March 4, 2011

Returning

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:26 pm by Eden Cottage Yarns

…After a rather long time away.

In the meantime lots has happened. I’m not going to try and go over it all, but suffice to say I now work full time at Purl City Yarns in Manchester:

I have a trunk show there on Wednesday the 9th of March, 5-8pm in the Lounge upstairs. So I’ve been doing loads of dyeing and spinning, including my Star-Spangled Handspun:

I’ve no idea how many yards are in it, but since it was the most annoying (but worthwhile) ply job ever, I am keeping it. It has a LOT of tiny pink star and purple heart sequins threaded on.

This week possibly the most exciting thing ever happened to me. We were out photographing Cara’s Shalom, and bumped into….

EDDIE IZZARD!!!!! Well ok, we knew he was coming, and knitted him a sparkly purple scarf, and gave it to him, and he was awesomely nice and gracious, and shook our hands and chatted to us. ARGH!!

We walked very calmly round the corner out of sight, then went a bit mental.

Anyway, we’re having an Araucania Ranco Multy knitalong at Purl City Yarns, and each doing a different project in it. First past the finish post was Charlotte, with her Forest Canopy.

(Photographed on the shuttered doorstep of Port Street Beer House!)

Cara is knitting a pair of fingerless mitts.

Audrey is knitting a pair of Jaywalkers.

And I’m knitting… a stealth project which only a few people have seen (and should keep quiet about it, please!)

I’ve taught a weekend of spinning in Blackpool, and started teaching a series of spinning classes at PCY last Sunday too – both with great success so far. Wild Fire Fibres is expanding, and things are very, very exciting!

I will have a stand at Wonderwool Wales this year, and don’t have a stand at Woolfest, but will be helping out on two stands which will both have some of my yarn on… how exciting! (Plus I get to be a customer – eek!)

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