February 2009 (12)

Friday, February 27 2009

Shop Update

Just a brief note to say I've added some Tencel/Merino Sock yarn, and some Blue Faced Leicester spinning fibre to the shop page.  The Tencel/Merino mix is made up of 50% tencel and 50% superwash merino.  The fibure is 100% BFL.  More will come over the next few weeks.

Thursday, February 26 2009

Fair Exchange?

Most days the dogs get a walk up to Lexies Loch or Water Loch, and the route we take means walking past a very old, windswept willow whose roots lie in a small burn.  We always stop to keep the old tree company for a little while, as it is all on it's own.It is astonishing that this willow is still  […]

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Sunday, February 22 2009

Slight delay .....

Sorry, there'll be a slight delay getting the new yarn and fibre up on the site.  This weekend has been taken up with adminy type things - not my favourite!  Here's a preview of one of the fibres that I'll be dyeing next week.  This one was going to go up on the shop, but I decided to spin it up  […]

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Thursday, February 19 2009

One of those weeks .....

It's been an odd week.  On the one hand I've had one major problem with a delivery that's giving me a real headache, and on the other hand there has been fantastic little gems that have occurred.  It puts things into balance.First gem, another picture of socks in the January club yarn from one of  […]

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Sunday, February 15 2009

Deserved?

Ambermoggie has kindly given me a Kreative Blogger award. Thank you! You said awfully nice things about both my blog and my yarn. I have to say I thoroughly enjoy writing my blog. It started as a knitting blog (in my head) but quickly grew into something quite different. It has to be said that  […]

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Thursday, February 12 2009

Quick off the mark

It's only the 12th February, and some of the overseas members have only just received their club yarn (colourway "By the Fireside"), but already I am receiving photo's from members of either a sock in progress or a completed pair!  And yet another blogger has a photo of a finished sock.   […]

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Tuesday, February 10 2009

Winter Lessons

The cold snap in Scotland continues.  The snow is still lying on the ground and the temperature struggles to get above freezing during the day.  Despite the cold weather we've had another visitor to the bird feeder corner.  A little thrush.  She really is so pretty.And what, dear readers, should one  […]

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Sunday, February 8 2009

Sunday Snow

This morning dawned very cold and we awoke to a good dusting of snow. It makes the world look so pretty, especially when the sun is shining, making the snow glisten. Canisp looked like it was a mini volcano this morning, with the snow blowing off the top of it.We had to have a run into Lochinver,  […]

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Thursday, February 5 2009

Here be snow!

Between Stevan's lectures today we've had quite a bit of fun.  Fortunately we have a suitable sledging hill close to the house, and Peggy and Lexie are both exhausted from running after the sledge and chasing (and then killing) snowballs.  I'm not sure what it is about a snowball that offends a  […]

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Wednesday, February 4 2009

Shop Update

There has been a large update in the shop, with new shades added.   Not all are quite as bright as the Crushed Cherry shade above.

Tuesday, February 3 2009

Close Encounters

On our way to the post office in Lochinver this morning to post yet more sets of Knitpro needles to those of you who have been snapping them up, we passed this rather stately looking gentleman:We were so close we could have touched him.This blog has had a lot of new visitors over the last 48 hours.  […]

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Sunday, February 1 2009

Good Medicine

Oh dear, we're not as young as we once were.  After two consecutive nights out for dinner with friends, we woke up this morning feeling pretty tired.  So we thought the only solution was to head out for a walk.  It was a beautiful, sunny, crisp morning, and so we headed to the hills.  Peggy and  […]

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