We are on the move!

My excuse for not blogging this week is more genuine than usual. We have a moving date and should be leaving Brixham on Tuesday 23 February. I will be very sad to leave my lovely house, but I have enjoyed living here and am looking forward to moving back to Bath. This is, of course, a lovely City, but it is also where most of our family live and so it will be good to spend more time with them.

So, with regard to Great British Yarns, we will be shipping until noon on Friday and then after that we won't be able to post any more parcels until TUESDAY 2 MARCH. We should have access to emails at all times so if you have any questions, please contact us.

Joe

Firstly, here is a photo of Joe's new sweater as knitted by me and modelled by Ian. Joe couldn't model it as he is back at university. This was knitted in Rowan Big Wool. Pattern from Rowan Magazine 40. It took just over a week of not particularly enthusiastic knitting to make. I have decided I am not keen on using large needles, but very much enjoy the speed with which projects get finished. The stripes, which were put on after the sweater was sewn up, became a right pain. I can't believe the pattern said sew them on once the sweater was finished. If my brain had been in gear I might have thought to sew them on the flat pieces. Anyway, my brain was mentally packing the house up - the body just sits and thinks about it - and so I didn't think about it at all. The sewing in of these stripes was so painful to all concerned that even Rex the dog hid from the cursing and bad temper. Eventually peace was restored and the sweater posted special delivery to a grateful Joe.

Speaking of Joe, he is currently composing all sorts of music for his dissertation - his degree is in Music Composition. He has written a song for which he needs to have some feedback. So, if you would like to listen, it's called Party Over Here and the link is Here to his Myspace. Do have a listen to the Party Over Here track and if you would like to leave a comment, either on his Myspace or this blog, we would all be very grateful!