Happy Monday

Been busy processing a Jacob fleece today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

JL

A Trip To Crich Tramway Village

On Wednesday my other half and I decided to take a trip out to the Crich Tramway Village. What started off as a cloudy day developed into a lovely sunny one.
We took a lovely leisurely drive into Derbyshire the countryside is really pretty.

Once we arrived we took a ride on an open topped tram, it's only a short ride but definitely worth it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a lovely woodland walk so on the return journey we got off at the stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 The Green Man.

 

 

 

Resident sculpture working on two large acorns for a commission.

 



This is the Storytellers chair.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting.

JL

 

 

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.