April 2011 (14)

Saturday, April 30 2011

Shop Updated

Just to say that the shop has been updated with some Falkland Merino / Nylon 4ply yarn as well as some Silk/Merino 4ply yarn.   Here is just a taster:Enjoy!

Friday, April 29 2011

Washing Lines

To be honest, it is really only in the summer that we have the opportunity of using our washing line for drying washed clothes.  But throughout the year I use it for another purpose - drying yarn.  Those of you familiar with my logo and the header at the top of my web pages will be familiar with the  […]

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Monday, April 25 2011

The first wee ones

We've been looking forward to day for a while now:The lambs are making a return:And fortunately Peggy is close at hand to keep an eye on things!:The mother seems completely unperturbed that there is dog so close to its newborn lamb.  I think they've become so used to Peggy and Lexie they simply  […]

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Sunday, April 24 2011

Signs of things to come

Today's Sunday Walk was more of a Sunday Amble, as I'm still trying to get my energy levels back to normal after this horrid cold.  Thank you all for your suggestions!  If I tried them all then I wouldn't really be in a fit state to walk anywhere!!Although the countryside is still, on the whole,  […]

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Friday, April 22 2011

Summer Artisan Fair, No. 1

The weather in Assynt today was perfect!  Blue, blue skies, and temperatures in the high teens.   Just the sort of weather to kick off the series of  .....Made in Assynt Artisan Fairs due to be held this summer in Lochinver.Table space is limited, so I only took a small selection of yarns with me,  […]

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Thursday, April 21 2011

Beach Walk

In an attempt to get rid of a very nasty cold, we took a walk on Stoer Beach when there was a spring low tide. Normally on Stoer beach there isn't a huge amount of beach!  There is a very pebbly shelf which you have to carefully clamber down otherwise you can easily lose your footing and take a  […]

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Monday, April 18 2011

Home Again!

I set off from Darlington yesterday morning, with the intention of stopping off to see Anthony Gormley's sculpture, The Angel of the North, which I had intended visiting on my way down to Darlington, but I missed the turn off.  Well, you won't be surprised to hear that heading north to Edinburgh I  […]

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Saturday, April 16 2011

Thank You Darlington!

I have had a lovely 2 days at A Fine Yarn in Darlington.  Yesterday, with the help of "The Aunties", Chris and I were able to spend time with all the lovely folk who came in to stroke, cuddle, and squish the yarn.  And today Libby joined us and added her own sparkle to proceedings.  And  […]

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Thursday, April 14 2011

Is Darlington Ready?!

After a number of aborted starts of my journey to Darlington, I finally got on the way and arrived safely around lunch time today.  I think Chris, the owner of A Fine Yarn, was a little overwhelmed when box after box after box emerged out of Mungo (who had to ask for special permission to drive down  […]

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Tuesday, April 12 2011

Off on my travels again

Unless I can get reliable internet connection while in Darlington, it will be a little quiet here for the next few days.  I'm off on my travels again.  This time to Darlington to do a trunk show here:[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="A Fine  […]

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Sunday, April 10 2011

Sunday Walks

February and March can be quite difficult months in Assynt.  By the end of March the land is looking very denuded of both colour and growth.  What little grass there was has long been eaten by hungry, pregnant sheep, and the dried bracken makes the land look very brown.   But magically, when April  […]

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Friday, April 8 2011

A Picture Postcard

You may recall, sometime back, I talked about getting some picture postcards made up, using some of our favourite photographs.  Well, it hasn't quite happened yet, but it is in the pipeline.  And instead of postcards I have decided to get some good quality cards.  Here is a little preview of some of  […]

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Monday, April 4 2011

All Change!

While I was down in Inverness for a couple of days last week, Stevan got stuck into some redesign work in the workshop.  Over the last few months it has been becoming more and more cluttered, and more and more difficult to find a logical home for all the yarn.  So, in came some new book cases, out  […]

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Saturday, April 2 2011

A bit too big!

Lexie has a passion for football.  In fact one of the reasons she loves our friend, Ian, so much and why she loves her visits to Edinburgh is because Ian is the only one happy to spend the best part of 2 hours playing football with her in the garden.  One of these days I'll try and capture her  […]

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