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YPF...................Summer Pudding?? 23 May 2009 | 07:03 am
This week's yarn is Summer Pudding. A Plushness yarn in Spring Squee Club yarn. Intense rich pinks, just like summer fruit pudding! I love M&S Clotted Cream Rice Pudding with Summer Fruit Pudding. ...
YPF......................................Robber Fly 15 May 2009 | 12:01 pm
This week's YPF was received by me in a swap for the skein of Glaucon. A fellow raveller wanted that skein and had this to offer in exchange. I have had this on my wish list at the Loopy Ewe from Bugg...
Another Goldenrod.........................no bugs but 9 May 2009 | 08:38 pm
Yesterday I showed you Bugga in Goldenrod Crab Spider. Today I show you a Goldenrod Skein from Fiberphile in a Merino/Cashmere/nylon blend. And what it has started to become. This is the first of a p...
YPF..............................Goldenrod Crab Spider 8 May 2009 | 12:01 pm
This is the second of the Bugga Lottery Skeins. Goldenrod Crab Spider. Again it is so soft!! There are a lot of shades of yellow in this skein :) Destined for one of CookieA's new sock patterns I thi...
YPF..............................Blue Morpho 1 May 2009 | 12:01 pm
This week's yarn pron is a skein I won the right to buy in a lottery. That's right, it is so popular that I entered a draw and was a lucky winner and got a prize - to buy this and one other skein. The...
Nickel Feet 26 Apr 2009 | 09:34 pm
At last a finished knit. The Kai-Mei socks are done. I recommend this pattern as looking incredibly complicated but not being so. The lace panel curves comfortably around the foot and looks so difficu...
YPF.............................Droll 24 Apr 2009 | 06:51 pm
This week's stunning skein comes from a recent Posh Yarn update. The yarn is an old favourite Emily. The colourway is Droll. I was unsure as to why this particular name but saw this definition on my t...
Spring Clean and odd socks 19 Apr 2009 | 06:17 am
Did you ever just decide to Spring Clean and declutter? Well that is why the change to the blog. A change is needed, a decluttering or shedding of the old and fresh start for the new Spring. And I did...
YPF...................Orange Blossoms 17 Apr 2009 | 11:32 pm
This weeks skein is Orange Blossoms: a 4ply Merino Cashmere Sock yarn (new) by The Knittery. The Knittery has closed up shop in Australia and has moved to the US. The shop is closed until further noti...
YPF........................glaucon 10 Apr 2009 | 09:25 am
I love the dyed yarn that The Sanguine Gryphon produces. This weeks yarn is Eidos, a merino sock yarn. This colourway is Glaucon and I bought it at The Woolly Workshop. I think this was the last skein...
