Oxford Kitchen Yarns Sock Weight: Antique Ribbon

(Note this yarn is a darker pink than the candyfloss.)

This is some Corridale by Spindlefrog, in the Artichoke colourway. According to etsy, I bought it almost a year ago, and it was spun up and skeined up about two days after it arrived.

From then on I loved it, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do with it.

So I just looked at it alot, and took it out and hugged it.

Yesterday I saw this hat by Cosymakes, and suddenly I knew what my lovely handspun skein would become!

Within a few hours, my skein was balled up…

and I spent yesterday evening watching Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers (and Real Food – which I have, taped off the telly years ago <3), happily knitting away.

(Aside – I LOVE Nigel Slater and I’m so happy that he’s back on tv. I think there is a post about this brewing…)

There really is something wonderfully satisfying about knitting a hat bursting with autumn colours on warm 4.5mm needles. It is proving to be a simple but joyful break.

A bit later than I wanted, but here is the latest update to the shop…

Oxford Kitchen Yarns Sock weight: Chartreuse

I really love this colour (in fact, I’m probably going to hold one skein back for myself :) – It’s a really acidy yellow, and it has a real glow to it. The perfect early autumn shade.

More next week…

I love living near rivers but sometime I need a walk on a prom, and a trip to an aquarium, and an ice cream.

I need the sand between my toes and the sea cresting over my calves.

Yes I’m shocked too, but I’m on a roll. In fact the dyepots are bubbling as we speak so there will probably be another update at the end of the week.

This makes me very happy.

Oxford Kitchen Yarns Sock weight: Gingerbread

Oxford Kitchen Yarns Sock weight: Ancient Bronze

Each skein is 100g, 425m (aprox) and £11.74 plus p&p.