New Year!

I built him yesterday

My tops from The Shepherds Hut

Well here we are in 2021 and we still can’t meet in person! But don’t panic as we are still meeting on Zoom. Have you looked at our new programme for this year? We have already had our AGM and elected a new chair. Kate has retired after doing a great job for a number of years- sorry can’t remember how many, and Carolyn has stepped up to take joint chair with Mandy.

Our next meeting is on 13 February at 2.00pm with a talk on African wax print fabric at 2.15pm by Adaku Parker of Dovetailed London. Don’t miss it, I’m sure it will be interesting.

Dont forget to pay your reduced subs for this year. It a bargain at £20.

As I’m writing this it’s a beautiful sunny morning with snow on the ground. I’m not keen on going walking in the snow in case I slip and break something...but I did do my Chasamba class on Zoom this morning so I’m feeling pleased. Now I’m combing some Romney fleece with my Viking combs. It was some I had leftover from a fleece given to me by my farmer/teacher friend Caroline who lives in Upton Snodsbury. There was 1150g left in the bag. It was washed and I’m wondering how much actual tops that will yield. I’m guessing it will be around 400g which might be nearly enough to make a sweater for next Christmas! I will let you know soon when I’ve done it.  I’ve seen a pattern and I’ve never had a Christmas jumper and it’s no good starting at Christmas is it?! It’s called Jingle on Ravelry and I have some green and red for the jingle bells that I got from The Shepherds Hut advent calendar which I treated myself to for Christmas. It’s in the photo above with some already spun...

I could go rambling on about many other things but as it’s the first one I’ve written I don’t want to bore anyone!

Written by Wendy,