not to mention the song "You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record)"....yeah you know it! Ah well, I've done it now. It's not the only urge I caved into either this week. Well, I had to celebrate somehow!

It's "Freedom" 100% wool, from "Twilley's of Stamford". Look at those colours, how could I resist?

I usually only buy a couple of balls but I bought the whole pack...it's only 10 balls....another 10 balls to sit in the corner of my room while I think of something to do with it!

What was I celebrating? I hear you ask. Being back in the land of the living!

I feel like I have been ill forever! Normally I catch something (as you can imagine, working with young autistic boys), if I have to, then I'll take a day off, dose myself up and go back the following day....(most of the time I recover through sheer stubborness) I had an ear and throat infection to start with and once I'd had the first course of antibiotics, my immune system just caved in. I caught everything going and with my body being weak, my back was giving me some jip too..... I was offered the depression meds (that I've managed to keep off for 5 years) and thought "that's it, this can't be THAT bad...so I settled into the illness, instead of fighting it, rested and slowly got better. Though there were many contributing factors, (a little retail therapy, lots of Nick Cave, and the kindness of strangers) being back on meds was not the way I was going!

How does that saying go? "God moves in mysterious ways"? (I just googled that and got this link.... ).

He certainly does.

A friend of mine (G) who owns the LYS contacted me to say that a lady had been in the shop trying to find someone to have her alpaca fleece. She mentioned me, and G was asking if that was ok..."of course" I said, not expecting to hear anything more, (google "the Pembrokeshire Promise"). Now, on a Monday night Big J goes to Bible study, he came home and let me now that a very kind lady had been to the LYS to see G, who mentioned me....getting it now? (Also to add to that story...the lady with the fleece lives in the same village as Posh Dee of Posh Yarns so I mentioned that she might like some too....)

The following Monday, Big J came home with these.....

 and they are wonderful!  There are 3 bags (about 400g+ in each) of 1st cuts, and 3 of 2nds. I'm gonna spin the 1sts and felt the seconds).

(Thank you so, so much xx)

I was going to do it all properly, buy carders and all that, but as Artis-Anne mentioned, (I've adopted her as my guru...she doesn't know yet) if the staples are long enough, it should spin straight from the bag....so I thought I'd have a go.

I thought this one "Cawdor" (that's the name of the alpaca) spun like a dream,

 until I tried "William"....pure heaven!

I'm going to spin some of each and then ply them together and get something like this...

I am still reeling from her kindness.

"Amen" has been put on the back bench for a moment while I get this spinning spree out of my system...but she's coming along. I've finished the first arm and about 1/4 of the second.

I've done a bit of freeform crochet though, and finished it! I came across some Wendy "Fusion" in a bargain bin and it screamed "ponds" at me....which is how I knew I was getting quite poorly....hee hee. 

What do you think? It's lined an'all!

It's 50% wool and 50% acrylic, so it will wear well, but still has the softness of the wool.

As for other news...I have 2 Easter workshops lined up for next Wednesday and Thursday, if you're here and like your crafts, come along....we'll just be making easter bunny stuff...card making and things. It's all free too.

see you soon x