Thursday night was very exciting in our house, as it was half term, my daughter Mimi was able to come to the knitting club and the ladies (& gent) were very kind to have a small child gatecrash their evening.  As I've mentioned in previous posts, she is lefthanded and it's been a little bit hit and miss with teaching her as I am right handed. ( We had a 'Should left handed people be forced to do things in a right handed way? debate for many weeks which resulted in a big fat nothing done).  Anyway, a lovely lady called Dorothy kindly and patiently helped her through (in a right handed way) and she loved it so much that she tried to knit all the way home in the car in the dark.  Thank you Dorothy - I do believe a star has been born! (I'm the mother, I'm allowed to think that).

We dyed on Friday, with some new friends who are barge dwellers.  I taught them to dye and they are letting me borrow their drum carder!  Fabulous and Free!  So Sarah and Fuschia who are mum and daughter each did a dye lot each and both turned out beautifully. The dye worked it's magic and their choices of dyes were something I will be stealing shortly.

Looking decidedly murky in the pan.  Smelling strongly of vinegar and keeping husbands and children away - not all bad then.

Look at the way the gold and chestnut run into each other and imagine spinning it up - I was having to sit on my hands not to keep the thing for myself!  I hope that when it has been spun I'll be able to get hold of a photo to show you how it's turned out.