seasons greetings...

...many many happy glad tidings this solstice holiday time

may your days be merry and bright

xxx

new stock...

... to find  at solva woollen  mill

pembrokeshire

hand spun wool

hand crochet tea cosies

and cafetiere cosies

and corsages

thank you to anna and tom and all at solva woollen mill

its a lovely place to visit

go there if you can

xxx

all roads lead...

...to bethlehem this weekend coming

for the annual christmas fayre

a lovely little village in the brecon beacons

the fayre is housed in the old school

where the post office resides

you can get your christmas cards

stamped 'from bethlehem' here

and proves more popular each year

hope to see there

xxx

new website...

our lovely new website is now live

great thanks to karla

at bis-zone.com

http://www.nellieandeve.co.uk/

lots of new products being added all the time

so please check back regularly

do hope you like it

and value your comments

xxx

christmas fayre...

...at the national wool museum wales
this weekend

so good to meet lots of talented crafts people
and customers alike

lovely venue too

hand spun wool corsages

hand spun jacob wool stole

thank you all at the wool museum for such a great day

and well organised fayre

xxx

tea cosy...

... a lovely hand crochet tea cosie

made from jacob fleece

hand spun

and in our

shop now

with more to follow soon

xxx

Fall leaves Fall...

 By Emily Jane Brontë 1818–1848 

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;

Lengthen night and shorten day;

Every leaf speaks bliss to me

Fluttering from the autumn tree.

I shall smile when wreaths of snow

Blossom where the rose should grow;

I shall sing when night’s decay

Ushers in a drearier day.


Source: Poets of the English Language

happy samhain...

...or happy halloween

to you all

a time to take stock of where you are now

and to embrace the start of winter

feast well

love lots

keep warm

xxx

peg loom rug...

...i love making peg loom rugs

you can use various wools

this one uses both hand spun yarn

and fleece that is not spun

just washed and carded

they make a very robust yet really soft rug

and can be washed in the machine too

a peg loom is a series of dowel rods sat in evenly spaced holes

on a long straight piece of wood and can be any size

warp thread the peg loom

to the finished length of desired rug

prepare your wool or fleece

you will need at least 2 whole fleeces for a small rug

more if you want to use spun yarn

this picture shows both spun and unspun wool

and the effect each gives

weave your yarn or fleece around each peg

 when you have about 4" on the pegs

 lift each peg in turn and move the wool to the end of the rug

replacing the peg into its housing each time

continue weaving until your desired rug is complete.

tie off the ends securely

and hey presto

a lovely warm handmade rug

and jessy loves it too

woolly miles

the lovely beulah speckled face sheep that donated their fleeces for this rug

graze in the fields that surround our workshop

clean sustainable handmade

all our wool items are made from fleece sourced locally and the production of each item uses little or no machinery and electricity

xxx

wood chores...

...as autumn is well and truly upon us

up here in the welsh hills

my chores include wood chopping

to keep us warm and toasty at night.

happy full moon

xxx

autumn equinox...

... the balance of life

enjoying the fruits of our labours

harvesting and thanking

a happy time of the year

as i pick blackberry gems from

prickly stems

and eye up sloes to add to gin

  

this time is special

no expectations

no wonder of weather and bbq's rained off...

...again

i love autumn

cool mornings with bright sunshine

woolly tights and warm jumpers

the hollow sounds of a wood pigeon

and the smell of wood smoke from the chimney

i love it all

free food harvested from the hedgerows

give way to jam chutney and wine

happy happy autumn

xxx

handmade cushion...

...from start to finish

i have completely handmade this sweet cushion

this was the first fleece i was very fortunate enough

to be given

by a kind friend

i sorted and washed it

i carded the fleece

and hand spun the yarn

and crochet into a cushion

i even made cushion pad

i am pleased with my efforts and loved working

with real wool

from a sheep that i see

from my workshop window

woolly miles was almost zero in this case

i have given it to my kind fleece giving friend to say a

big thanks

i love wool spinning

there its official!

see me at the llandovery sheep fair next weekend

where i will be helping my spinning group

raffle the rug that i helped weave

all proceeds to

kidney research

xxx

pembrokeshire hols...

...here's some snaps from our

lovely few days in fabulous

pembrokeshire

a beautiful part of the world

we packed up our lovely little 1960's

sprite 400ci caravan

and headed for st brides bay

the very same place we honeymooned

2 years ago

jessy taking this relaxing holiday thing to a new level!

the view from our caravan, st brides bay

 jessys 1st ever swim, full marks she was brilliant
with a little encouragement from jack

brrr its cold in there...
i am a sheep dog,

is there a field we can play in

instead of this cold wet stuff...

we all had a great time

xxx

artist in residence...

whilst we were at solva woollen mill

 we were lucky enough to meet a truly talented lady

jackie morris

she was signing her beautiful books that she both writes

and illustrates

an amazing imaginative artist

her books are full of meaning and wonder

and are a delight to read

her illustrations are

magical

we purchased 'the ice bear'

a story of loss and decisions

 but ultimately

 love

have your tissues at the ready!

it is beautiful

it was a pleasure to meet her

a great person with a wonderful spirit and an imagination that holds

no bounds

...one can only wonder of the stories waiting to be told.

xxx

solva woollen mill...

...just had to be visited during our holiday 

in lovely pembrokeshire

solva is the oldest working woollen mill in wales

opened in 1907

the water wheel was lovingly restored

by the owners tom and anna grime

and a sweet poem to its sentiment

we received a warm welcome

one that can only come from a family run business

the owners have done alot of work restoring the mill and shop and

added a lovely tea rooms too

beautiful old weaving equipment grace the shop and tea rooms

this is an old jacquard loom

and one can only marvel at its intricacies

old bobbins take on the new role as shop display 

all of which make for an interesting informative visit

and if that wasn't enough

the looms of today can be seen weaving their magic

to produce wonderful rugs for the likes of our very know HRH The Prince of Wales

toast and the landmark trust 

to name but a few that this unique woollen mill weaves for

we had a great visit and one that i can really recommend

thanks to anna and her team for making us feel most welcome

best wishes for the future

xxx

new chick...

...on the block

can you see our new addition?

21 days to the day

we have ourselves a newly hatched chick

mum and chick doing really well

it is truly amazing to see how our hen mothers her chick by pure instinct

chick is a delight

hatched by her mum

no interaction from us

except to keep mum fed watered and warm

and here we have a little new life

this will be henrietta

to replace our lovely hen we sadly lost to the fox

if she is a he, its henry of course!

looks like he is thinking of making a break for it already!

baby chick is sooo cool

love love love

xxx