Wednesday 17 August 2011

Preparing for Fibrefest!


Busy getting ready for Fibrefest.  Shearer's Girl Yarns will be in Marquee 2, stand D2, do come and say hello!  I'm excited to announce I will have copies of YarnMaker magazine available at Fibrefest, including the current edition with my article 'Dirt, Sweat and Grunting' about how I first learned sheep shearing.  Must press on. Lots to do!

Monday 15 August 2011

Moody Monday

Do you ever have a moody Monday? This picture of a well proportioned Texel ram says exactly how I feel today.  

If you are wondering why this ram is yellow, that's not his natural colour, it's a temporary dye used on show sheep.  This fine fellow was at the Kent County Show.

How's your Monday going?

Monday 8 August 2011

Yarn Preview!

Today I'm going to give you a sneak preview of the yarns which will be in the shop soon.  In my last post I explained the origin of the yarn.  I have left some of the yarns in their natural colour and dyed others with acid dyes.  I am also busy dyeing some skeins with natural dyes.  Here are a couple of the acid dyed colourways:
 




These yarns and additional colourways will be in the shop soon!  They will also be available from my stand at Fibrefest.