I headed down to Hackney yesterday to visit the London Cloth Company, the first micro weaving mill to open in London. This small company specialises in small scale bespoke weaving on restored looms, some of which date back to the 1850s. Owner Daniel apologised repeatedly for the 'mess', as the company ...
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Confession time: the photo below is of an empty box. It's day 7, the last day of this super fun swap and my final parcel was a humdinger. A box of real, authentic Girl Scout cookies. Girl Scout cookies! O.M.G. See, you have to understand that cookies are almost my favourite thing in ...
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So now I'm two days behind in actually blogging, but that certainly didn't stop me opening my packages. It's been a manic couple of days so having little treats to unwrap has been lovely. And speaking of lovely, how's this for today's parcel? It came with a little note that said ...
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Day 5 already?!? I'm surprised I couldn't actually smell today's package, because it's soap. Lovely smelling soap made by Blue Ridge Soy Candles in Rutherfordton NC. The label made me think at first it was in fact a candle. But when I opened the beautiful (and totally 'smell-confining') wrapping and didn't ...
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If you look at our website you’ll notice we don’t actually offer any Norfolk Horn yarn. Never fear: we soon will! This small privately owned flock of about 20 ewes is currently growing our next Nude Ewe offering. The Norfolk is an ancient East Anglian breed, and local images of white, ...
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The next parcel in the box was large, flat and heavy. It felt like a book, and indeed it was. This isn't an ordinary book though, but a journal for my garden! Upon moving to England I quickly discovered why gardening is such a big deal here. Everything grows. Or rather ...
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While I'm often tempted in swaps to go for the biggest packages first, I try instead to just grab whatever is on top. Today's package was an envelope, and in the envelope was a note about the pattern I'm to receive! The pattern is 'Traveling Woman', which is pretty appropriate for ...
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In between a morning stitch and bitch at Scald End Farm (home to Fibre East) and the rugby (Cymru am byth!) I quickly opened the next parcel in my swap package. Today's lovely offering was stitch markers! And not any stitch markers but special little ones, perfect for my many ...
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This is my third annual swap with 'The Blog Hub', a group of bloggers on Ravelry. Yesterday I posted a package off to my victim, and at the same time picked up my own package. This year's came from Raleigh, North Carolina. I love receiving overseas swap packages and when ...
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When we started The Nude Ewe, we needed a flock of sheep to ‘experiment’ on: a flock whose owner wouldn’t be upset if the project failed and we weren’t able to give them a return on the fleeces. Enter the Wildlife Trust, or more specifically the Bedfordshire office of the ...
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