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For the first time in three years I managed to take photos of the hostel !!

This is the inside of the front door...

It must have been an amazing place before it was all divided up...












A Pete action shot...

We had just come back from our Saturday shop and there were bags of yarn all over the floor.. Pete does like a suck on yarn and the poor lad didn't know which way to crawl !!








If he'd have turned round this is what he would have seen....


Knitters and yarn everywhere...















Someone bought a jumper from the KCG yarn mountain...

It nearly fitted....

Good luck to her when she cuts the bottom off to reclaim the yarn for the sleeves (it was a very strange design - but alpaca and for £5...)







Some people didn't want to put their purchases down - I think she was pleased with the number of skinny (technical term) cones of yarn I introduced her to...

I also think she won the 'most yarn for least price' competition...






On Monday morning I took Tut Mut for a walk to wake us up..

There is a suspension bridge going over the river - if you jump up and down on it (especially in the rain) it moves lots - I let her play on it before I ran over...







This confused us.

This is a church carpark.

There was no bull to be seen....














And this is what I came home with ...


From Coldspring Mills.

All cashmerino aran - enough for a jumper.. half price bargain...












These came from KCG yarn mountain...

And cost £1 each... hard to believe..

The pale blue is very skinny 1.5 kg

Red a bit thicker - probably cobweb 700g

And the turquoise cobweb 570g.


I do know what some of them are going to be but it will take a while..

Also from KCG some books

The Anna magazines were also £1 each and most of them have Neibling shawl patterns in...

And from Winghams, some different things to spin.

And one of my best bargain finds - a cone of thin alpaca for £15..

I am really sorry to all those I infected - mine is nearly gone and the olbas oil is beginning to smell again !!