Iceland

I love Etsy. I really do. I love that you can search the site in a multitude of ways and never be quite sure where you're going to end up. This is what happened to me last night. I was mooching around and decided to visit Iceland (as one does), and that's when I found:

Ooh! Lots of lovely wool! I've been informed that Icelandic wool is soft and lovely to work, and, having looked at the colours available, I'm already formulating patterns in my head...

Banwy

I have just found a new yarn supplier, though working out who they actually are has been quite tricky. A couple of weeks ago, I popped into the Deco Shop in Machynlleth in order to buy some new art supplies. That's when I found some lambswool in beautiful muted colours, called Gwlân Banwy Welsh Lambs' Wool - I bought six balls in pink and cream, which I'm working up into a scarf.

Now, it says on the label that Gwlân Banwy is based in Llanfair Caereinion (Powys), but I can find no reference to them on the web. I think that they might actually be Colinette Yarns, and, having just looked at their website, I covet this and this. Sigh. No. Must be strong. Must finish and sell my work in progress first.