The Cornish Knitter Ep. 24 - Cosy Knits: Socks, Small Knits, and Retreat Adventures for 2025
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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Hello, I am Jane from Falmouth in Cornwall, UK. I am an avid knitter and owner of Stitches and Cream, a yarn shop specialising in natural fibres and British yarns.
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It's been a while since we last spoke! I wanted to give you a quick roundup of what I have been up to in the last few weeks.
We have some exciting retreats planned for 2025 if you would like to come and visit me in beautiful Cornwall.
We also have the lovely Selma of @littlebigknits joining us for our September one! I'm so excited!
Want to hear more about our Retreats? Head over to https//:wwwstitchesandcream.co.uk/retreats
September retreat with @littlebigknits
Thank you for watching, and please like, subscribe, share with friends, and, of course, comment! I will try to respond to as many as I can.
Find me on IG: @stitchesandcreamfalmouth
What I am wearing:
Metamorphic Sweater by Andrea Mowry
Yarn: Arranmore Light by the Fibre Company and Camels Yarn variegated.
Bouquet Cowl by Gabrielle Imbault
Yarn: Raspberry Couli by Perran Yarns
Finished Objects::
Loppi Socks
My own vanilla ‘Ally Pally’ socks with yarn ‘Falmouth Bay’ from Camels Yarn
Under Construction:
Water Lap Shawl by Perran Yarns
Yarn: Perran Yarns
Festive Socks By S&C
Yarn: Amble Sock Kits
Evelyn Hat by Isabel Kraemer
Yarn: 100% Merino DK by Lay Family Yarms
Working Hands Mitts by Helena Timms
Yarn: John Arbon Devonia 4ply ‘Bleeding Heart’
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Gansey every time! I’m just on my last sleeve of my first ever Gansey. Ive used patterns from every Yorkshire village my paternal family have fished from throughout the generations. So much love and memories have gone into it. Deb Gillander from Propagansey gave me the confidence to have a go, and I’m so grateful! You’ll love the process. Happy Knitting 🧶
Thank you. I am very very tempted to start it and if I do I will share my thought processes. 🥰
Your two sweater choices are very very different. My question to you, which one would you be more likely to frequently wear. Knit that one first. You could knit the other sweater over a longer period of time, such as 2 hours per week. Chip away at knitting it, eventually it will be completed. So, my vote is Spot, as your first knit. 🧶
Good question! And great advice too. My inclination is to cast both on. One a shorter project and the gansey a slow and long one. Thank you ☺️
Thanks for great episode have missed some of your episodes do catching up. I’ve only been to Rheinback once but one thing I can say is you should book rooms now if you can. Most hotels book quickly for returning people.
Also they have events that start on Thursday and Friday that have sign ups . Hopefully you will get other suggestions from others.
Thank you for your suggestions. Fortunately, I am staying with a friend who lives an hour or two away, so the room is sorted.
A bit late to the party but I definitely think you should do a Ganesy. Living in Cornwall you need that on your bucket list so cast on and begin. Best of luck 🤞
Thank you. It will happen in 2025 ☺️
I love the idea of going out for Christmas Dinner ! Our kids and grandson are coming on December 21st for Christmas 🎄
So just the two of us on Christmas! We live in a small town though and nothing but the gas stations are open that day ! So I bought a small ham and will make roast potatoes and salad ! Oh well at least I can knit all day and Boxing Day too ! I think I might cast on either the Oslo has or the Musselbourgh hat ! Sorry I know I spelt the second one wrong !
That sounds like a pretty cool Christmas to me. I hope you have a lovely and relaxed time ☺️
Another wonderful episode. The spot sweater is beautiful so that’s my vote
Thank you. Actually tempted to do both 😂🥰
Spot sweater. Why? The colours are gorgeous and so it will be a fun pattern to knit. Also, thank you for the reminder about the Metamorphic Sweater, now back at the top of my to do wishlist.
