Fabulous Fête de la Laine at Felletin – Wonderful World of Wool

Caiti and I had an outing this afternoon to the twelfth Fête de la Laine (wool festival) at Felletin in our departément of Creuse. I think we last went three years ago, and it’s come on in leaps and bounds since then. It’s more than twice the size now and the quality of the various [...]

Knitting My Socks Off

Non-knitters, look away now. Actually don’t – I want you to admire my socks!
I am very proud of these socks, my first ever pair. If you knew how much I hated knitting in the round, tiny needles and fine yarn, then you’d be proud of me too because those are all things you need for [...]

Wool Week and Giveaway!

I’ve discovered rather late in the day that it’s wool week. It will end on 11th September, so I’m only getting in on the act with 48 hours to go. Prince Charles has been instrumental in getting Wool Week underway. He began a campaign for wool in January 2010, to help sheep farmers who, at [...]

Wool

Wool is the unifying link in this blog post. First up, my head is stuffed with it today. My insomnia is back to haunt me, so last night I finally resorted to taking half a sleeping pill. The doctor prescribed these for Caiti a while ago when she couldn’t sleep, and being a great fan [...]