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earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 10:53 am Post subject: uhh-ohh, beginnings of a wool stash?

On Friday, Mochyn took me to the factory shop of Colinette yarns in Llanfair Caereinion

I was extremely restrained and only
came away with a small purchase but WOW, this is wool heaven. An aladdin's cave of colours, textures, patterns, and the choice is astonishing.

All weekend I have been peeping at, and touching my new wool. I'm not sure what it will become yet but it's beautiful just in its raw state, so I may just adore it for a while.

EV

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 11:25 am Post subject:
You lucky person, I love colinnette wool. Lovely colours! All my family have hats knitted in the chunky, think its called point 5 . I can only buy on line down here, local supplier has shut down.

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9891
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: uhh-ohh, beginnings of a wool stash?

earthyvirgo wrote:

All weekend I have been peeping at, and touching my new wool. I'm not sure what it will become yet but it's beautiful just in its raw state, so I may just adore it for a while.

EV

ah yes.. the addtion begins. buying yarn for no purpose.. then enjoying just *having* it...

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 1:44 pm Post subject:
Don't knit - but I'm the same with bolts of cloth. Especially end of roll at a good price.

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 1:46 pm Post subject:
Welcome to the club EV

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 1:55 pm Post subject:
I'm just off to look at the map to see where llanfair is

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 1:56 pm Post subject:
Fortunately, a very, very long way from here!

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 1:58 pm Post subject:
Not necessarily - I live in Suffolk bit have a fibre stash in Buckinghamshire - you may find that you have an unbought stash in Llanfair

Badger

Joined: 26 Mar 2009
Posts: 27

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 2:45 pm Post subject:
sadly/fortunately there is very little decent yarn available here, so my stash is limited however, I have been given a wonderful stash of Herdwick and Jacob yarns, still trying to work out what to use them for

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 2:55 pm Post subject:
The last Herdwick I had was very kempy (hairy) so was really best used for texture - the Jacob felted well in the washing machine

gil
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 3:08 pm Post subject:
By coincidence, I'm sitting here knitting swatches with Herdwick wool to see what needles to use. @ Badger or Frewen : Is your herdwick yarn the kind with two strands twisted together that looks as though it might knit on 5.5mm needles ?

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 3:18 pm Post subject:

lottie wrote:

I'm just off to look at the map to see where llanfair is

It's worth the drive wherever you are

And if you're into garden centres, the amazing 'pair' Dingle and Derwen are within spitting distance at Guilesfield.

Wool and plants, ahhhhh ....

EV

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 3:26 pm Post subject:
@ Gil - mine was raw unspun

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 4:07 pm Post subject:

Badger wrote:

sadly/fortunately there is very little decent yarn available here, so my stash is limited

however, I have been given a wonderful stash of Herdwick and
Jacob yarns, still trying to work out what to use them for

That's what the internet's for!

gil
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 09 10:21 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Badger wrote:

That's what the internet's for!

The internet seems to be for fruitlessly searching for a decent, do-able knitting pattern to go with yarn and needles. I've wasted hours looking for an Aran jumper pattern that I like and could knit, and that is free.

Unfortunately my knitting skills are not up to working out how to knit a nice pattern but on different size needles, or how to work out what the pattern is from a photo.

Grrrrr !

I found one I liked, but it's not free, and it doesn't match my yarn's needle size reqiurements

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