It is cold

We have had 2 foot of snow and it is very cold.
Animals are ok. we are snowed in,
and there is said to be more
through the night!
The dogs seem to be happy indoors.

Kelpie from Devon

We went down to Devon to pick up a kelpie (Australian sheep dog) for my brother Philip.

Snow

Oh my god it is 25 days till CHRISTMAS!!!!!

One more Black Sheep meeting to go before the end of the year.

Hope the snow has gone by then!

Photos to follow and more news.

Wool Experience

On the 3rd of July we are at Blaze Farm in Wildboarclough Cheshire for an event called the wool experience. We will be spinning and there will be demonstrations of weaving, feltmaking, knitting, woodwork and sheep shearing. ( And lovely icecreams!) See if you can find the big wheel!

Sherwood Forest Farm Park

We went to Sherwood Forest Farm Park on my birthday it was fun to see the animals. we started talking to the owner and he booked my brother to shear his sheep and the rest of us to demonstrate hand spinning more details below



It was fun AND I got to bottle feed a lamb

Easter fun!

It has been a busy Easter.

We have been demonstrating hand spinning all over the place.

On Good Friday we were at Central Wool Growers in Worksop and at St. Stephens Church, Hatton in Lincolnshire for Easter Saturday and Sunday.


Then we were at http://www.threecounties.co.uk/countrytastic/index.html

And finally at http://wetlandsanimalpark.co.uk/?page_id=279 on the 11th April.


Not much chance for eating Easter eggs, but have made up for it since!
　

Trip to Lincolnshire

Today we went to Spalding Auction in Lincolnshire to get some onion sets and seed potatoes, to plant down the field.

Here is the little chef cafe on the A1, my mum also remembers it as the flyaway garage from when she was a child.

Cromford

On the 21st March we were at The Gothic Wharf at Cromford and I saw this little pike in the canal. It was kind enough to swim into a nice shady spot for me to take its picture.

The Black Sheep Spinners

I am a founder member of The Black Sheep Spinners that meet at Blaze Farm Wildboarclough Cheshire on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 1 pm to 4.30 pm. We set this group up as a social group for fibre crafters. More details can be found here. Murmuring Wheel Blog

Snow on hills

This is a photo of hills between Buxton and Congleton taken the 20th January.

I like it because the pattern of the snow is impressive and the sun is shining through the clouds.

Welcome to my blog.

Let me explain why I am called Spinning Cherub.

Firstly, I am a handspinner which explains the spinning part - but why cherub? Well... I am a big fan of the Cherub series of books by Robert Muchamore.

I hope to use this blog as a record of my travels and will be posting photographs of the places I have been and things I have seen.