Woolfest!!!!

We went to Woolfest! And we just about did it right. As in if you can't close the boot of the car you haven't done it right!
This is an overview of what Fee and I bought. To see her share and more detail go to her blog.









I bought some Regia Silk Color a while ago, but when Fee bought a plain colour to go with it, something went wrong and I ended up with a burgundy instead of a red colour. So I bought this to go with the burgundy.















This is to go with the original ball!














Something subtle to spin!


















Some nice pink alpaca to knit with.


















And some baby alpaca to spin and knit.














I have lots of natural merino to spin, so this dye kit is to make it a bit different.

















I am in the middle of a baby cardigan in pink, white, yellow and orange. I hope these buttons will look good on it.












Got carried away here and bought some laceweight silk. Haven't quite decided what to knit with it.










Dyed merino and silk to spin.













More to spin, this time baby camel and silk.













And more dyed alpaca to spin.













Finally non-Woolfest. This is the tussah silk from previously. Fee skeined it for me. I didn't realise at first it was mine when she gave it to me!

Oops I did it again!

What have I done? Oh dear! More sock yarn! With a little help from a friend (Susann in Germany, thank you for doing this), I bought an Opal selection pack and minis. Fee thought these were "soooo cute"!

I really must buy no more yarn for a long time now. I have enough to keep me going for weeks!






Once again my stash has been enhanced by the kindness of one of Fee's knitty contacts. Zanne in Michigan sent me this. Thank you Zanne, it's beautiful.










The socks I did with Sue's yarn are now finished. Fee made the hangers to show them off.












But they look better in their rightful place - on my feet! I have since worn them to work and found them comfortable and warm.


And once they were finished, I got back to the Anne socks. Number 1 of those is done, number 2 yet to be started. But you'll have to wait for the pair to see them properly!

More yarn

Fee helped Sobe to destash - and bought this for me! Thanks again Fee. And thanks Sobe.












We managed to get the Anne yarn wound into a ball. After getting it into a bit of a fankle when Fee had to put it down to go and do something else! Anyway, it is fine now and started into a sock. It is knitting up very soft and slightly fluffy.

More yarn pron!

Aarrgghhhh!!!!! It's happened! I'm hooked! I'm an addict! Look at all the sock yarn I got today!







Feeling guilty about all the socks etc I have been doing, I bought this Lana Grossa colour tweed, to knit socks for my husband.



















This is Trekking with bamboo, artfully photographed in a bamboo plant!









Opal Elemente









Soup Dragon in Country Garden

















And just to cap it all off I am going to Double Dutch for her Stitch n Bitch knitting group with Fee tomorrow! Is that hooked or is that hooked!

Thank you Sue

One of my daughter's knitty contacts, who I only know as Sue, sent this lovely purple sock yarn to me. How did she know purple is my favourite colour? Anyway, thank you very much Sue. It will become a pair of lacy socks in the fullness of time. At the present rate in about 3 weeks!

Yarn Pron!!

This is the yarn my sister gave me for my birthday, along with beautiful earrings.

The one on the left is Anne, which of course is highly appropriate. It will be knitted after the Opal Lollipop, but I haven't decided yet what the pattern will be.