On a dark, dark evening in a dull, dull month (okay, in November if you want it straight) I clicked on the link to Fabworks, and it was like being given the key to a bright and entrancing world. I had put ‘wool fabric’ in the search engine, because I wanted to make a throw.

Suddenly here was not just wool fabric, but wool fabric in huge variety and at reasonable prices. I did a double take. (That first visit I never stepped beyond the wools). I spent some happy hours picking the best matches for a double sided throw and then fell for a couple of dress and skirt fabrics I fancied putting by ‘for later’. Dear Reader, I ordered. Fabworks is swift, and within two days my parcel arrived. It was Christmas come early.