Spinning my way to Machu Picchu

So I guess I should probably start by introducing myself to the blogosphere: 

Hi I'm Sealy, a full time student at the University of Aberdeen where I spend my weekdays studying French and Scottish Gaelic. At night, however, my attention turns to spinning and knitting and other ways to procrastinate my life away in an attempt to prevent my brain exploding due to Gaelic grammar and the bane of my life: the French subjonctif. 

I've attempted to keep up with blogs in the past, the latest giving updates of my InterRail journey around Europe this last summer... it never really took off (though I blame that on the lack of useable public wifi in Bosnia). This time I intend to be a little more reliable and make it at least a week before I get bored and focus on something else. 

My intention is to record my fundraising activities for my next big adventure: Trekking Machu Picchu to raise money for the fantastic charity, Childreach International, in August 2013! 
Click here for further details on the charity itself and information about where the money will be going to. 

In order to get to Peru I have to raise quite a large sum of money - £2450 to be exact, this is already proving to be quite tricky and so I shall be doing A LOT of fundraising over the next academic year in order to reach my target! 

As such I am spinning and knitting my way to Peru using the social media giant, Facebook, and crafty websites such as Folksy (British version of Etsy) to get the word out, whilst simultaneously bugging all my friends across the country until they give in and donate a pound or few. 

Since I signed my name on the dotted line a couple of weeks ago I have been knitting and spinning almost constantly and I am proud to say that my first hand-spun wool was sold online a few days ago and I already have several custom orders to process in the coming weeks. Seeing as most of the information about my current items for sale can be found at the links above (click on Facebook and Folksy) I am dedicating this blog to individual handmade items and the process of making them and other fundraising events that I shall be participating in.

Anyway it's getting late and I have to go learn some Gaelic so I shall carry on rambling tomorrow... 

Current Total: £40