Possibilities & Black Sheep Wool Shop

I don't drive...well I can drive but I don't own a car due to the cost of insurance!

This limits where I can go shopping for wool & crafty bits; I know online is grand as I've used Deramores a few times but nothing beats being IN a shop, looking at all the colours & feeling the different textures...my happy place!

However every now & again my bestie is in want to a trip to Black Sheep Wool's in Warrington & lucky for her her hubby drives & owns a car!

Lucky for me she scheduled their next visit on one of my days off! I actually NEEDED to go as I needed one more ball of mustard to be able to finish my mermaid tail & no where I know of stocks Stylecraft other than Black Sheep.

This is the mermaid tail pattern! Mine's in burnt orange & gold

So armed with a shopping list (we still forgot some things!) off we went.

ABSOLUTE HEAVEN!

This is a TINY selection...

The plan was tea & cake first as a thank you to Phil for playing chauffeur but we still got distracted at the door! To be fair the wool that distracted me was on my list.

Whilst Phil played babysitter to handbags, me & Chelle where off! I was being strict with myself & only making the purchases I needed but that was so hard! All that colour...I'm finding myself currently being drawn to blues & teals at the minute.

An lilacs & pinks….

And the specialist cottons….

Seriously....

My boyfriend called me whilst we were there & I told him in no uncertain terms that he was ruining my wool shopping fun & to leave me alone!

That night we had an interesting discussion as I was over the moon with my purchases but he laughed & said that he couldn't see who I got so excited over wool.

Pom-pom sheep...love them!

My response was easy. It's possibilities; it allows the imagination to run wild. It's inspiring. It's knowing I can have a few hours patterning, like solving a puzzle, then the joy of the making itself which to me is relaxing. It's the pride in overcoming frustration & the joy of a finished item.

Beautiful Tulips spotted on the drive!

Also considering all this wool was bought in Black Sheep Wool's, so is discounted, it's a very small price to pay for so much happiness!

I'll show you the finished mermaid tail in my next post!

Beautiful tattoo design I found online