Knit in Public Day
Okay, it’s official: on 14 June we WILL celebrate Knit-in-Public-Day in Grayshott, Surrey! From 2 to 5, we will gather on the forecourt of the Fox & Pelican, smack in the middle of town, to show off our skills, learn and teach new ones AND meet as many knitters as possible. I hope to have some of my first ever Tall Yarns stock there with me to offer for sale, so no knitter will have an excuse not to plop down and have a knit and natter. Of course Ben at the F&P will be right there with coffee, tea or whatever takes your fancy (!) to help keep tongues wagging and needles clicking.
Tall Yarns Needles
I am currently putting together my first stock of Tall Yarns Knitting needles. Being a bamboo convert, that will be the main body of my offering. Based on your feedback, I will chop and change my needle offering to achieve a selection that meets your knitting needs. As soon as I’m ready to go, I will add my offerings for sale. Because I am very aware that the web is flooding with knitting materials suppliers, I aim to offer products that are either outstanding value or unique.
Speak out
If you are looking in vain for something in knit land, do let me know. Since I will spend considerable time putting my proper offer together this year, the more feedback I get, the better I will be able to offer what you want. Much appreciated!

June the 14th
I’ve put the wheels in motion today (better late than never…) to ensure that Grayshott has its own Knit-in-Public event! With a bit of luck, we’ll be in the Village Square. If that doesn’t fly, it’ll be the local pub – garden of course so we can still attract attention and get more people to grab some needles and join. If you want to know more about the event in general, check out www.wwkipday.com. For more info on KIP-day in Grayshott, just sign up to this blog (top right corner) and any updates will wing their way to you.

Knitting Conference
I’ve also found out about a 3-day international Knitting Conference in Winchester this July. If that doesn’t sound downright intriguing, I don’t know what does… To find out more about it, download a booking form etc, surf to www.intheloop.soton.ac.uk.

Book progress
I just today found a kick ass pattern for baby booties, thanks to my partner in crime, Helen. There’ll be some felted ones in the book and this pattern gives me a place to start for my own design. Hurray! In the meantime I’m knitting away on the test piece for my felted lacy shawl for the book. If this yarn felts the way I hope it will, it’ll be a stunner. Fingers crossed. The patterns for the book will be the first products in my soon to open web-shop, right here at Tall Yarns. Oh and of course there’ll be some gorgeous yarns to knit them with.

Habu
For the knitting aficionado’s amongst you as well as those with knitting aspirations, go have a look at the American website of Habu Textiles, especially their knitting kits (www.habutextiles.com). If I can help it, I will be selling their stunning materials as well as my own designs for their yarns. It would just be the bees knees.

Ravelry
If you’re into sharing and organising your knitting, do join a fast growing movement on www.ravelry.com. VERY addictive, only go there when you’ve got some time!

More soon, keep watching this space…

Welcome….

I feel all official. This blog’s been a while coming! Stay in touch if you’re interested to read about a lifelong knitter on my way to the publication of a first book. About yarn dyeing at home and cool knits. I’m co-authoring the book with dear friend Helen Deighan, esteemed textile artist, fabric dyer and thanks to me now also kniting fanatic (Yay!). Apart from playing with yarn, I am raising (more like racing, ha!) 3 kids, volunteer for Twinline and help govern our village primary school and one of the preschools. That’s just for intro, though. This corner of my universe is all about yarn and what to do with it. I won’t make any promises about the frequency of my posts. I wouldn’t dare (just yet)! Please be generous with your feedback if and when you can – much appreciated. Linda