new poncho design

Its Autumn !-------- Well it feels like it!So you need to get your poncho,shrug,capelet,shawl out!

fleece collection and new hats

All fleeces collected and 41kgs already sent off to be spun.No pictures it was just too hot on Thursday to think of anything but grabbing up the fleeces and heading down the motorway.Some really big beautiful fleeces from the Morecambe Bay conservation grazer sheep,as well as the usual North Country Cheviot, Bluefaced Leicester, Masham and Whitefaced Woodland I've bought some Black Welsh and lovely Herdwick fleeces.I'd like to weave floor rugs/mats with those but might need a different loom..............!!!!!
Morecambe Bay looked amazing shimmering in the heat,swallows swooping and dipping in and out of the barns,farm dogs resting in the shade,hay gathered in and a hot sticky trip down the motorway for me!Not fair !

These hats have been made from my handwoven,felted tweed by the multitalented Simone from Roses workshop just down the coast in bright and breezy Blackpool,I think the grey one is unisex.I'm heading off to our local 'antique' fair (haha) to find a retro/antique-y/blingy bit of costume jewelery to pin on the black hat ------ chic or what??!!

Footstools

At last I've collected the footstools & I'm really very,very pleased as they are beautiful! Upholstered by Rhonda Fraser using my tweed handwoven from local wool ,stools constructed by Chris French both skilled artisans working in the Morecambe Bay area.Very definitely a local product to be proud of !

Lancashire Farm Wool Teddy Bears

Look at these cute handknit teddies! Available from Fine Yarns on Lee Lane in Horwich .They are beautifully made by Bridie,the shop owner, in Lancashire Farm Wool & are marching out of the shop very quickly!! Bridie also stocks the wool should you feel inspired!

Bluebells at Heysham

Took new stock to Greenlands Farm Village & stopped in Heysham to look at the Bluebells.What a display on an atmospheric misty day! Beautiful flowers,lovely perfume & Heysham is one of my favourite places.

Acorn pics

The clever people at Eden Arts took a picture of my acorns so I can add this thanks to them!There are some really beautiful exhibits in the Woollen Woods exhibition & some funny & quirky ones as well!

Woollen Woods exhibition

I've sent some knitted acorns & oak leaves to Eden Arts canopy project exhibition at Sizergh Castle.My acorns are 'seasonal' Spring,Summer,Autumn,Winter versions & I realize I should have taken pictures before sending them ---- too late now!The exhibition is entitled The Woollen Woods' & runs from April 12th to September 1st.There should be all sorts of woolly creatures & vegetation decorating the the trees ladybirds,owls,bats fungi etc.I thought as Sizergh is a National Trust property my acorns & oak leaves would be appropriate.Hope to visit the exhibition & hunt out my acorns & take a picture of them in situ!