Woolfest what a wonderful show!

Our space as we arrived!

Rita carrying the picnic baskets....alas no picnic inside.

The transformation begins.....

Suzanne's wonderful picture was much admired.

What a truly wonderful show.

Amazing craftspeople and such lovely customers.

We had a ball!

Sadly I didn't get a chance to take any overall

show pics as was so busy!

But a huge thanks to all the lovely people that visited us

and a special thanks to Alison who came even though

she's recovering from a big op!

We can't wait for Woolfest 2014!

Packing ....mmmmm!

Mmmmm not feeling so confident this morning

that the panda actually is a tardis!

What do you think?

Tuesday it's sari silk day! And we are in underwater world!

So thrilled with this gorgeous underwater world

Suzanne made for our Woolfest display

using lots of our hand dyed fibres!

It's sari silk day today!

This is Vicky my nutty knitting friend.

Spent yesterday dying silk that just arrived

and now we can make up sari ribbon packs!

Monday it's locks day!

Yep, you can't even get to my desk today!

Rita is in helping pack

all the locks we have been dying and separating.

Let me tell you this is literally weeks of work!

All those lovely locks!

Suri alpaca, bfl, wensleydale, mule, Romney

mohair, masham......

Winner of last weeks prize! We are off on Thursday to Woolfest!

Last Weeks winner of our prize is

Crafty Kitten

just drop me a line to (hopejacare@yahoo.com)

and let me know if you would prefer a knitted scarf

or a kit to do yourself!

Below Reuben with our new sign

from Printdesigns 

for Woolfest! 

Thanks to Scott at surfprint 

for help with sign layout!

Unfortunately Reuben has to stay

at home to look after the kids. 

Vicky and Rita will be joining me at Woolfest

and I can tell you we are all very excited!

Come back on Wednesday 

for our final Woolfest Competition!

It's a biggie so don't miss out!

Woolfest countdown winner and prize no.4.......

Last weeks winner for the countdown

to Woolfest £20 gift voucher

was no 1 again!

obviously it's worth getting in there quickly!

So Congratulations

  Anesha aka Crafting Queen

(Drop me a line hopejacare@yahoo.com

 with what you would like from the store

and I will make up a pack to suit your needs

hand dyed fibre, yarn, ribbons, threads,silk and wool fabrics,

mulberry bark, hand dyed felt )

and thanks to everyone that entered.

This weeks prize is a new product we have created for Woolfest.

It is made using a really lovely soft merino and kid mohair yarn by Ashford fibres.

I have dyed all the yarns and locks.

 My friend Vicky has come up with this 

Fabulous easy scarf and embellishments kit.

The winner can choose either a knitted scarf (made for you) 

with locks or bobbles or flowers.

Or a kit with any 3 packs of embellishments.

Woolfest prize countdown candy no.3 and last weeks winner! Hope's 6th party

We had such a great day for Hope's 6th Birthday party in the garden.

Not sure what's going on with Caleb!

We had a treasure hunt (organized by jacob)

 face painting, tattoo's 

making bracelets (granny in charge) and

Ice cream decorating (run by Caleb)

They were brilliant!

So slightly tired and just finished tidying up

but here is last weeks prize winner

in our count down to Woolfest draw

 and this weeks prize!

As drawn by random.org

CONGRATULATIONS

NO. 1 - Clare Wilkins

(drop me an e-mail at hopejacare@yahoo.com)

and I'll pop your prize in the post!

This weeks prize is £20 gift voucher for anything you would like

from Folksy or Ebay shop.

Or if you prefer 6 digi images of your choice.

Just leave a comment below!

Woolfest candy countdown prize 2 - 45 piece silk ribbons and yarns...last weeks winner

Sorry it's late but as chosen by Random.org

the winner of the knitted brooch is no. 4

Nannieflash! 

Congrats Shirley get in touch 

and I will pop the brooch in the post.

I can be e-mailed at hopejacare@yahoo.com.

This weeks countdown to Woolfest  candy

(only 3 weeks and 4 days!)

Is the fabulous selection of hand dyed

45 piece silk ribbons and yarns as pictured below....yum!

Great for many crafters and super for card makers/scrapbookers.

So please join in and the draw will be next sunday.

If you are interested just leave a comment !

And Random.org will be back next week.........