19-20 August 2023 This weekend was extra full of crafts and fibre-y goodness. On Saturday, my local Guild of spinners, weavers and dyers had their annual garden party. This involves a fleece sale, raffle, shared lunch, quiz etc and the usual society business and sales table. As a bonus, a work colleague of mine …
We all see those tempting tufts of wool stuck to fences and grass tussocks when we’re out and about. I’ve decided to start a collection from various locations with the aim of turning them (eventually) into some sort of crafted travelogue. On last week’s trip to north-east Yorkshire, I was on the lookout for …
21/08/2023 I always like to sort and wash raw fleeces as soon as possible after getting them. If I keep them outside I worry about mice, insects and damp. If I keep them inside it feels unhygienic, a bit pongy and can still attract moths etc to my precious stash. This evening (Monday) after a …
08/10/2023 Last autumn (I think) I planted a skirret root purchased from Backyard Larder which is a great resource for perennial vegetable sales and information. It grew very happily this year with minimal intervention. It didn’t really spread and was well contained as a single clump. It flowered and set seed before it …
Hi! I’ve been thinking about doing this blog for a while so have been saving up content over 2023 to add when I got around to setting things up. Thanks to my lovely brother for drawing up the logo for me xx The content on here will be very varied so I’ll use tags and …
