I Love West Leeds Festival

I had a chat with Jane Earnshaw, the director of I Love West Leeds Festival. Brilliant news - I'm going to be using my new found skills in knitting/crochet in a knitted trail for the festival. My piece will be in Bramley Woods and I'm going to see the site next week with Jane to get an idea of scale and positions of each piece. I thought I'd have a little look for pictures or a video to get an idea now (note below video) and it looks pretty nice!

I'm really excited about this project - I'm considering the theme of Alice in Wonderland. Maybe West Leeds in Wonderland? 'Ar' Alice in Wonderland? Alice in West Leeds Wonderland? Alice in West Leeds?



I have a budget of £150 which is brilliant. I went to have a look at the price of supplies today. I need bright colours! Found a few places with cheap and bright wool.

Wilkinsons - £1.70 for a large ball of double knit
Poundstretcher - £2.49 for 2 medium size balls of double knit
Amazon - £6.99 for 10 medium size balls of double knit (not all very bright)

Poundstretcher

Poundstretcher

Unsure of the quality and colours on Amazon. Gonna check out hobbycraft soon too.

Saw some unspun wool in Poundstretcher which could be good for felting flowers. Haven't done felting in a while but it's pretty easy.

Also, I've put an advert on Freecycle Leeds to get free wool if possible.