This week we have British Wool Week, the Campaign for Wool and Knitting Week. All a good excuse to celebrate wool and get out the needles.
In Edinburgh we are lucky to have several wool shops; a couple in large department stores and a few independents. Between them they make available a decent range of yarns, suitable for most projects and budgets. It is evident too that there is a growing range of British wools (clearly labelled as such) in each of these shops and even one that prides itself in stocking 'a wide range of unique Scottish yarns from small independent producers'.
A few years ago I was traveling with my family (somewhere up north but I can't remember where!) when we stumbled upon a small shop selling their own hand spun and dyed wools, produced from their own small flock and some of the farms around them. I was smitten and proceeded to buy a few skeins in different colours. It was such an enjoyable experience, to see where the wool came from, where it was processed and finally to use it to make something my family could wear (lots of socks).
On another note, I'm failing massively on posting things to my Etsy shop. My aim to have an item a day has hit the snag of poor weather, poor light and a general lack of being able to get decent photos. Tomorrow we are forecast for overcast and rain arriving late afternoon. Maybe we'll get a nice surprise instead.
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