Big pile o' Yarrrrn :)

I have been working on my first order for a "Proper" bricks and Mortar shop this week. The shop is called "...Have You any Wool" (there are some pics of the shop here on their blog)
The shop is located in Swansea, and used to be called "Mumbles"......
I thought the amount of yarn I've dyed would look great pictured, for posterity, on the newly~laid concrete base which will soon have my studio on it.....

Kettle-dyed Awesome!

"PetrolHead"

"Toffee Apple"

"Goblin's Apprentice"

This is what I did yesterday..... ***grins***
I am trying to hone my kettle-dyeing skills, to make the patterns slightly similar on all the skeins in one dyelot. The whole process is meant to be random, and the colours are very unpredictable, but they are pretty similar across the board....
And the colours are just so rich and deep and AWESOME!!!
These are going into my shop tonight :)

More shed progress :)

Raw materials

Waterproof membrane lining

Craig the poser (he took his top off for this photo!) and his girlfriend, Jane, who is doing all the hard work ;)

We can haz a concrete base!!!

Shed Progress

This is the side of our house before any work has been done. The shed is going to be located in between the back door and the side gate, and as high as the outside light (approx) It's going to be a lean to......so we had to have the external gas pipe heightened.



The builder blocked up the outside cupboards first, and then today came back and lifted all the concrete slabs, so that he can come back in the morning and fill the hole with 4 inches of concrete. A waterproof membrane will go down first, to stop any rising damp, and then the concrete next :) Luckily for us all, there's already a layer of slabs underneath the existing ones, so there's a good base there already.

The shed is being constructed on the 18th November.......so it's becoming a reality now!!!
I am so excited......I can take Babylonglegs to the next level in 2010!!!
I wouldn't have been able to do it without the huge amount of support I get from my family, and also from all of you guys, buying my stuff and making me work really hard all the time ;)

.:: SQUUUUEEEEEEEEEESSSS ::.

Featured seller on Folksy!!!

Woohoo..........me and my shop are one of new "featured sellers" this week!!!

Holy Yarn, Batman!!

A customer asked me to come up with a "Batman" inspired colourway......and this is the result :)
I asked the Husbeast last night which SuperHero had inspired it, and he said "Batman"....so, my work here is done!
I am so pleased with it, but it's unlikely I will be able to repeat it...hehehe...so don't ask me!!!

Enchanted Elsewhere, Part 1

A 3 ply yarn, 2 lots of SouthernCross Fibre Corriedale, July's Fibre Club "Enchanted", and then a bobbin of space spun merino/falkland, so the resulting yarn will self stripe :D

There is about 300g there, 420yds across 3 skeins......

I am spinning up 500g of the July fibre club as part of a whole series of spinning technique and colour play experiments, to ultimately be knitted up as an "Elsewhere" jacket, designed by Amy Swensen.

It will be a teaching aid in a Yarn Design workshop I am doing next year...

I am thinking these 3 skeins will be the sleeves, you'll be able to see the self~striping effect more, what do you guys think???

The next installment will again be, two lots of the "Enchanted", and then just a solid black falkland ply :)

Watch this space ;)

My Miya :)

This awesome bag is coming to live with me......I know, I am weak, especially for skulls :)
As you all know, I have a good friend with awesome sewing skillz, NicKnots and she's just launched a brand new bag design to her growing range of wonderfulness :) As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to own one, as I am a bag ho, and love to be one of the first to have something new and exciting :)
Plus, see the sock in the last pictoore? That's my sock yarn that is....... **grin**
If you are hankering after Miya too......all you have to do is pop over to Folksy and buy one.
Go on, you know you want to!!!

Nimbus Beanie for me :)

I made one for me too :)
The boy can't get all the best hats right?