Travel, Fibre and Thread

 I think these may have to count as rest days, On day eleven, after packing and housework, I finally managed to sit at the wheel for a few m...

 Its been another day of meeting friends and spinning on the Nano, continuing with the Shetland and I must admit that I  am running out of f...

 Here we go, another day, another skein of yarn. I promise that we will have some different photos by the end of the week. Day nine spinning...

Day eight (Sunday 13 July) was a home alone day. Ian is over in Wales for a couple of days so I was up early as he made an early start. Firs...

 Another warm day but we went out for a drive and ended up at Papplewick Pumping station, a favourite place to while away a couple of hours....

  Day seven and having spent two of the last three days in a dental chair I'm looking a bit like a hamster 😁 still I was brave and head...

Order of the day, painkillers, phone dentist, finish spinning the Romney and hopefully at some point go out for a coffee or I will have to b...

 I'm still here, taking the painkillers, mooching around. Still, it hasn't killed my spinning mojo yet !  I'm sorry but I'm ...

 So yesterday, day four, started really well. I finished the last bobbin of Cheviot. Plyed them together and they are now in the wash bag as...

 The weather today has been good, cooler which is just as well as the forecast is for 30 C by the end of the week, not that high but for us ...

 Hi, This is a combined post as we packed the van and headed out to the coast to catch some cooler air, originally we planned to head home o...

 Hi, I'm sat in a coffee shop , on my way to the Notts and District branch of the guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, and I've rea...

 No, nothing to do with Downton abbey but a style of lace similar to Bucks point from the village of Downton near Salisbury. just a bit of f...