Tynedale Spinners Gathering, 15 May

Just a quick post to mention that on Saturday we'll be at the Tynedale Spinner's Gathering, along with P&M Woolcraft and other suppliers.

If you're in the area, it is on from 10am-4pm at Stocksfield Community Centre and there is always great food, lovely people and it's an all-round nice day out! It's only a few minutes walk from Stocksfield railway station and there's parking at the station too.

Hope to see you there!

Phew - back to normality - fibre and sock clubs - March - Sakura

In keeping with tradition, pics showing the most recent clubs are somewhat behind, so here's what you missed!

March was a rare foray into pastels, with Sakura being the colourway for the month, inspired by the Manga character of the same name from Naruto. Regular followers will know that Manga and anime are popular in our household and, whilst I'm more of a Death Note fan myself, I have a soft spot for Naruto as it was Will's first manga and his favourite for a long time. If you're not familiar with manga, don't be put off by the fact that it is animated. The storylines are excellent and I can heartily recommend any of the studio Ghibli films, especially Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away as great family movies.

Anyhow, back on topic ; )

From the top we have the Fibre Adventure club

- A lovely Masssam roving, Shropshire x BFL shearling fleece and some luscious silk hankies in a range of co-ordinating colours.

For Roving Medley members

- a lovely spiral-dyed Massam roving

And for sock club members -

A semi-striping, soft as butter Bluefaced Leicester sock yarn.

Mmm, maybe I could get to like this pastels thing after all.....

(ooh, and April pics coming soon!)

Stop press - Leeds are in the Championship!!!

Was about to post about fibre clubs and knitty-related stuff but it will have to wait as Leeds just got automatic promotion to the Championship after a nail-biting game against DH's home team, Bristol Rovers!!!!!!

(and Pete was very gracious in defeat, but then we do have a ways to go to catch his real team - Arsenal).

Goooo Leeds!!!!

Wonderwool vouchers available now!

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To claim your discount, simply print off the newsletter and bring it along for 5% off all purchases (and then stand back and wait while I try to calculate 5% of even the simplest of numbers!). (Note to self: must.bring.calculator).

If you're not a subscriber yet, you can sign up here and still receive your voucher. I'll be processing requests until late Thursday.

Hope to see you there : ))

xxx

Oh crikey - is it really Wonderwool already???

Very quick post to say that sock and fibre clubs were posted today, so it's postie-stalking time : )

Don't want to spoil the surprise but sock club members are getting a special treat this month - an exclusive preview of my brand new sock yarn! No clues but I just love it - softness, squishiness and total sock-knitability. There's a DK version too, perfect for slightly thicker socks and for those who find regular sock yarn too fine to work with. I've two DK patterns ready and two more on the way - more news of which to follow so watch this space!

Am panicking like mad about Wonderwool - so far, forgot to order more credit card slips (hopefully now on the way), ran out of gripseal bags and carrier bags and kit bags - aaargh! Had to buy (lots) more plastic storage boxes because....

....Yes, we have a brand new range of acid dyes and dye kits launching at Wonderwool!

Lots of new yarns (and dyes of course), so need lots more storage space, new display stands etc. etc.

Our new catalogue will also be available so make sure you pick up a copy.

Have lots of photos and news of recent events, but if I don't crack on I won't be sleeping between now and Wonderwool, so I'll sign off and hope to see you at the weekend!