You are so welcome!🤗 it’s a great pattern. I do like that burnt orange I must admit ☺️
So many exciting developments for you, Stitches & Cream, and the Flock…you’ve been busy Jane! My vote for your Christmas cast on goes to the Spot Sweater as it sounds like less of a ‘should be knitting’ project for you. Whatever you choose, I hope you enjoy every stitch ❤
Thank you so much! 😊
Another lovely episode, the yarns you have chosen for the spot sweater are gorgeous, but a Gansey would be lovely too, I would also like to make one. I always have a Christmas cast on, I am marked the Porta Pullover with Shetland yarn, I got the idea from Ruth loves to knit podcast 😁
Thank you! 😊 what a great choice. I am definitely doing a Christmas cast on this year 🥰
The gansey, because your face lit up when you mentioned it and looked at the yarn!
Thank you..I think it will have to be done and you can all hold me to account to finish it! 🥰
The way you talked about the Ganesy and looked at the yarn is telling! Go Gansey! x
It’s happening 😜🥰
I’ve just found you and really enjoyed this episode so I’ve subscribed & will go back and watch some earlier ones to see what I’ve been missing! Oh and regards your cast on….go big or go home so the gansey gets my vote !! 😄
Awesome, thank you! 🥰
I can't knit to save my life. I watched just to hear her lovely Cornish accent. I'm an American, and you sound enchanting!
Thank you for watching and your lovely comments. I am a Cornish girl at heart 🥰
I really love your podcast, and am excited when you do a new one. I think you should cast on the Gansey. You sound passionate about having one, and the effort it takes will no doubt pay off. I really think you won’t regret it, and get much enjoyment from it in the years to come.
Thank you. I think the consensus is to go for it! 😊
You have mentioned how much you love the color blue. I think the Gansey would be a great cast on. All of the neck warmers and cowls you have shown would look lovely with the denim color. Love your book recommendation!
Thank you. Not convinced about the colour yet but a gansey is on the cards for sure. ☺️
Lovely podcast Jane ❤. I also suffer with social anxiety and congratulate you on delivering a wonderful and varied podcast, thank you. I would knit the spot jumper, colours are nice and bright for drab winter months, taps into your joy of colour work as well. It's a knit to cheer you up as you will be having an empty nest and a new type of Christmas this year. The gansey will take a long time and to my mind, best cast on in summer months and it's one colour! Have a wonderful Xmas, and a Happy and healthy 2025. xx
Thank you Susan 🥰 my thoughts are to do both but change the gansey colour to a brighter one and think of it as a year long project 😊
Your Christmas lunch sounds fab ❤. I would knit the jumper with the orange yarn. The dull blue/grey gansey will get really boring in the dreary time after Christmas and so the orange will lift your spirits I think xxxx
You look great Jane! The maroon against you skin tone is very complimentary ❤️
Thank you I am looking forward to no shopping and no dishes! 😜 I may do both as the Gansey is long term but I will probably opt for a brighter colour 😊
I’ve knit a Gansey , I found the yarn punishing on my hands , it it was certainly hard wearing, I vote for the Spot sweater , just love the colours for the winter months, I’m going to start the Maxine sweater by Laura Penrose , wishing you and your family a happy Christmas
Thank you. It is quite a rustic yarn but if o take my time and intersperse other projects I am hoping it will be ok. Same to you ☺️
A gansey will be fabulous. So much history and tradition to contemplate while knitting it.
I'm quite looking forward to this Christmas, it'll be the first year I don't have the family coming round, we're all going to a restaurant the week before, so I can have a complete Christmas off. Watching the film's all the way through without peeling sprouts at the same time.😹💕
I also have a Christmas cast on that's just for me! I'm about to cast on a musslebrough hat in candy cane forest by bird street yarn💗 I can't wait! 🎄
I agree the Gansey will have to be cast on. We are meeting for dinner out the weekend before too. We will be ‘twins’ for the day and i must admit although bit will be different it’s will also be nice to be able to just take some me time 🥰
Definitely Gansey. You are a pleasure to hang out with and knit.
Thank you. The gansey will be happening! ☺️
I don’t do a Christmas cast on. Too busy, my kids come in the morning then clean up and get ready to go to my sister’s for the rest of the day. I do a New Year’s Day cast on though, I start a bear for the Mother Bear Project, been doing that for maybe 10 years. Maybe a Christmas Eve cast on? Hmmm…
The Mither Bear project sounds intriguing 🤔 I like something between Christmas and New Year because I have a bit of downtime then. Christmas Eve works…… 😂🥰
Hi Jane, lovely podcast, thank you.
