A lost mitten took me to Ramshambles in York, a hole-in-the-wall yarn shop in the tangled heart of York. Well…this just gave me extra purpose…I was going anyway. Ramshambles is a tiny indie-style shop located in The Shambles, a crazy assortment of ancient buildings leaning this way and that. The streets inside the medieval town […]
Tag: yarns & fibre
Let me tell you about a very special place in Scotland called New Lanark. We went there as part of our road trip from Scotland to Somerset recently. I had been anticipating this visit ever since we first started planning our trip overseas. I had almost visited New Lanark in 1993 whilst cycling across Scotland […]
You might have been wondering whether I have doing any knitting on this holiday? You know I had big plans for lots of socks. No socks so far, but I have finished another Snowdropsy the COWl. I have been feeling a little bit guilty that the yarn I used to illustrate the Snowdropsy design was […]
Last week our family took the train into Edinburgh for the day. While they were cosily occupied in The Beehive with hot chocolates, I scuttled around Grassmarket exploring. I peeked into Mr Wood’s Fossils where for a few pounds you can purchase something a few million years old! Do that bend your mind as it […]
