.:: Shop Update ::.

Hooray ...... Hoorah!
The preview is now complete, thanks to my wonderful Husbeast and his awesome work, and the update will go live on Friday Night at Cidertime (so around 8pm on the 3rd August)
There are a few changes you'll notice, so I thought I would take the time to explain them to you.

As most of you will know, I space-dye in small dyelots, usually 400g at a time. These are usually colourway specific, so ie 100g of Flump Sock, 100g of merino Sock and 200g of Radiance Aran... all in one colourway.
My shop space is limited to 100 spaces, so I have decided to put the Flump Sock and the Merino Sock together in one listing, so save space... thus being able to offer you more yarn :D

This would be like listing one T-shirt in a specific print, with multiple sizes... all the same price, just different options... savvy?? So just choose the base in the colourway you like, and buy it as normal...

Also, unfortunately, I am having to raise my prices. I have kept them the same for so long now... but the price of the bases is rising, and has risen considerably since I started, so the time has come for an increase.
It's not going to be a great increase, as I've had to raise the price of postage too, but I just thought I would let you all know.

Updates will be a lot more regular now, as Husbeast has passed muster ( I am a very strict and pernickitty Boss doncha know) and is very eager to continue making it a regular thing...

Hooray for Husbeast!!!

Thankyou so much for your continued support, Husbeast and I appreciate it more than you know.

See you Friday Night!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

This year saw us making it to 20 years of being together, and today is a celebration of 14 years of marriage...so, I thought I'd do something completely different this year, to celebrate another year of being with my most awesomeful Husbeast :)

I get to play DJ :)

This is our musical journey...a few songs that bring us both a lot of joy, and precious memories...

They are all rock tracks, so if it's not your thing, I totally understand, but if you want to while away an hour listening to some quality tunage...then thankyou for listening :)

This song was one of the very first we ever danced to, at the Uni Rock Disco, all those years ago. This album had just been released, and it was played a lot at the rock nights we used to go to.

Ahh...now the next song was on Husbeast's stereo the first time I stayed over. He'd got up and gone to classes, and I thought to myself "I wonder what he's listening to at the moment" so I just pressed play. Needless to say, I was blown away...and years later we saw Queensryche play this whole concept album up close and personal, at Rock City. We'd gone to see them, expecting to hear them play songs from a new album, but no...they played Mindcrime all the way through...

Another band that Husbeast got me hooked on.... Tesla... check the singers voice...just stonking!!!

Even now...after all this time, this song sends shivers down my spine. From a movie we both hold dear, and never tire of watching.... enjoy, and I defy anyone not to love this song :P

The Irons have to make an appearance... this one being from an album we both listened to a lot at the time.

Now this song has a funny memory attatched, cue house party, lots of alcohol and an extremely comedic falling down :D

This one is dedicated to you, Simmo :P

Husbeast will more than likely never forgive me from making him miss this next song when we went to see them Live at Wembley...

This next song really needs very little introduction... take it away boys :)

The following group of songs are from our travels around the world, when we both left University. Either from new albums released whilst we were away, or from new bands we discovered along the way.

From Van Halen's 9th Album, a real in your face tune...and an excellent display of Sammy Hagar's vocal power.

Now, when we were in Melbourne, Australia, we were lucky enough to catch this next band in concert. Not the traditional way though :P Fans had knocked the fences down, as it was an outside venue, so we just coolly walked in and watched them for free...

These next three songs are taken from albums we literally wore out in the stereo of our Ford Falcon Station wagon travelling around Australia... "Frogstomp" by Silverchair, "Smash" by The Offspring and "SuperUnknown" by Soundgarden.

They were nicknamed "Nirvava in Pyjamas"... 15 years old when this album rocketted them to success...I give you Silverchair...

Hahaha...best driving song....ever :P

Windows open so we could smell the sea....stereo blaring...cruising down the Gold Coast Highway... good times :D (lots of lovely shots of Chris Cornell in the video to this song ladies.... rrrrawwr)

When we got back from our travels...we had to find jobs and pretend to be grown ups and stuff, but, listening to Live music has and always will feature very heavily in our time together as a couple, and as a family.

This next band played Leicester quite a few times, and we went with our long time friend, Russ, to a lot of gigs to see them... so, this one is for you Russ....

The last batch of songs is dedicated to when our love expanded into parenthood. I will never forget watching MotorHead on the TV, being heavily pregnant and having a baby headbanging inside me...hahahaha...used to play it to him when he wouldn't stop crying too. This one is for you, Dan!!!