I do wish I lived in Cornwall so I capsule call Stitches and Cream my LYS 😂 and attend one of the lovely retreats you offer.
But anyway if you have always wanted a Gansey and you know you will wear it, then I think you should cast on. I would prefer a winter coat as my outer layer but then I live in NZ not the UK. I suppose it depends on what style you are after.
I’m in the kitchen on Xmas day as everyone always comes to us, 27 family members this year, that may change one day! But this year I’m going to try and do a Xmas cast on, not sure what though!
Wow that’s a lot of people. How lovely that they all come to you but I hope you get help! Have a lovely time and I think the gansey will be a 2025 project with you all holding me accountable 🥰
Thank you Jane for this lovely episode, its so full of knitting inspiration. I especially liked the Scandinavian slippers. Your retreat with Selma is also catching my eye! Waving hello to you from 🇨🇦
You are so welcome! 🤗 Selma and I had a good chat about it today. We are both really excited! ☺️
I’d say the gansey but are you convinced by the colour yarn you have? If you do it you need to really love the colour!!! I’m planning a Stephen West blanket in linen quill and mohair for my Christmas knit. Wishing you a lovely Christmas and for all of us a peaceful 2025! Xx
Thank you 😊 I agree. I think it will am going to change the colour. I love Linen Quill and that sounds like a perfect choice. Have a lovely Christmas too 🥰
Another wonderful episode. I look forward to seeing the beautiful range of yarns you show as well as your current and future projects. I knitted a guernsey/gansey just under a year ago now using the Frangipani yarn from Caroline. It was my first time of knitting one and I recorded my journey ( Whitby Guernsey Knit). I recommend you purchasing the extra long needles to accommodate the stitches easily although I was knitting a large size. Thankyou and happy knitting from Whitby, North Yorkshire .😊
Thank you so much! I will chat about what I do in the next few weeks ☺️
Gansey! I’ve had cones of Frangipani and my beautiful signed copy of Di Gilpin’s Gansey book for some time now. Watching you knit yours will surely encourage me to dive into mine.
Yay. Let’s do them together 🥰
Definitely take the plunge and knit the gansey 🙂
Haha you are all convincing me 😊
It's got to be a Gansey, Jane. You'll get loads of wear from it walking your dog! Have a lovely Christmas and thank you for all the entertainment your podcast brings!
Thank you so much. Yep gansey is a winner 🥇 🥰
Lovely to watch you as I drink coffee and work on my Stitches and Cream advent hat. I love the sound of a gansey although if I had your busy schedule I might go for the project bag 😘
Haha. 😜 but you do know me 😜 I am not one for the easy option 🥰
Please take the plunge and do the Gangsey, it’s been on my todo list for many a year. So will be lovely to follow along while you knit it, helping us with yarn choices and pattern choices because I wouldn’t know where to start. The bag is so lovely as a small project and at the moment I’m knitting a Marie Wallin cardigan and I have my eye on one of the cushions she has ❤
Thank you. This will be my first Marie Wallin and I am psyching myself up to do a full garment. I will take you with me on my gansey journey 🥰
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Oh I do love your podcasts Jane, 💕I chuckled out loudly when you mentioned the neck situation, I like you need that something around my neck at all times. Love love love your Festive socks 🧦
I’d personally start the spotty sweater, I think I’d get fed up with the length of time the Gansey would take! Wishing you & all your lovely staff a very Merry Christmas & a Peaceful New Year xx
Thank you so much and same to you 🥰 turkey neck is never a good look 😂😊
I love the moaic project bag so that is a must, but I also think the Gansey sweater should be your Christmas knitting. I love the denim blue. It is something I have always wanted to do too.
I am currently knitting the Catherine Parr sweater from Alice Starmore's book.
Have a lovely Christmas.
Thank you. Not sure about the colour but warming more to the gansey with every day. The bag will be a distraction 😜 have a lovely break and I hope you get lots of knitting time 🥰
I would vote gansey, but do plan a lot of side projects that will give your hands a rest and scratch the colourwork itch etc! That beautiful Marie Wallin bag sets you up nicely already :) Haven’t cast on the advent hat and November socks yet because of gift knitting, but really looking forward to it.
