Hello, and welcome to my knitting and spinning blog; it had to happen sooner or later…
I’m a freelance writer and editor in my formal working life, specializing in non-fiction (especially food). I’m addicted to a) almost any yarn-based craft known to man, woman or sheep and b) gardening, often in the face of repeated disasters not unconnected to being on a windy Welsh hillside not far from the sea. My gardening blog is at beangenie.wordpress.com – all visitors welcome – and you can find me on Ravelry as Eilian.
Kate
NB: text and images are both subject to copyright – thanks!
Greetings Kate,
Good luck with your new woolly blog! You’re off to a great start! I will check in often.
Shadow x
Dearest Kate,
how lovely to find ‘Kate’ left a comment on my blog..thats how I found you and your lovely blog.
I will add to my blog-roll and check back often
Hope all is well
Hugs from Heike x
PS: Come to Fibre and Clay and do my Moebius course!!
Hello Heike! Yes, I’ve joined the blogiverse – at last, and I’m very much still learning (but very enthusuastic). The moebius course sounds great – I’ve had a go and got tangled up…
Kate: I found your blog through the blog group on ravelry. I really enjoyed reading the last post on blocking. I struggle with blocking. I have always soaked the item with water (and a small amount of dish detergent) and pinned. I have never tried to iron. The difference in your sweater made me think I should give steaming with a iron a try. Thanks for the info and the very interesting blog.
Thanks – and why not have a go? Just be careful and don’t burn yourself (like I did once – if you can, use a wet cloth and the iron set to no steam) or try it on acrylic (as I’ve done more than once, not good)….
Hi Kate, the exotic fibres I sell range from Camel, Alpaca, bamboo, yak, silk, seacell, soybean, merino & silk mixes, milk protein and several fleece rovings.
Denise
Thanks – sounds lovely…. I lurrrrve yak…. and the rest!
You’ve been nominated for the Reader Appreciation Award. If you like to play along with such antics, pick it up at http://colourcottage.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/reader-appreciation-award/ If you don’t, your blog is still appreciated.
Thank you very much!!
(I’ve got – had, I hope – a bit of a problem with a cyber stalker so I tend not to join in with things like this as I don’t want to transmit the problem to anyone else, but it’s much appreciated!)