My trip to YarnDale 2016

It was my 2nd trip to YarnDale in Skipton yesterday and I just want to say how awesome it was. I can totally recommend it anyone visiting the UK or even people living in the UK, come venture to the Dales! 




It was held in the Cattle Auction Mart in the lovely town of Skipton on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales (a really picturesque part of the UK). Only 40 miles away from my little village Slaithwaite, near Huddersfield so really a yarny event I couldn't miss!

They move all the cattle out of the mart for the weekend and then the woolly people set up stalls in all of the pens. Knit and Natter sessions as well as workshops are also catered for.  Of course the woolly people couldn't resist doing a little bit of yarn bombing with colourful woolly bunting outside and in. 

And then once inside the auction mart there was stall upon stall of gorgeous yarn, un dyed, dyed, hand spun, ready for spinning, gorgeous stunning colours, soft and luscious textures, ah I was in heaven.  The stall holders were only too happy to show us how to do things, so we learnt some new tricks, spinning and lucetting.  

We even made some woolly friends along the way.

 This Alpaca was a little star x 

Apparently we could only take photos after we had given him a BIG hug!

Lovely Sunday out in the Dales!