I like your thinking 🤔 thank you 🥰
I think that you should cast on both sweaters. You would then have the option of colour when you feel the need to be cheered and the Ganesh when you just want to sit and knit repetitive stitches. Remember knitting should be relaxing and a joy, it is not a race so it doesn’t matter how long the gansey takes you. Have a fantastic festive season.
You have read my mind Helen 🥰 I am inclined to do all 3 (including the bag) thank you and have a lovely holiday too 🥰
Another lovely podcast. I think the Gansy and the Spot Sweater are both very nice, but u really like your choice of colours for the Spot Sweater are gorgeous, so that would be my choice 😍
Thank you. I am probably going to do both. But the gansey will be a long term one ☺️
Jane I think you should cast on the gansey ….. because I can then vicariously knit through you as a gansey has always been on my bucket list. I have a friend who knit herself one about 15 years ago, she wears it constantly in our fall, winter and spring time in our Pacific Northwest weather, which is not far off from UK weather and still looks good as new. I also agree with a previous comment that you lit up when you mentioned it.
Oh thank you! I think the Gansey will definitely get cast on for 2025. Maybe some of you could join me! 😊
Hi Jane! I love your sweater and your cowl, actually, I love everything you showed on your podcast. Those socks are marvelous, I really want to give them a go. I would definitely choose gansey in answer to your dilemma as to which to cast on. I have always always wanted to start to knit my first gansey but I am very intimidated by it. I have the book by Beth Brown-Reinsel and I feel, as much as it seems packed with info, I would really like to be in a group or at the very least watching someone and their progress with a gansey. I have had the yarn and been ready to go but I am nervous. I think you would do awesome with one though and if I were you that is what I would choose! Thank you for your lovely podcast. ❤
Thank you and keep watching the gansey will happen in 2025 ☺️
@thecornishknitter 🥰
Gansey every time.
I’m in a small spinning / knitting group and last year we cast on Stephen West’s Glittering Snowscapes. Some in hand spun, some in purchased yarn and I went very successfully stash diving. We had a great time comparing progress. We couldn’t agree on a pattern this year, but we’re still doing a knit a long, casting on, on Boxing Day.
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas if I don’t see you before.
What a lovely thing to do. The community aspect of our craft is one of the best things about it. I hope you enjoy whatever you decide to do 🥰
Lovely chat from you and love the idea of gansey as it’s keeping tradition alive. But the spot colours are so cheerful for this time of year. Looking forward to seeing you next year, I’m booked!
Thanks so much 😊 you are and can’t wait to see you! 🥰
Hello dear Jane- thank you for a lovely chat- I love all your project possibilities but if you’ve always wanted to make a gansey then go for it! If you’ve always wanted look at it as an heirloom and a long term project ( interspersed with simpler ones) it could be good 😊 I personally love the denim blue and I love Blacker Yarns ❤ I’ve just posted off the Porthallow hat and mitts to my darling daughter who’s working in Manchester for a year- so I bought the yarn from John Arbon and had it flown all the way to Tasmania and now it’s flying all the way back - I feel a bit guilty! I was thrilled with how the pattern turned out and need to thank you as I wouldn’t have known about it if not for you. I love the book you shared too- I’ve already looked it up and it’s in stock at my local bookshop 😊 wishing you a peaceful lead up to Christmas 🎄
Thank you Elizabeth and I will share with Nicky about your Porthallow Hat knit and its journey! The gansey will definitely happen next year ☺️
Thanks for another lovely podcast. Definitely the gansey. Id love to make one so it'll be interesting to hear how you get on. BUT Christmas knits are about what you wish to make. I'm enjoying some simple hat & sock knitting & drooling over your new retreats at the moment. Hope you have a happy & relaxed Christmas. X
Thank you Tracy. And I hope you have some lovely downtime too. Xx
Hi Jane. Great to hear what you've been up to. My vote is a Gansey Sweater. It will be a lovely sweater to wear when out for walks with Bailey. I'm currently knitting the Gnana Gnome MKAL ... such a lot of fun. Merry Christmas. Best wishes Barbara (NZ)
Thank you Barbara. It is a lot warmer where you are! I haven’t seen that MKAL so off to check it out now. I agree the gansey and Bailey are a match made in heaven 🥰
I love the look of the festive sock pattern. The cashmere shawl is so beautiful. The colors and the pattern are a great combination. The gansey is very British.. Therefore I would prefer the gansey, but it has to be your decision. The connection between Scotland and Como is interesting for me coming from Germany. I wish you quite a bit of calm for the next weeks. Thank you, Jane😊
Thank you. I think the Gansey is going on the needles for 2025. But the Spot Sweater may also get cast on 🤔🥰
The gansey. I made one for my husband last year, finished it in time to travel to Scotland. I was so pleased with the outcome, as was he. Everywhere we went people commented on it, and he proudly said my wife made it for me. So I vote Gansey. Don't think I'll do another though, 😂
Ooh that’s telling 😂 I am going to give it a go though 🥰
I really like the denim blue yarn and would definitely say the Gansey! I really like that red and white hat! I will get the pattern. Your socks are beautiful. Have a lovely quiet Christmas.
