From Lincolnshire with Love

I am a Lincolnshire girl. For the last 7 years I’ve lived elsewhere but my heart still belongs in the Wolds.

Being the other half of a very proud Welshman it’s so very easy to get “stuff” that shows off his heritage. Everywhere you go there’s Welsh flags, bags, outfits and the symbolism of dragons and daffodils.

For me not so much. For a start most people don’t even know where Lincolnshire is…

Hint – It’s the red bit!

We have a flag – although it’s only within the last 2 years I’ve actually been able to find them for sale

And the only other thing people really know “us” for is our lovely sausages and we have Chine and Haselet (correctly pronounced HACE-let not Haz-let) and Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese

And while sausages are FUN and Tasty, they’re not exactly wearable.

Enter Risby Flock!

I’ve been after some Lincolnshire Longwool (From “our” sheep breed, the Lincoln) for a long time. I’d hoped to grab some at Wonderwool, but sadly it wasn’t meant to be. This is the lace weight Lambswool.

And this is a big pile of the squishy DK – Ewe and Lamsbwool.

The yarn isn’t buttery soft. It’s hard wearing, but nowhere near as scratchy as I thought it would be. It softened after a wash with Soak and bloomed slightly as well. A little annoying as my pre wash gage was bang on and now I have to re-swatch!

And as a lovely little add on they included some really really good hand lotion as well! Lovely people, well worth dealing with and I CAN’T wait to get started on the project with the lace (which I’m able to show you) and the project with the DK (which will have to stay a secret until Feb 2016 I’m afraid!

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