** NEEDLEWORK'S PLEASURE** SPINNING & FELTING FIBRES, HANDSPUN & HANDPAINTED YARNS

Yeahhhh it's finally bank holiday weekend.....yippieh......and I have got tons of work ahead of me.....SIGH....another big SIGH.....  I guess work never stops for a handspinner, what can I say. But to be honest, I was planning to drive to Caldbeck mill and walk my lovely round past the bobbin mill, up the waterfall and through the green fields (Caldbeck is so gorgeous!!), but having seen the latest petrol prices (Diesel has now jumped up to £1.23/litre... I mean.... why not £5.00/litre ???!!! JUST AS RIDICULOUS!), I got so frustrated with it that I ended up walking Sam down by our Nature Reserve and planning new yarn designs + starting on a new custom order of handpainted BFL rovings, which I was going to leave until after the weekend, but hey, if I can't really afford to go anywhere anyway... I might as well go back to work.

Anyway, here are 3 new yarn designs I finished 2 days ago, and another one this evening, all veeeeeery veeeery beautifullllll ;o). They are now displayed and for sale in my Etsy store at www.alltheprettyfibers.etsy.com , and here are some photos of my new yarn babes:

 Now there's a lot of colourplay going on, huh? I love all three of them, indeed I do!

EVERYONE HAVE A VERY VERY GOOD BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, AND ENJOY THE WEATHER, AS LONG AS IT STAYS THIS SUNNY AND DRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am just popping in to show you my latest "flower" yarn designs, they have come out so beautifully, and I am very happy with the vibrant colourways of "Wild Orchid Tree VII" and "Flower Fairy", both displayed in my ebay UK store. Here they are:

I hope you like them as much as I do! For more yarn details please Visit My eBay Store.

 I am very busy dyeing fresh Wensleydale locks and fleeces at the moment, so for me it's back to the dyepot!!!

EVERYONE HAVE A VERY GOOD WEEK!!!!! ;o)

oh I have been busy as a bee spinning new yarns, dyeing tons of wool, washing fleeces (yes...still...), and making up new creativity fibre bags, which I will display here on my blog today, including a wonderful picture of my apple tree in blossom... THAT SCENT.....!!!

I love my apple tree, it grows the sweetest and juiciest apples I have ever tasted, but there are usually too many for me to store (they do last for months when stored in a cool and dark place, but still, I can't eat apples all the time..), so I always leave a large part of them hanging for the birds to feed from, and boy do they enjoy them too :o)

Right, I have also finished 2 new shades of handpainted Wensleydale curls, which are perfect for handspinning artyarns or blending them with other fibres, felting projects and of course for doll hair! I have kept them quite mediterranean this time:

They are still for sale in my ebay store, they usually go quite quickly, but I have made a bit more of them, so they will last a while.

And here are my latest creativity mixed fibre bags, both also for sale in my ebay store. The first two photos and the last two photos show the same bags each:

there are, as always, loads of different colours and blends in them, perfect for handspinning combo yarns and for needle felting and wet felting of course :o)

So Visit My eBay Store for more fibre details! ;o)

I have just finished displaying my new bulk of handpainted ultra soft Merino/Silk rovings, all such beauties in themselves and gorgeously yummy!!!!! :o)

There a loads of different colourways available in my ebay store, and another new range is also for sale on my website at www.needleworks-pleasure.com . Remember, you can always combine your S+H charges on all your purchases from all 3 sites I sell on! So feel free to also Visit My eBay Store for more details. Here are the new lots from my website:

and I have also finished 2 new lots of handspun and handpainted slub yarn for freeform knitting, feltind and dreadmaking, which are for sale in my ebay store, here they are:

All the above colourways are my customers' most favourite ones! And if you are looking for a different colourway just send me an e-mail, I also spin and paint these fibres by custom order.

Everyone have a very good bank holiday weekend! Right now the weather is certainly gorgeous up here in the North :o)