The second Highland Wool Festival takes place at Dingwall Auction Mart on Saturday 23rd May - not long to go now!  I have been working towards building up stock for this event, and I'm looking forward to showing off the new yarn base, Suilven, to those who come to the event.

It was a lovely event last year, and it was good to have Dorothy and Lizzi helping out on the stand.

[caption id="attachment_8244" align="aligncenter" width="640"]The Glam Assistants - is Lizzi doing the Highland Fling? The Glam Assistants - is Lizzi doing the Highland Fling?[/caption]

I'm pleased to say they will be there again this year.   We've got knitting needles crossed that it will be a fine, WARM day.  Last year was a little on the nippy side.  I understand that all the vendor stalls will be in the Pens this year, rather than being split between the Auction room and the Pens as they were last year.    I know of quite a few folk who are coming, and I look forward to meeting you there.  There was a great mix of stalls last year, and you can see some of them in the photographs on the HWF website.  Pleased to say my friend, Lindsay, aka The Border Tart, will be back at Dingwall this year too.

As I mentioned, I'll have the new yarn base, Suilven, at this event.  I'm building up the number of different colours on this base, and the latest one I have added to the website is "Sea Hare" which is a colourful slug like creature found in rock pools around Assynt's coast.  It is a bit like a slug, but as long "hairs" on its back.  It is a bit of a chameleon beastie, as it changes colour depending on the colour of the rock or seaweed you see it on, but the one I have seen was a beautiful chestnutty orange shade, hence the name for this colour:

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I am currently using this yarn base in "Slice of Lime" to knit some socks.  And I have to admit to loving every single stitch - the yarn is lovely to work with and has great stitch definition.

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I have also restocked the BFL/Silk 4ply shelf with Copper Beech and Assynt Peat