03-01 21:08
So, just over two years ago I handed my manager a letter asking for retirement. I'd looked at the figures and decided that I could just about get through the 6 years or so before I'm eligibl… Read More
2022-02-28 12:25
Its nearly the end of February and hopefully we will get some warmer, drier weather soon. With this in mind I decided to take a quick stock take of my raw fleece waiting to be washed. Some o… Read More
2022-02-21 20:25
I've been playing catch up with this stitch as I only found out about it about two weeks ago !So far I have completed the January band and will start on the February one this week. The… Read More
2022-02-16 16:38
When I spin, the resulting skeins are generally around 110gm as I prefer to be on the generous side for yardage .As a result I often have combed fibres left over, just 20 or 30 gram, w… Read More
2022-02-09 21:00
Hi,I know that it hasn't been the coldest or snowiest of winters here in the Midlands but I'm feeling ready for some proper sun, the chance to leave the washing out and all the windows… Read More
2022-01-30 16:18
As some of you may know, I am trying to seriously destash the house and hopefully cut the contents by at least a third. The pile of boxes for the charity shop is getting large ag… Read More
2022-01-19 13:36
I've finally managed to sit down and think about fibre plans for 2022. I've not set any real goals although an American spinner has invited me to join the 365 spin challenge which is t… Read More
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