A question ……..

I just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience of Wollmeise yarn.  If so, can anyone tell me why it’s considered so fantastic?  I often see it for trade on Ravelry and for sale on ebay at prices in excess of £20 per skein (in fact on ebay, there was a skein that sold for £53 recently!!!) Why? What makes it different from everything else on the market?  It’s 100% Merino, but there’s a lot of that about.  I just don’t get it.  I’ve been tempted to bid for a skein just to find out but I just can’t see that it’s that much better than anything else.  Prove me wrong someone!

I continue to dye and knit – the four parrots were a great success – Tom finished his 50km walk in 14 hours and 29 minutes in the pouring rain of Sunday.  They started walking at 5.00 in the morning and finished at 9.00 in the evening!  I’m so proud of him (apparently the next step is 80km which is “totally out of the question!”) .  He and his three friends have raised over £900 for the local children’s hospice. 

I’m having another sock attack at the moment – I’ve got two pairs on the go, well actually I’ve done a whole pair, they just don’t match!  The black ones are for Tom and the other ones are for me.  Tom’s are in Trekking XXL and is a lovely charcoal colour with flecks of primary colours.  Mine are knitted in Fyberspates  Gold Sparkle Sock.  I’ve not seen gold sparkles before!  It’s lovely to knit with, my only criticism is that the variegated yarn doesn’t do the pattern justice.  It needs a semi solid to show it off.  Also, it turned out a bit khaki – the colourway was Mauve Faeries so I thought it would be a bit more purple. 

The gold sparkley bits don’t show up well in the pictures! 

It’s half-term this week so I’ve not been at school – the weather has been a bit grim but we have been out and about, yesterday we drove up to Birmingham to go to Thinktank (that’s been popular lately!)  Both the boys are interested in sciencey things and we really enjoyed it.  I was a bit concerned that it might have been a bit young for them but they had a great time.

Today is Joe’s birthday – he’s 13, a teenager!  I can’t believe it – where do the years go?  He has put a special request in for his dinner – lamb steaks (expensive tastes that boy) and he’s been out practicing tricks on his scooter.  Still, at least he has left me in peace! I’ve got a very small update to do for my shop – no DK at the moment but I am hoping to get some more soon.

Oh! and I had some money for my birthday that I am stalking an item on e-bay with.  If I should win it will be super exciting ….. watch this space for more info!