Events other than workshops
Travels with yarn! Whenever I travel abroad I look for yarn local to the place that I’m visiting. One of the easiest ways to track down local yarn in another country is to visit a yarn festival. You will discover many small companies spinning and dying beautiful yarns as well as farmers with flocks of […]
Let’s plan a great day out If you read this blog regularly you will know that I love to use British yarn. It’s not that I think British yarn is better than yarn from elsewhere, but I think it’s important to support locally produced products and producers. Here in the UK, we are lucky to […]
Let’s plan a great day out Up-to-date details of UK yarn and fibre festivals are now here. A day out to see inspirational textiles and squish beautiful yarn is good for sense of your well-being. I know I always return, exhausted, but brimming with inspiration and wanting to create things immediately. So, make yourself a hot drink in […]
Visiting Sirdar Yarns In February I was told that I was one of the winners of the Designer category of Knit Now Magazine’s Knitter of the Year competition. Last week we (the winners) and the Knit Now team visited Sirdar Yarns in Wakefield. Although the buildings that house Sirdar Yarns are relatively new, the company […]
I’m exhibiting at the Lady Bay Arts Festival About the Lady Bay Arts Festival Lady Bay is a lovely area just south of Nottingham city centre between the banks of the River Trent to the north and the Grantham canal to the south. The Lady Bay Arts Festival is held in every third weekend in May. […]
A sunny Wonderwool Wales! Spring is my favourite time of year; I love the Spring flowers and new leaves and (hopefully) blue skies! It’s also the time when my fibromyalgia eases and I feel able to do more without risking a flare-up. So, I’ve been looking forward to Wonderwool Wales for some time. We spent a […]
Next Weekend is The Big Textile Show 2016 This month is flying by. As well as teaching and working on commissions, I’m busy preparing for The Big Textile Show 2016. This year instead of teaching I shall have an exhibition of my work and a stall selling my patterns and kits, as well as taking […]
