Welcome.

Welcome to the Willow Knits blog.

I'm Anne and I'll be using this blog to let you know what is happening with Willow Knits during the year.

I'll include which Farmers' Markets and shows I'm going to be at, what I'm working on and general news and events plus a little about myself.

If you want to buy one of the scarves or some of the yarn featured, just look in our etsy shop (to the right of the page) or contact me and I'll reserve it for you.











Thursday 25 April 2013

Wonderwool - almost ready

Well, since I last posted, the dyeing is all finished - I can't do any more as I've run out of yarn! I keep thinking that I'd have liked to have included another few colorways, but as I've been laying it all out to do my final stockcheck, I think there's actually plenty to make a nice colourful display and, as I've said before, no-one will know what isn't there!

I'm spending the day packing before setting off early tomorrow morning - my aim is to get to the showground about lunchtime and get set up reasonably early. This gives me time to buy anything I've forgotten in the town before the shops shut!

I'll take plenty of pictures and blog about my expeiences whrn I get back next week.

Back to sorting and packing now!

Sunday 14 April 2013

April update

Once again - time has flown by since I last posted and lack of blogging means that I've been very busy!

I've just got back from St Alban's market, where I actually felt warm for the first time this year! It was fairly busy and I sold a couple of my wooly scarves, plus a mohair, which was pleasing as this was their last outing until September and I'll now move over to summery yarns (cotton and silk).

I've nearly finished my dyeing for Wonderwool - I've used nearly all the yarn I bought and have done what I hope will be a nice selection of colours. It's hard not to dye all colours I like myself, but I've bitten the bullet and done some that I really don't like (lilacs especially).

I'm now concentrating on the labelling and packing - just a little less than two weeks to go. I'm looking forward to it and it will be an adventure!