limegreenjelly

Back in 2006 I was asked to help set up a knitting group in a local café. Soon after that someone was giving away fleeces on our local freecycle site. At first I thought I didn't have time to learn to spin with a small child to look after but when the fleeces were offered a second time I went to pick a few up. I then arranged a spinning lesson with a local lady and came straight home and bought my first wheel off ebay.

Within days I was mixing colours and using dyes, as someone who has been mixing paints for almost 30 years it was natural for me to start dyeing fibres. I just love playing with colour and watching colours slipping through my fingers when I'm spinning, not being entirely sure of what the finished yarn will look like until it's done.

I also joined my local branch of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers and knew straight away I was on a slippery slope. After a trip to Woolfest in 2007 I bought my first rigid heddle loom. Mixing colours through cloth is just as exciting as mixing colours on fibres and yarns. The combinations are as endless as all the shades you can ever imagine! There just aren't enough hours in the day to fit it all in but I do try to squeeze as much dyeing, spinning, weaving and knitting in as possible.