So, all of my stuff was loaded into a container and left the London Thamesport on the 29th of September on the good ship (at least I hope it’s good!) Hoechst Express which is owned and operated by Hapag-Lloyd which is a German shipping company. The ship is “expected” on the 20th of October in …
Yesterday I got the word that it was time to go get some fleeces that I have been watching for the past two years (at very high speeds as I drove by!). I thought that they were Hebridean sheep but I found out that they were Black Welch Mountain sheep instead. I think I can …
I am trying to avoid housework. This has taken me to such a level that I decided to catalog all the different breeds of sheep fleece that I have currently, both processed and raw. It wasn’t as big of a list as I had thought it would be… Blue Faced Leicester (colored)-Raw Fleece Cheviot-Both …
Last week I was in Finland. This was a slightly postponed birthday trip (it seems that my birthday trips keep getting later in the year, if I keep it up at this rate, I’ll be taking my birthday trip in June when I’m 80!) as my birthday is at the end of January. However, I …
So, the application is done and dusted and sent off to Imperial College to pore-over and now I get to work on a few things. I didn’t really feel right blogging too much when I had this application looming over my head, like a great e-sword of Damocles. However, it is done and there is …
Yeah, that about sums up my urge to blog the past few weeks. And I’ve stuff to blog about to be sure. I went to Fibre Flurry in Birmingham and had a great time despite the M1’s attempt at making me miss it entirely. I went to Loop in London, finally. I had dinner with …
So today I made this totally lush yarn. By accident. Grr…. I guess that accident isn’t totally correct. This yarn was made with the remainder of the leftover fibers that I had from Janel Laidman’s spinning class at Knit Nation. There is (I think) some alpaca and silk, Merino and silk, BLF and silk, and …
I’ve had a ton of people asking me what I’ve been doing since KC. The week after KC I spent in Shetland with the J&S group. I will blog about it, but I have a lot to write (and until recently, hadn’t felt like writing all that much!) However, what I have spent a lot …
I received Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning by Judith MacKenzie McCuin as another Christmas gift (thanks Mom!) this past Christmas. Now, I do need to state the obvious up front; I already know how to spin. However, if this is also the case for you, I would still not hesitate to buy this book. Why? The …
So, the UK has gone from having zero (or seriously close to zero) major knitting get-aways to having two in one year. Not even in a year, in a summer! First up is Knit Nation which is being held the 29th, 30th and 31st of July this year in London. It’s three days of shopping …
Sarah Jane Humke 