Into Autumn

Wow, I've just noticed that I haven't posted here since May. I have been using my Facebook page to give small updates as I dye more yarn or do something interesting and have been keeping this for a longer posts, but always end up thinking that I'll sit at the computer and do it soon, but not right now - hence the long gap!

Anyway, here goes:
The yarn club went well this year. I announced the colour themes in advance, so people could pick which months they wanted to go for, avoiding anything they didn't like. I like the opportunity to experiment a bit and came up with some colours that will be keepers and going into my general rotation, plus a couple, which didn't fit the colour themes I was aiming for, but did happen to be just what I've been trying to dye for general yarn.

Shows: I've signed up for a new show, Festiwool, in November which, like the Waltham Abbey Wool Show, is fairly local to me. This one is in Hitchin, Herts - about 45 minutes' drive from home and timed in early November, so customers will still have time to make their gifts! I wasn't planning to do any more shows this year, but this looked to good to miss. For 2015, I've applied to Unravel in Farnham, my first attempt. The deadline for applications has passed now and I'm in tenterhooks waiting to see if I've been successful.

Markets: After a couple of months' break, I went back to St Alban's Farmers' Market on Sunday. It was fairly busy and several regular customers came up to say Hi and buy stuff! I'm at Harpenden in a couple of weeks time. I've got a new alpaca scarf in the ready-made ranges and am hoping it will be popular. The sample I took with me was stroked a fair bit, so that bodes well. I've applied for a couple of extra craft fairs local(ish) to me too, so I'll be adding them to the "Events" page of my website when I get confirmations. 

and finally, I've moved and updated my website to a 1and1 my website - I found it pretty easy to do and I like that I can update it myself, the old one relied on a webmaster to do everything and it just wasn't satisfactory.

This post is quite long enough now, so that's it for today - I'll write again in the next few weeks,     

New Year

I love January - it's great to review the past year and look forward to the new one.

December was a storming month for sales - my best month ever, so not bad for a recession! After a lovely Christmas, January has got off to a good start with a busy market at St Albans last  Sunday. The weather was kind and we had a fine clear morning with a heavy frost. It's been raining do much recently that I think people were glad to get out.

I'm off to Waltham Abbey Wool Show next Sunday ( www.walthamabbeywoolshow.co.uk ) and am just getting my yarn ready. As ever, I'm not sure how much to take, but time has caught up with me and I can't dye any more and get it dry in time, so I'll take what I've got ready and offer to take orders if it's not enough!

I've got three new shades - claret, slate and amber - pictures to follow.

I've had my confirmation through for Wonderwool Wales in april, so I'm looking forward to that already.