Here Come The Girls!

Check out these lovely ladies:

Liz, who comes over from Colchester to do our windows, made all of these wonderful knitted fairies.  They are just wonderful and she has made 21 of these already.  They come from the Knitted Fairies To Cherish and Charm by Fiona McDonald - a great book priced at just £9.99. 

Also featured in the middle picture is the new Wendy Air wool, priced at just £4.95 a ball.  It comes in a great range of colours; green, white, light pink, hot pink, navy blue, heather, stone and black.  There is a lovely crochet pattern for a scarf to match the wool - would make a lovely Christmas present.... just saying!

The red ones at the top are my favourites, I love their outfits.  No comments about their hair being like mine either please!!  The windows are looking wonderful at the moment, if you have five minutes to stop by to have a look, please do - loads of inspiration.



Dorset Button Workshop - Jill Carter Thursday 5th December

Jill is back with us in December and doing Dorset Buttons for Christmas this time - the photos really do not do these justice:

They are absolutely beautiful and are a great and unusual gift for Christmas. Everything is provided on the course. If you are interested, call 01722 554466 to book your place.

Jill Carter's Workshop - Spectacle Case

Jill Carter came to Salisbury in the first week of October and ran a machine embroidery course to make a Spectacle Case. Shimmering threads were put to good use, along with some pelmet Vilene and judging by the state of the floor afterwards, a good time was had by all. This piece however, was a stunning piece of work brought in by one of the ladies who attended the day. Lesley brought this along to show everyone and didn't mind me putting it on the blog. It is a wonderful piece of work.

Lesley, Rosie and Vivian all pictured with their work. Jill is back with us on Thursday 21st November to take a course on Christmas Dorset Buttons - pictures to follow. If you are interested in attending Jill's course, give us a call or pop into the shop.

You don't have to look far these days to see that Autumn is upon us. This is the car park outside the shop and the colours are just wonderful.
And talking of colours, this is the current display upstairs in the Wool department at the moment. Annette, Trina, Issy and Margaret have been so busy creating this wonderful scene. All of these items are sold to raise money for one of our local hospices - if you are interested in perhaps having one why not pop in and reserve one. Once the display comes down you will get a phone call letting you know. There are patterns available for all items, and of course the wool!