I think that spring has finally arrived up here in the North...god, hasn't it been a long and wet winter again?! Today is indeed the very first warm day of the year, the sun is out, the sky is blue, just a slight breeze going, and I have opened every single window and all the doors of the house to welcome the warm weather! Nevertheless I had to order new heating oil again, I just can't cope with the cold evenings, I need the heating going especially when I sit and spin past midnight...sigh...so I picked up the phone and ordered more oil...only to get a nasty shock - oil prices have still been rising, and this time I had to pay an extra £68.00 for the same amount of oil I ordered around christmas time. I won't tell you how upset I am about the current prices, all I know is that someone out there is getting filthy rich while others can barely afford to sit in a warm room.

But back to lovely news! My first 2 loads of fleeces are finally clean and dry and out for sale in my ebay store. There is now fresh moorit Shetland fleece and a truly magnificent BFL/X lambswool fleece (the one I thought about keeping ;o) ). There are more fleeces to come, the Romney Kent fleeces are currently drying and will be ready in about 7-10 days time. So everyone feel free to Visit My eBay Store for more fleece information! Here are 2 photos of my beauties:

Gorgeous and yummy, what can I say.

I will also be listing 3 large bags of fleeces up for auction. They will be fibres that don't really fit any of my categories in the store. Either the curls are too thick and large, or the locks are not as white as I would like them to be, so I am putting them up for auction. They will be very good for felting projects and for hand dyeing them with darker shades!