Lawn and Border

Spent Sunday afternoon trying to tame the sprawling border where I foolishly planted a tiny bamboo plant 18 months ago. My advice? Do not plant bamboo unless you want to spend many unhappy hours digging it out from under your path, lawn, pond edging, under all your shrubs etc etc. That stuff is rampant!! It has undermined some of my favourite shrubs and one of my lovely penstemons just fell clean over when I pulled at a bit of bamboo root. It had obviously burrowed its way underneath, strangling the roots of the penstemon until it couldn't survive : ((

Okay, so I had the best upper body and thigh workout I've had in ages as I hauled on the deepest, horriblest roots, but I only cleared a tiny area and there's still loads to go : (
- where's Charlie Dimmock when you need her????

Fibre and sock club piccies - Springtime is here!

In all the excitement I nearly forgot to post pics of this month's clubs, so here they are!

This month's themed colourway was Springtime (no prizes for guessing the inspiration for this one!).

Sock medley clubbers were treated to a multi-layered colour blend on a base of merino/nylon superwash. (I got the urge to add something about drizzled with a lemon coulis then for some reason - note to self: Must stop watching Masterchef re-runs whilst writing blog...)


Anyway, enough of cookery, back to the important stuff. Rovers received a Falkland Isles handpainted roving in daffodil lemons, bluebell and fresh spring greens (man, it's food again - will go and cook something after this)

Last but definitely not least, our Fibre Adventurers received a scrummy parcel of Falkland Isles roving, British Romney lamb's fleece (1st shearing), and some sheeny, shiny bamboo roving. It was fun using the two different dyeing methods for the animal and plant fibres and co-ordinating the colours, even if it means two separate dye sessions. I think it was worth it!

So excited!!!!!

If it's been a bit quiet the last few days it's because I had a surprise request last week, totally out of the blue, but totally amazing. I was invited by a publisher to pitch for a new book! Wheeeee! I had lots of work to do writing the precis as the deadline was very tight, so I've been burning the midnight oil and typing away into the wee small hours for the last couple of days. Anyway, it's now been sent off so I'm just hoping, with fingers and toes crossed, that they like it....

Fiber Baristas - Fiber Club!

Hot on the heels (sorry!), of the Postcards from Home sock club, comes the Fiber Baristas Flora & Fauna Fiber Club. Registrations open soon, so keep tuned!

Happy Mother's Day

To all you Mums, Mothers, Moms, Mas, Mummys, Mommies, Grans, Nanas, Nans, Grannies, Grandmas, Grandmothers, Grammys, Great and Great-greats too, Happy Mothers Day!