Debbie Abrahams buttons

We have just had a delivery of some new one-off designs from Debbie. These gorgeous ceramic buttons are hand-made by Debbie's mum and come on cards with 5 or 6 buttons.

Debbie Abrahams mystery blanket workshop

I have just booked the first workshop for 2011, Debbie Abrahams is tutoring a mystery blanket workshop for us on 16th March 2011, book here! The workshop is open to all, if you are not a member of the mystery blanket club you can enjoy learning intarsia, fair-isle and beading techniques from Debbie.

Tunisian Crochet workshop

We have a new workshop date! Linda and Barbara from Denise knitting needles are visiting the UK in the summer and have volunteered to run a Tunisian Crochet workshop for us at Kangaroo. The workshop is on thursday 5th August, just for two hours in the morning followed by a free for all in the afternoon to try out all the fantastic Denise products.

Book here

Care for a cuppa at Kangaroo?

We are holding an all day tea party tomorrow (Thursday 6th May from 10 am to 4 pm) at Kangaroo in support of Diabetes UK. All proceeds for tea, coffe and cakes will be donated to the charity. So come along and join the Kangaloonies knitting group, have a cuppa and make a donation to a worthy cause. For directions to find us click here.

Soda sleeveless top from Studio 19

What happened to Spring! It has been cold, wet and windy for two days now. All that gardening I had promised myself this week has gone out of the window. My Banana plants have been battered to bits and it is too wet to plant up my new pots that Amy gave me for Christmas.

However, plenty of time to finish the yarn review and start on Soda from Rowan Studio 19, this lovely sleeveless design takes 4-6 balls of Rowan Kidsilk Haze and just 2 balls of Rowan Siena.

Felted knitting and embellishment workshop with Fiona Morris

We still have some places available for the Felted Knitting and embellishment workshop on Saturday 15th May. Tutor Fiona Morris will teach you the techniques of hand felting and needle felting and how to add embellishment to a knitted garment or accessory with embroidery and swiss darning.
The cost of the workshop includes materials, lunch, tea and coffee and 10% discount on any purchases made on the day.

30th April

It's the start of another month and spring has finally hit the Charente-Maritime. The last day of April actually wasn't as good as the rest of the week had been, a few cloudy spells but warm. The countryside is lovely at the moment, very green and fresh. The bluebells are out and the oilseed rape is flowering.

We are finally completing the renovations on the house, the kitchen is finished except for the tiling which will be done on Tuesday and the downstairs bedroom and shower room are done - hurrah! Bookings for the B&B and knitting retreats are starting to come in and the knitting week at chateau st Julien is coming up fast.