I enjoyed my trip to Sirdar and was looked after very well. Very impressed with the window displays. Must try to make my window more focussed!

I was surprised to find that the spinning equipment has gone and that all yarn is brought in, mostly from China and Italy. It seems a shame that such a great tradition has been lost from here.

In the South West I feel I great movement towards spinning our own British yarn again. Certainly I get a lot of local smallholders visiting and wondering if they can get their own fleece or Alpaca spun into a marketable yarn. Also, there is now fully new working mills at Launceston and Cold Harbour Mill. Perhaps Devon will become the new centre of a spinning industry?