Thank you 🥰 that hat is a great little knit
Lovely to see you..I think you are leaning toward the Spot sweater and I think the colors are striking. I love the color that is for the gansey and think that will be beautiful too.
Thank you. I love the idea of both so likely cast in the Spot and steam ahead but do the gansey as a slow burn. I will share my progress 🥰
Great podcast again, thanks. The colour cowl,you’re wearing really suits you. Cast on the Traditional Gansey sweater! Maybe also the carpet bag which is super. I’m knitting the Yule sweater by Susan Crawford, maybe have it finished by next Christmas smile😊 Merry Christmas, enjoy not having to cook.
Thank you. Mine will probably take me a year to do too 😂 I must admit the no cooking is appealing more and more. Hope you have a lovely break too 🥰
Lovely watching another episode. Love the look of the project bag. Both sweaters look good. Thanks from up in beautiful Scotland 🏴
Thank you. I hope you don’t get hit too badly with the storm! Great for staying in and knitting through ☺️
I really love the project bag, I like the spots sweater too a fun pop of colour.
I’m looking forward to a new cast on, maybe a cowl & another sweater with a loose gauge but not too much plain knitting 💤
I love the bag to so it needs to be brought to life 🥰 your cast on plans sound great. I wish we could see what others decide to do on RUclips! 🥰
Have a lovely Christmas and enjoy someone cooking and washing up for you. 😊
Thank you! I must admit the nearer it gets the more I am liking the decision. Have a lovely Christmas too 🥰
The gansey for sure! I’ve done one in the frangipani and have cones for two more ganseys.
Ooh. What pattern did you use? 🥰
Hi Jane, lovely episode to catch up ❤. I couldn't help but notice that beautiful cup with the puffins on it that was sitting on your table
I think go for the gansy 😊 x
The Gansey has strong support 😊 the cup is one of the Emma Ball range. She has some lovely knitty designs 😊
@thecornishknitter oh of course ! I have one of her project bags. Just delightful..so now I " need " a puffin mug 😁 have a lovely weekend. X
Take the plunge!! Traditional Gansey. Just ordered the cashmere cowl kit. Thank you that’s my New Year cast on sorted 😊
Hope you enjoy it! It is beautiful. 😍
You look so gorgeous in your sweater and shawl .
Thank you 🥰
I would love to watch someone’s progress with the Spot Sweater. I’ve been thinking about that one for a while.
May I ask if Nikki ever completed the Watch Cap pattern? During your special birthday celebration I ordered the yarn. I would love to knit them for my son’s family.
Wishing you a very happy Christmas and New Year!
Thank you Ruth. 🥰 it was part of the advent pattern collection but now that has been opened if you email me I will get it sent to you. Jane@stitchesandcream.co.uk ☺️
Hi , my first time watching you, have now subscribed. Can't help noticing your love of one certain colour 😊
Thanks for subbing! Yes I am a sucker for grey, plum, and blue. But you will see a lot of green too 😜☺️
Ahh... my vote is for the gansey for purely selfish reasons (I want to knit one someday), but you should cast on whichever one brings you joy!
