Lately I’ve been just a little bit obsessed with the idea of spinning my own yarn. It all started when I was making a treasury on Etsy and came across a ball of handspun yarn in Katie’s shop Hilltop Cloud which was just the right colour for the collection I was putting together (my treasury was featured the next day on the front UK page of Etsy, very exciting!). I thought of the bags of merino roving I’ve got stashed away (bought for making felt beads with) and wondered if I too could spin my own yarn. After watching a whole load of videos on YouTube I decided it was no good, I was going to have to dive in and buy myself a spindle! Remembering Katie’s shop, I added one to my basket and then had a look at what else she had on offer.
Based in rural mid-Wales, Hilltop Cloud is run by Katie Weston. One of the things I really like is that Katie sources all her fibres from British suppliers and even better, many of those fibres are from UK sheep.
She has a wonderful selection of handblended roving, batts and of course her lovely range of handspun yarn. Here’s the Stormy Weather yarn that sparked my interest…
I adore the colour of this moutwatering Orange batt…
Always a sucker for turquoise and teal, this Still Waters roving is just beautiful…
And Pretty In I could just eat…
In the end I went for one of the roving samplers because I just couldn’t choose and besides, I love a surprise. My order arrived yesterday and the selection I received was absolutely gorgeous! I can’t wait to have a go and if it’s not a complete disaster I’ll post the results here. Hell, if it is a disaster I’ll probably post it anyway!
