Spring is here at last in all her glory - and so is the HAYFEVER

Hi Folks

Well what have I been up to since my last blog on May Day.
Spinning, spinning, spinning - well it's what I do!
I've been spinning up the yellow/green Spring is Sprung roving and I'm almost there. And of course we had our May meeting of SpinDyeWeavers. It was a lovely day plenty of sunshine, so it was windows open and away we go. I was spinning only, but Chris and Nina were going to use their natural dyes from Tintoria, that they bought at Wonderwool. They had done the wool mordanting at home so got off to a flying start. Why is it that the dyes always look so uninteresting when you first put them on. Brown, more brown and another nondescript colour went on - how could this possibly work. But boy oh boy the results are wonderful, it's definitely something to have a go at. Also the Landscape dyes from OZ are something we are going to have a bash at and I've ordered mine via Gill (Sassy Spinner), plus a bit of Merino DK yarn via Nina, we will see what we can create.

HAYFEVER : something I have never had before, has decided it's my turn to suffer, so it's nose spray and eye drops for me this year, unless of course it's just the tree pollen that is affecting me (we are right opposite some trees at our flat level) I can oly hope it is. I've been a gardener all my life and have inhaled all the pollen there is before, so why now??

Birthday's, it is my huzbear Andy's BIG 40 this weekend on the 23rd May. We are having a party at The Old Market Tavern on Saturday and sharing the party with Sylvia his workmate. It will be chocolate fudgecake all round and to hell withe diets.

Well that's about all folks, I expect the next blog will be after the 12th June as we are taking part in the Link Age's - The Art of you Life exhibition, which is a project that aim's to encourage and support people over 50 and the elderly to take part in Arts and Crafts and be part of the community. We at SpinDyeWeavers are putting on an exhibition of spinning, weaving, dyeing and felting. Encouraging people to watch and take part in these activities. There are also dancers, singers, films, paintings, and restored film of old Bristol.
Food from various cultures is also being displayed with a chance to taste too. So all in all a good day out.

That's all for now folks.
Speak soon

Keith