So, my last stop on my trip back from Hay-on-Wye. I was heading for my parents’ house, north of Manchester, and decided that it would be much out of my way to go via Llandrindod Wells and Welshpool instead of going straight up the A49. It’s a very pleasant drive up the A483, with frequent [...]
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Now that’s what I call a yarn shop!
Posted in Out and about, Shopping, tagged Colinette, wales, yarn shops on May 22, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Wonderwool 2012. The Cold One.
Posted in Out and about, Shopping, tagged Hay-on-Wye, wales, Wonderwool on April 29, 2012 | 8 Comments »
So I’ve made it to Hay-on-Wye. I arrived yesterday afternoon, after a pleasant drive down, enlivened by my satnav deciding that instead of driving straight down the A49 to Hereford then turning right, which I’ve done before I just needed the odd reminder for, we’d turn right just after Church Stretton and go via the [...]
York – Grace and Jacob
Posted in Shopping, York, tagged Grace and Jacob, York on April 7, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I often mention my favourite shop in York, the lovely Grace and Jacob. Long time readers may even remember that I’ve posted about the shop a couple of times before, the last time being in August 2010, but things have come a long way since then! [...]
Shopping!
Posted in Shopping, tagged Harrogate, Knitting and Stitching Show, shopping on November 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It’s that time of year again, yesterday I went to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Harrogate (thankfully it didn’t snow on us this year!) and spent some of my pennies on exciting things… I was going to take photos of the event, but it was heaving with people after the first half hour or [...]
Manchester Day Out
Posted in Out and about, Shopping, tagged Manchester, MOSI, Purl City, yarn shops on November 15, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I was in Manchester at the weekend, to visit my new niece, Holly, who arrived safe and sound on Monday, she’s very wee at 6lb exactly, but she’s got a healthy pair of lungs on her! Once she sorts out her days and her nights and learns to sleep in her cot she’ll be fine. [...]
If Ikea made spinning wheels…
Posted in Shopping, Spinning, tagged kromski, Mazurka, Spinning on October 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
They’d come out of the box looking like this! This is my new Kromski Mazurka, bought yesterday at Wingham Wool Work for the super bargain price of £150, because they’re being discontinued. I’ve been fancying a small single treadle wheel for a while, and this looked perfect, especially at the price. It took about half [...]
Home again
Posted in Knitting, Out and about, Shopping, tagged Knitting, London, shopping on July 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Well, I actually got home late on Tuesday night, but since then it’s been a whirl of work, knitting group and spinning group, all in a bit of a sleepy haze. But now it’s Saturday at last, I have no plans to leave the house, and I’m finally feeling a bit more human. I think [...]
Knit Nation Saturday
Posted in Out and about, Shopping, tagged knit nation on July 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Well, today was my main shopping day at Knit Nation, and I’m afraid it wore me out some completely I crashed out and came back to Kerri’s flat at 5.30pm, missing the bingo completely. Actually I’m not that upset, I’m not a fan of bingo, and it was £20 to get in, which after the [...]
Knit Nation Day One
Posted in Knitting, Out and about, Shopping, tagged knit nation, Knitting, London on July 16, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Just popping in quickly to report on the first day of Knit Nation 2011, before heading back into the fray! The train down on Thursday night was enlivened by a very noisy child (seriously, they have quiet coaches, can’t they have child-free coaches? This one chattered loudly most of the way, with no apparent attempt [...]
Sunny Sunday
Posted in Shopping, Spinning, tagged Spinning on June 26, 2011 | 4 Comments »
There doesn’t seem to be any happy medium with the weather at the moment – for weeks it’s been grey and miserable, but when the sun does come back, it does it with a vengeance! It was so hot today I couldn’t spend more than about a minute in the sun, so I set myself [...]
