Off Campervanning.

I have just finished my set of shifts and am not due back at work till Friday, so we are off to mid Wales in the Camper Van.

This is it, on the site where we are going. Rhandirmwyn. (Not sure if the spelling is correct.) This afternoon was spent washing it and filling water tanks. I have also been deciding on 'projects' to take. I have decided on my modular jumper, my toe up socks and some fibre and a spindle.

The campsite has no mobile phone reception or television reception and the forecast is not good so I am looking forward to a 'crafting' time. I have planned a trip on Wednesday though. We are catching the train from Llandovery to Knighton where there is a wool shop. The train trip is supposed to be pretty and my Husband loves trains.

In between jobs this afternoon, I did manage some spindling. I plied some singles that I had spun on my wheel. They were spun straight fom a raw fleece and the result did look like yellow string. I have now skeined it and washed it and it is hanging to dry. It is fluffy and white now - an incredible transformation - but still a bit lumpy. I plan to knit diagonal garter stitch squares with all my trial spinning so I can make a blanket.

Clever - Not !

I thought I would be clever the other day and I downloaded some photos for my blog, saved them in 'drafts' and then thought I would be able to write my blog at work. All seemed well, and I wrote my blog. I tried to save and then post it. The computer froze and then cleared the lot! I had managed to get a print off but as it was several days ago, I think the comments are probably

irrelevant now!


I did decide that we would have a day out in Minehead last Sunday (one week ago now) as the forecast was good. We took our camper van and on the way down I managed to knit another square for my modular jumper. (have actually finished the squares now).This idea is from the book Second Thoughts and is a fun knit. Having finished the squares you pick up stitches and knit 'finishing bits'. I am using wool I found in a charity shop - two huge cones of natural coloured aran.



I also made some progress with my wool from Natalie at 'The Yarn Yard'. This was going to be a sock but it is so pretty I think I will change it into gloves or fingerless mittens. I will make some increases for a thumb gusset and knit the hand and see how I get on.

I have a day off from work today so hope to get some knitting done and also I am expecting a parcel from The Yarn Yard with fibre as well as wool to knit. I have booked myself on a spinning course in November at Wingham Wool and they want me to take examples of my spinning, so I thought I had better have a go at some more fibre. I have been using fibre straight from the fleece but I am not very good yet.

Just going to find my print off to see what else I wrote ............... I described the wool colour and stitch pattern so here goes ............

The wool colour is called 'funghi' so I chose a stitch pattern that I thought looked like little toadstools and the wavy edge of some funghi. A colleague at work decided it looked like 'coral' both in colour and stitch pattern. I think both apply - now just got to find time to finish the item - whatever it turns out to be.

The sun is shining so I had better get dressed and put the washing out and get busy! or just have another quick look at Ravelry .........................