The sun is shining and its a lovely day - but very cold, exactly right for a bracing walk with the dogs along the cliff tops. Cornwall at its best!
On my last post I told you about the launch of our 'sea'knits knitting group and tomorrow is the day it all begins - Wednesday 10th February 2pm until 4.30pm in the gallery at Village Crafts. You are welcome to join us.
The group is for those who are able to knit - it doesn't matter is you're not very good just so long as you can knit, we will be on hand to help if it's not going well. Shortly we will be putting on a workshop 'Knitting for Beginners' and so watch this space and there will also be posters around the villages near by.
If you want to find out more then phone the shop on 01736 711808.
New knitting yarns in the shop this week are Recycled sari silk yarns and Lang 100% Merino DK (so soft)in a selection of colours also Lang Mille Colori which is a beautifully soft, varigated yarn in wonderful subtle colours. So do come in and have a look at our yarn selection.
Through Village Crafts we also manufacture our own lable knitting yarn, 'Cornish Wools' produces 100% wool yarns from the fleece of sheep kept locally within a 30 mile radius of the shop. Currently we have in stock Lleyn 100% pure wool in Aran, DK and 4ply and shortly we will have Alpaca yarn in DK & 4ply in a selection of natural colours together with a Merino & 10% nylon 4ply sock wool (the Merino fleece I bought from Yvonne who farms and keeps a flock of beautiful Merino sheep near Lydney in Gloucestershire because as yet I cannot find any locally or in Cornwall!).
Currently we stock Sirdar Escape, Crofter DK, Eco and Denim. We also offer our own Cornish Collection of Merino & Nylon sock wool dyed to our own specification replicating the seasons in Cornwall - this is so soft and yet wears well and the colours are really lovely. Lynda Philips produces an artisan yarn, hand spun and dyed by her at her studio in Penzance, this is such a lumpy bumpy yarn and very soft.
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