Autumn advances

HI all,

Been a while since I was writing last. In that time we have had a holiday to visit family and friends on Lewis, had scorching and unnaturally warm summer weather (not ideal for knitting, that’s for sure, although we stoically struggled on) and now that the evenings are drawing in again, thoughts turn from the garden to the pleasure of the inside fires and of knitting beside them.

I love having the fire on again. Now that the evenings are a bit cooler we light the stove in the living room to drive the damp coolness away, without needing to turn on the central heating yet. The days are still warm, after all.

My own thoughts are turning to Christmas knitting - a dread word to some and too soon! I hear others cry, but as a crafter it remains sadly true that we have to plan our time accordingly as made articles take such an age! Especially when we want to showcase our skill and make something we are proud to call hand made. We make items out of love and for our own pleasure, and hope that the sentiment of affection for our recipients shines through.

With that in mind, we have a new timetable of classes imminent where you can learn to Crochet, knit a sock from the toe up (advised for knitters who are beyond the basics) and a Knit to Fit session, where we take a pattern or design and adapt it to suit your body shape. Keep an eye out for these, and if you want to see a particular subject brought up or taught, please let me know!

Off now to add to the website. Lovely new winter ranges and colours coming in regularly so keep an eye on the shop pages for more yarny loveliness.

Spring is on its way!

I don’t know about you, but I am always heartened to see the days slowly lengthening at the start of a year.

Its been January for approximately 5 months, so to be finally into February, and to see dusk and not darkness when I leave the shop, is just lovely. Snowdrops are peeking out from the leaf litter, blackbirds are starting to strut about the garden again, and the winter knits are in full use still. Nothing says cosy like a woolly hat or shawl wrapping you up on a cold day!

There are some new and lovely yarns in store - new Scottish dyers are to be found at Fankle. We are now stocking the Eorsa DK yarn base from Iolair Yarns, a scrumptious mix of Superwash Merino, Yak and Silk (ooh!) and any day now we will be getting some mini bundles in from Henny Penny yarns - can’t wait.

Rainbow bundles are making me think of Spring, my favourite season. The air is full of sunshine, light, new buds and new possibilities - what’s not to love?

And I’ve added Rowan Felted Tweed and Felted Tweed Colour to the website, so you can plan your colourwork for the coming few weeks :)

See you soon x