Wild and Woolly Boxing Day

OK, I freely admit that we are not big on Christmas, to the extent of not buying presents for each other or having the usual tree etc. Christmas Eve was spent with a friend dyeing yarn and baking biscuits.  No photos of the baking but one of the yarn ( all hand spun by wikkidknitter)  :-)

Christmas Day saw us visit family only to find that they had been playing the Queens speech game ie take a drink each time the Queen mentions family,  community, commonwealth and spirit!The result being that they were all rather drunk by the time we got there :-)

So on Boxing Day we abducted our Niece and Nephew and took them to the Wild and Woolly Scramble meet near Market Harborough, good open air entertainment to blow the cobwebs away. Mud everywhere, even in my pockets, in our hair, on our faces and our clothes!!!

So here's the pics for any bikers who still read my blog!!

 

More Photos here

I hope you all had a  stress free Christmas xx

Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre

Hi, The cinema organ in the last post is to be found at the Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre in Cornwall, they have preserved rides and sideshows that you can have a really good look around as well as ride on them. We have visited before but I thought that a few photos may show the progress since our last visit.

So.. whats behind the door??



and when did carousel horses get this scary?



The rides were in action but unfortnately neither of us like things that go round and round and round and round...









However we happily sat in this little train and enjoyed the GHOST RIDE!






and played in the hall of mirrors





We love theme parks and fairgrounds and although a collection like this can never recapture the atmosphere, the lights and colours never fail to make me grin like a cheshire cat. We will return time and time again :-)

Film Trip

Had a rare trip out to see the lastest film...Buster Keaton...why invent talkies when the cinema organ can do the work?

Road Trip

Just a little drive down to join our biker friends for a Christmas get together............only 600 plus miles to sleep in a frozen tent!! Cheated and went in the car :-)

more scary decorations

Hi, just a quick post as I have some photos to sort out still from last weekend ......here's the rest of the anti xmas crowd seem in a group shot shortly before being re homed with many of my friends.

anti christmas gifts

                      

                                                            Hehe :-)

time to stitch?

I've spent much of the last two years learning to spin, learning about fibres, learning the basics of knitting and weaving but I am now starting to feel the call of embroidery again. After all I spent 7 years studying creative embroidery City and Guild and feel the need to put it to use even if in a small way, so I have signed up for Take a Stitch Tuesday which is being rerun in the new year. I know I won't do every one but I feel that I need to get back to the stitch thing again if you know what I mean.

So we will see how it goes, see if I still have any inspiration in me :-)
 
If you feel the urge to join in, more info here,

a quick blast from the past, some of my previous attempts...


Herringbone stitch

 
 Cretan stitch

out for a stroll

Hi, first the fleece, now dry and ready to comb...so far so good.... the only thing is now I've combed out a few locks it looks like I've scalped a yorkshire terrier !!



Earlier on I took a stroll across to the shop after visiting the New Art Exchange to arrange a date for a bobbin lace taster session. I cut through the arboretum...



spotted this little chappy busy gathering food...



and took a photo of Darth Vadar, at least thats who Biker Ted reckons it is!!

In the wash bucket

In the wash bucket today is Leicester Longwool and this fleece seems to be black/grey/dark brown/light brown..not as long staple as the sample I'm spinning at the moment so may even drum card rather than comb, will make my mind up once its dry and I can see exactly what I have to play with. This is just half of my part of the fleece :-)







Also. I am developing a strange desire to do some embroidery.....more to follow on this diversion...

Have a great weekend!

Spinning Charlie :-)

On and off over the last few months I have been spinning a bag of Polworth fleece from a sheep named Charlie and I have finally got around to plying some of the bobbins and a further skein is drying at present.







I have still have some left to spin over the next few weeks. The big decision is whether to knit something really easy, more for the softness than anything else or save it for a big project. However my concentration tends to die after a bit on the big projects .



Also, I think a major sort out is needed in my craft room once my energy levels tops themselves up again!!