For the Love of Snell

First post of 2015! woot woot, Happy New year everyone! I hope you all had a great break over the festive season and kicking 2015's but!
Let me introduce you to fluphs newest yarn. This would be Wendy Ramsdale, a super soft British DK. they come in 50g balls with a good 122 yards/112m per ball at only £3.75 each.

When this was delivered to the shop I knew i could finally make Clare Devine's Snell (yes I'm a total Devine fan girl. but seriously her patterns are so fantastically written, the aren't a chore to work with, they explain everything perfectly so yeah BUY HER PATTERNS!) Clare's Snell is a great project for carrying about,or sitting watching the tv. Yes you are using two colours, but you are only ever using one colour at a time so you don't have to stress about scary colour work. The stitch pattern is made up of slip stitches and is so meditative. You can make a short Snell like my one (only needs one ball of each colour) , or there are instructions if you want to have a much longer one.  I currently have a good selection of Clare's patterns in stock, and i am waiting on more. The Snell paper pattern is currently £3.50.

the Queen of socks came to visit

 

So last Saturday the sock Queen that is Clare Devine came through to sunny Dundee to pass on her socky knowledge. I may have gotten a little overly excited when she showed me all her tiny sock samples, Tiny socks! they are the cutest thing. not to mention the tiny sock blockers!  

Much fun was had, lots of tea consumed, plenty cake eaten and  we also learnt how many different types of heels there are and for what purpose you would use them! The favourite seemed to be the Alan Partridge heel. The thing i really enjoyed was (apart from all the teeny socks) was listening to Clare teach, this woman knows her stuff, but she is very approachable if you need to ask questions, and the south african accent! Do you think she would read me bed time stories? Is that creepy? ANYWAY, all of the students left with teeny socks of their own, and even though the heavens had opened they all left with a smile on their faces, and Clare with a clarkies in her belly!