Texere and Coldspring Mills

Today I went shopping at Texere and then at Coldspring. On the whole I was quite restrained despite MM overhearing my talking on the 'phone saying that I had spent £350 on yarn I got the following:


Texere

I saw these three in cones at £20 per 1kg. I took the cones to the counter and asked for a wind-off next week when they were up and running normally rather than the holiday opening. I was told that they actually had them in 50g spools so went and got these instead. It was more economic for the purposes I have for them but could work out more expensive in the long-run if my test works out ;)



I got a ball of Texere's troon tweed to do a test swatch for MM for a jumper as he's still not like too taken with the Jamiesons aran :( It does feel softer to the immediate touch and he's such a finneckity person it may just work (ETA he seems to like it.)


I then picked up these four balls. The top two are actually a pink (on the left) and a red (on the right). They are King Cole merino blend 100% wool and they are going to be used to make something for my SP. They do not know they are receiving it so its safe to blog its mention as it will be in their final parcel :) I was tempted to add green in to the blend but unfortunately it was more of a bottle green than emerald so I passed it up.


I then succumbed when I was paying to these two pair of DPNs, 1.5mm and 1.75mm as I haven't got any that small and I know that I am a loose knitter and given that MM was wearing my hand-made socks over Christmas I think I am going to be adding those to the list of projects to do next year.


The other thing that I picked up for a project to do next year was these three balls of green 4-ply. I got the pattern for Tannenbaum (a fir tree hat) a couple of years ago and never got around to making it so I guess it will get done for Christmas 2009.


I also bought myself a new ball winder to replace one that I gave to someone earlier in the year. I've not bought anything on skeins for a while so its not been an issue but always handing to have one there in the wings :)

Coldspring

Although there was plenty at Coldspring there was nothing that took my fancy. I did however succumb to this pack. There is just over 900g and I know a couple of people with young children so can utilise it in a couple of garments for them.

Spinning Wheels

I was passing an antique shop over a year ago and spotted a spinning wheel outside. I popped in and asked if they knew what make it was as I had no idea and they said that they didn't. They also said that they were selling it for £10 reduced from £40 as that was their last day. I of course couldn't resist the opportunity and have to shamefully admit that its been sat in my spare room ever since. For the spinners of you out there, do any of you recognise what it is? I'm hoping that it is a working model rather than a object d'art!