Fantastic news! - at long last we have been able to give the go ahead for our new website to be built. It will have an online shop and will hopefully be operational within the next 6 weeks. Everyone then will have the opportunity to buy our own locally produced Cornish Yarns, throws and scarves. We will also be offering a selection of other branded yarns, patterns and accessories.
If you have read my earlier blogs you will know that last year we sent our raw fleece off to the Natural Fibre Company to be processed and this year we have been working with the Halifax Spinning Mill near Goole. Our next batch of fleece will either go to The Cold Harbour Mill in Devon or to Farrlacey Mill in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, so that we can assess the quality of spinning from each Mill. Ideally I would like to keep the processing in Cornwall but we do need to try each of the Mills for quality and service.
So - to date we now have our Merino Sock Yarn ready for sale - it has 10% nylon added to it for strength. It is lovely and soft and a joy to knit with. It will shortly be in the Gallery Yarn Corner at Village Crafts, Perranuthnoe and when the website is up and running you will be able to buy it there too.
Sunday 14 March 2010
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