Day 5 already?!? I‘m surprised I couldn’t actually smell today’s package, because it’s soap. Lovely smelling soap made by Blue Ridge Soy Candles in Rutherfordton NC. The label made me think at first it was in fact a candle. But when I opened the beautiful (and totally ‘smell-confining’) wrapping and didn’t see a wick…well I [...]
If you look at our website you’ll notice we don’t actually offer any Norfolk Horn yarn. Never fear: we soon will! This small privately owned flock of about 20 ewes is currently growing our next Nude Ewe offering. The Norfolk is an ancient East Anglian breed, and local images of white, horned sheep date back [...]
The next parcel in the box was large, flat and heavy. It felt like a book, and indeed it was. This isn’t an ordinary book though, but a journal for my garden! Upon moving to England I quickly discovered why gardening is such a big deal here. Everything grows. Or rather everything that I don’t [...]
While I’m often tempted in swaps to go for the biggest packages first, I try instead to just grab whatever is on top. Today’s package was an envelope, and in the envelope was a note about the pattern I’m to receive! The pattern is ‘Traveling Woman’, which is pretty appropriate for someone who has gone [...]
In between a morning stitch and bitch at Scald End Farm (home to Fibre East) and the rugby (Cymru am byth!) I quickly opened the next parcel in my swap package. Today’s lovely offering was stitch markers! And not any stitch markers but special little ones, perfect for my many sock projects. These were made [...]
This is my third annual swap with ‘The Blog Hub’, a group of bloggers on Ravelry. Yesterday I posted a package off to my victim, and at the same time picked up my own package. This year’s came from Raleigh, North Carolina. I love receiving overseas swap packages and when I opened the box I [...]
When we started The Nude Ewe, we needed a flock of sheep to ‘experiment’ on: a flock whose owner wouldn’t be upset if the project failed and we weren’t able to give them a return on the fleeces. Enter the Wildlife Trust, or more specifically the Bedfordshire office of the Trust which covers the three [...]
From Bedfordshire on Sunday When Heather Webb sees a flock of sheep, she has visions of fleeces and yarns of wool. That’s because she’s spent the last three years building up a project that ploughs the profits from sheep shearing back into the environment. Please continue reading HERE.
Last week I got to spend an afternoon with the Nude Ewe Wensleydales. Lambing season is upon us and I went out to film and ‘help’ with the scanning. The Wensleydales are a small flock and normally graze in a big old Damson orchard on the Bedfordshire/ Buckinghamshire border. The Damson is a variety of [...]
From The Morning Call In a new exhibit opening Sunday, knitting and crocheting are used to explain complex mathematical formulas and to portray scientific forms — from fish embryos to molecules. The exhibit, “Sticks, Hooks and the Mobius: Knit and Crochet Go Cerebral,” runs through Feb. 5 at Lafayette College’s Williams Center Gallery. Please continue [...]
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