Etsy Shop

 

 

I have now opened an Etsy shop.

 

There's only a couple of yarns on at the moment but it's a start.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JL

A Girl Can Never Have Enough Fleece.

 

You know what it's like you're surrounded by fleece of various breeds but one catches your eye that you've not tried before. So what's a girl supposed to do, you guessed it, buy some. What caught my eye while browsing the internet was lovely Gotland fleece from Pedwardine Gotlands in Lincolnshire.

So I contacted the lovely Amanda who was busy shearing and sorting fleece for orders she already had, luckily she had enough to go round.

 

When it arrived I had to get started right away. So washed and dried spinning began. It is a beautiful steely grey colour and is lovely to spin.

I've spun to singles so now I'm going to ply them.

I'll post that at a later date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting.

JL 

Early Sunday Morning.

Got up at 5.15 this morning, couldn't sleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac.

The sun was coming up through the trees so I think a beautiful day is in store.

Went out to feed the hens and the resident wood pigeon was waiting on the roof for his breakfast.

So I loaded up the bird table and before I'd put the lid on the feed bin he was there.

                                                                                    

Thanks for visiting.  JL

Spinning Jacob

 

I have received this beautiful Jacob fleece freshly shorn so full of lanolin.

 

I couldn't wait to get started so decided to spin in the grease. I quite

 

 enjoyed spinning that way but you do end up with tacky hands.

 

Once spun and plied it was washed and I am now knitting it into a bag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll post pictures of the bag at a later date.

 

Thanks for visiting.

JL 

Lincoln Longwool

I've been spinning Lincoln Longwool this week. I like to use rare breed fleece when I can.

With it having long locks you can't use the drum carder so it's best to comb it or just separate locks and spin them like that.

 

I plied it with Alpaca and Tussah silk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early morning.

I was up at 5.30 this morning, the birds were singing and the sun came up through the trees at the end of the garden.











I love being up early, chance to sit quietly drink tea and read a magazine before anyone else rises.

                                                  

 

I took Tess my collie out to the woods, it was beautiful, not a soul around just the birds singing their chorus and the wild flowers warmed by dappled sun shining through the trees.

Thanks for visiting.   JL

                              

                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                              

Cambridge Trip

Had a lovely trip to Cambridge with my family yesterday. Been meaning to go for ages. My son's girlfriend is over from Canada so it seemed like a good opportunity to go.

It's a very pretty and historic university town with beautiful architecture.

There were people busking and a lovely market and lots of bicycles. It rained a little but it didn't spoil the day.
Well worth a visit.
JL