New Camera

I have a new camera and hoping to take lots of photographs....the blackbird was in our back garden.

New Year

NEW YEAR'S DAY - We took the dogs for a walk early morning and were amazed at the beautiful frost, we dashed back home and set out again with our cameras.... 'Walking in a Winter Wonderland'.

Catching up

I have been very poor at blogging and there are lots of photos to add...so I will put them into order of events...starting with CHRISTMAS. We had a lovely Christmas Day at my daughters and all the family came to us on Boxing Day....a really good Christmas.

Blue Faced Leicester

At 14 wpi this is the lowest wpi I have spun so far. It is lovely and soft and a really nice colour. I won't be dyeing this.

Morning Surf Scarf

I hand spun a wool and silk mix from Wingham Wool Works for this scarf. The pattern can be found in Spin Off Magazine. It is an easy pattern which gives a nice effect and it knits up quickly.

A walk in the Forest

"It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. - P. D. James

Rainbow Dyeing

Ashford Acid Dyes

This effect was achieved with two colours -pink and purple - both dyes were diluted. The wool is hand spun Blue Faced Leicester and I used it to knit a scarf for my granddaughter.

The wool below is hand spun BFL and I used the three primary colours to achieve this effect. I knit the wool into a scarf for my grandson.