tea cozy?hat?

Well, after borrowing a tea pot from Muriel,I took these photos,

It has been admired and a few people have asked to try it on, I don't know if that says something , may be I should start knitting.
I was pleased with the way it felted,quite a different look.

Retro Yarn

Before I start going on about yarn, I must just mention a lady who came into the shop today,her name is Joan, she is an amazing elderly lady, anyway she asked if I had some cheaper wool because she crochets hats for an orphanage in Romania, she has made about 180 so far and her goal is to make 800 , one for each child in the orphanage/s she crochets for.

she likes oddments and because of trying to get change I just didn't think to give her some wool that I have tucked away,please if her grand daughter who was with her is reading this please tell her I have some more yarn for her hats.

Anyway we have just got this yarn in, it is Retro by Adriafil, I knitted one ball up and it is amazing, I would like to make a tea cozy and then felt it, I know I am mad because it is wonderful as it is but it is made up of 96%wool so I am just interested in how it will turn out

Wonderful isn't it, I am hopefully going to felt it tonight if I just get on and knit the other half of the tea cozy, Hopefully you will see the finished product tomorrow.

More Wool

We have so many new yarns in stock and now that my camera is working again I can let you see some of the photos.

Trudi has organized them so well.

Also lots of new sock yarn and some of the old favourites.

This Manos yarn is wonderful, a mixture of silk and Merino wool.

This (Noro Yarn) is what Maria has knitted and is at this moment felting it to then cut it and stitch it up to make a baby's cot blanket/cover. It is at the moment 18' long so we will just have to wait and see what happens, I will try and keep you posted if she lets me see it or even talks to me ever again as it was my suggestion, I sit here trembling.

Golden Wedding

We have got lots of new sock yarn just in. Come and have a look

I know this has nothing to do with knitting but I thought I would just share these few pictures with you.This was the Golden Wedding of my parents,
The reception was in a marque at my Christels (my sisters) house, the marque was put up by my nephews Martin, Richard and Ross. It was pouring with rain on the day but everything was lovely. Having the day off I enjoyed doing the flowers and having the time to do it

My parent with their half a dozen grand children -Sheryl, Ross, Trudi, Richard, Rachel, and Martin

This wonderful cake came all the way from Germany and was made by my cousine Jeanette

CASHMERE BABY SHAWL

It was around last September that Frances Gardener and another Frances came into the shop an each of them bought 2ply cashmere, and this is the result...............
This is 2ply 100%pure cashmere and it just feels like a cloud, wonderful..pure luxury.

The Cashmere shawl is hanging next to 2 beautiful Cashmere throws from Johnstons of Elgin
I just want you to feel this, it is just amazing!!!!!!!!!
We are now going up into the rafters with this lovely felted Jacket

This is an Aran jumper knitted with the lovely Aran from New Lanark wool Museum

I am Back

Wow, my last entry was the third of April, I am back, and hopefully here to stay.

Last weekend Woolfish had a stand at Gardening Scotland Trudi and Linda were just great at the show, as was Grace who came on Saturday.

Both Linda and Grace are at the Woolfish Knitting Group.

Trudi modeling and knitting scarves

Sunny Thursday

What a lovely day, it is so warm, I think, this time last week it was trying to snow and this week we are getting rid of our winter woollies, but then I remember the Scottish saying when translated into understandable English 'Never get rid of your winter clothes until the end of May'-I have written it this way because I can't spell it the Scottish way.

Which brings me on to Jane and Wally, they came into the shop when Trudi was looking after it and bought this pair of socks, ideal for walking in cold wintry weather which is when they bought them, Trudi managed to get Jane to model them, they can also be Kilt socks

Last Sunday Trudi and I were in Kelso and we passed this castle, it is Hume Castle and very impressive. The borders is such a romantic place, which is quite often overlooked which many people zoooooom past on the way to "SCOTLAND"
As you maybe can tell, I am learning about the computer and blogging as I go along, yesterday I had a back-handed comment from David McIntosh from Springbank http://www.springbankcottage.co.uk/

I was having lunch there, which was delicious I might add. Anyway he said that he had looked at this website and said that Trudi had done a good job, I told him that I had done it, He - thinking I must be about 100 years old- said that he thought a young person had done it. I think he realized at that moment what he had just implied, there were other customers in and they were offering to get him a shovel, we all had such a laugh :0)