Thank you. It feels like it will finally happen 😜🥰
Gansey!
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Gansey, Gansey, Gansey. Of course, I say that because I am not the one who will be knitting it!
😂🤣😂 thank you.
Hi Jane I like all three projects but I think the Gansey in that lovely blue colour wool. I have just made my first sock knitted on 4 needles. I would love to buy the cowl pattern and the festive sock pattern. It’s my first Christmas without my darling husband so not really looking forward to it. How do you join the flock .Have a lovely Christmas and take a well earned rest.
So sorry for your loss. Christmas is such a difficult time when you are bereaved. My husband lost his mum in Oct and that’s partly the reason we are doing it differently this year. Take care and do what feels right for you..Congratulations on your first sock! They are addictive 😊 both the cowl and festive socks are lovely patterns.
The Flock is such a lovely community I am sure you will find lots of friends on there. Just head to my website www.stitchesandcream.co.uk/the-cornish-knitters-flock and follow the link 🥰
Your colourwork is so neat!
It’s taken some practice 😏 but I now enjoy it 😊
I'd love to see how you get on knitting a Gansey. It might inspire me to be brave and knit one as I bought the yarn to make one in 2019!!
Snap 😜 I think I will be casting one on for 2025 😊
Hi Jane
Go for the Gansey, and the bag x
Thank you 🙏🏻 🥰
Spot sweater. 🇬🇧👏💞
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Přeji Vám příjemné prožití Vánoc 😊🌟❤
Thank you and the same to you too 🥰
Lovely podcast! I do want to do a Christmas Eve and/or New Year’s Eve cast on. I haven’t decided on a pattern yet; I’d better get on it 😊
Haha. As you can see I have narrowed it down but still not 100% sure. I love a Christmas Cast on. I hope you enjoy yours and let me know what you choose 🥰
The Spot as your first cast on - just for you - and easily finished and wearable this winter. The Gansey as a follow up, perhaps as a long term KAL with the Flock and ready for next winter/Christmas 2025!
You read my mind Linda 😜☺️
I think Gansey’s should be a darker blue as Aran’s should be cream in my mind. My mum used to knit them for our local fisherfolk, probably where I got my love of knitting from. Are you really in need of such a dense garment which is going to take such a long time or could you do a more modern, wearable version with just echos of what they traditionally are? That little bag is a delight though. Have a good Christmas. 🎄
Thank you. I know it’s traditional for navy but I am also thinking about my eyesight 🤓🤣 the joy of getting older! I do love the navy but I am going to change to another brighter colour I think. It’s taken me so long to actually do it I am going to opt for a traditional method. 🥰
Hello Jane from Canada 🇨🇦. Always love your chats. Will the beautiful Scandi-style slipper pattern be available to purchase separately?
Thank you. We do release the patterns but a few months after Sock Club has had them to work on. Watch this space 🥰
I vote for the Spot Sweater! I think the color will keep you motivated. I’ve been thinking about this one for a long time! Enjoy your Christmas! My husband and I spend every other Christmas without our children and grandchildren and I try to be creative to keep it special
Yay! Thank you! I think it will be ok without them too 🥰
I love the slipper socks- is the pattern / kit available?
Thank you. It is one of our Sock Club kits and patterns. We tend to release them generally about 10-12 months later 😌
I like to visit you and have a short course.
Thank you ☺️
what gansey pattern would you use? i'd love to see that project!
I will share all my thought processes with you I promise 😊
Take the plunge. I would love to see your gansy.
I think I will 🥰
Must be the Gansey
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Spot sweater
Thank you ☺️
Any suggestions on a beginner video on colorwork
Nimble Needles or Very Pink Knits are always my go to people for good technique videos. If you get stuck let me know and I can try to help ☺️
You mentioned The Flock. Where do I join? Is it on Ravelry?
Hiya. If you look in the notes I have put a link to the flock but for ease here is the link www.stitchesandcream.co.uk/the-cornish-knitters-flock 🥰
The red looks good next to your face - so how about a bright red gansey? 🧶
Thank you. I probably won’t use the blue as I think it’s a bit draining on me 🥰