SO EXCITED MY HEAD IS BUZZING

Checker pattern

made with mixed Merino yarns and a 10 mm hook...could see the beginnings of an idea when l added the small balls left from the 'Partridge in a Pear Tree' and Christmas jewellery

checker pattern from one of the books l bought....all of them have some fabulous ideas stitches or tips in them...some stuff l'll never use some l'll try out and some l will probably work to death because l love the pattern hehe

INTERESTING YARNS FROM IPPIKIN

A few months back l went to a wonderful little shop in Much Wenlock called IPPIKIN a real treasure house of ideas and yarns and the owner is so helpful

l did have a little play with the fabulous yarns l purchased but wasn't happy with what l did so l put them to one side for a rainy day!!

Must have poured yesterday!! lol.....l was inspired

Sorry l can't really share much of what l did with you yet but l'm hoping there will be lots of interesting experimental stuff and unusual yarn combos to come!!

l love January don't you?

l always seem to be flooded with lots of new ideas!! hehe

IPPIKIN, WOOL AND CAKE

About 26 miles in the drizzle with the Wrekin gripped by a huge black cloud we arrive in Much Wenlock a wonderful little town of old stone buildings some black and white and some really modern additions

IPPIKIN.....well what can l say but l want one of every thing please....a wonderful Alladins cave of stunning yarns....was very restrained l was hehe..only so l can go back as soon as l need another wonderful yarn and l'll just have to have it!!!....

Promise l was listening to everything that was said to me by the owner but my brain was on over load and my eyes every where

love it love it love......A SHOP TO VISIT DEFINITELY ....time and time again

Coffee shop just down the road for cake and hot chocolate The Retreat...a date carved on one of the beams said 1507.....and the cake was to die for

The Ledgend behind the name

Ippikin, the robber knight of Wenlock Edge