Whilst I was pregnant with Joel, we listened to this next band alot. I also was seriously stuck for a name for this wriggly lump I carried around with me everywhere, and oh yes....he was a wriggler. Husbeast was looking on their website one night, and the Eureka Moment happened. Joel is named after the Lead Singer of Good Charlotte :)

Saw this band at Rock City whilst Joel was a baby...was actually the first time I'd left him. They split up after this tour... and I got to see them play my favourite song LIVE :)

The next three songs are all ones we love as a family. It was hard to choose only three, but I didn't want to bore you all any longer than necessary :P

Both my boys have learned to play the drums on this Metallica track, something their Dad is very proud of....

And finally...recent tracks... from two bands that we have recently seen live, all four of us :)

You have to watch the video for this one :P It is also very apt, lyrically...for the time in our lives right now...

Thankyou for getting this far!!!

If you want to listen to all of the above songs as a YouTube Playlist... please follow this link

Clever Husbeast!!!!

Husbeast found out yesterday that he's been offered the job he was interviewed for on Wednesday!! It's with the same company that currently employ him, but in a completely different department....

He'll now be a Campaigns Officer, helping to organise and promote NIACE's 3 main campaigns, namely Adult Learners' Week, Quick Reads, and World Skills. It's only 6 months to cover maternity leave, but it gives him a whole new skillset (that veer quite sharply away from IT and web work) and more time to look for something else.......or choose the new direction he secretly craves...hahaha

So...there will be a tiny shop update tonight in celebration of this, from 8pm... and if you put enter code WHOOP in at checkout, you'll recieve 20% off...

NB This code will only run for 24 hrs...not made of money you know *WiNKS* so take advantage of it while you can.

*** I LOVE YOU HUSBEAST***

Download :)

This was The Husbeast and I after 2 hours of lugging all our stuff in the heat over at least 2 miles to get from the car park to where we eventually set up camp (ie. we found a tiny space in the sea of tents) Happy to be there, for sure, but oh my goodness there were moments.....

The endless walking was one thing that really wore us both out actually, being the old gits we are ;) We must have walked at least 20 miles over the weekend.....going to and from everywhere. Of course that pleased me, as I could drink more and not worry, as I knew I'd burn off the calories later ;)
Here is the sea of tents...there were 6 massive fields full of them......!!! It was funny, as you walked from where we were (the 'burbs) down through all the fields to the tents that had been there when it opened on the Wednesday, you really felt like you were in the ghetto. Srsly, the smell/litter/trashed stuff/strewn bodies ;)

At the end of all the fields of tents was the Village. An array of shops selling everything you could ever need/never need again or want, and a really good mix of eateries too. I found a little place called Tea' n Toast, who sold the most fantastic veggie food.....if you are going to Glastonbury, look out for the little yellow van :) Top Nosh.....and really nice peeps. They take your order down on a little piece of paper, and your name, and then when its ready you get called by name to come get your food. Its really nice, the whole personal service, made them a cut above the others, for me anyway :)

Ahhh........the Donington Crowd :) This is how I remember it from years back, an ocean of people......and me standing at the top of the hill, looking down onto the main stage. Only ever ventured into the mosh once...never again, too scary! Pictured is Limp Bizkit's set.....

Here is who the Husbeast made me get up to see on the Sunday, Tesla. We had the tent and all our stuff packed up and into the car by 11am (yes, 11 am on the Sunday of Donington....shameful eh? After being kept up most of the night by people on speed having food fights too, *tuts*) so we could get back to the Arena on time to see them. T'was worth it though, they were great, and the Husbeast was most satisfied :)
I didn't want to bore you guys with too many pics, but as you see in the last one, I have ditched the woolly hat for my Festie hat. It was so hot on the Sunday, and there was also no shade.

We both had the time of our lives, 'twas like being 18 again and newly together, good "us" time :) The ultimate highlight for me was Thunder (and I am sure Husbeast will agree) because they played "our song", Love Walked In This was the song we danced/headbanged to at our wedding reception, and the lyrics were just perfect for us at the time :) As we were watching them performing, the guitarist, Luke Morley, changed his guitar, and Husbeast turned round to me with the most perfect look on his face and said "They're gonna play it!"....... well....I roared, unashamedly roared. This is the last tour that they will ever play (alledgedly, but you know what rock bands are like...hehe) so we got to see them play our song, live, one last time.
Other highlights for me were The Prodigy....man, their energy was limitless......they played the perfect set.....they had everyone jumping about. It's the first time I've ever see them, and I'd go again in a heartbeat. It also goes without saying that Faith No More were on top form...like they'd never been away. Also, Pendulum, who I just went along to have a look at, just blew me away. Again, like the Prodigy, you could feel their energy and excitement at playing at Donington...it's legendary after all :)