October 2011 (8)

Wednesday, October 26 2011

Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Although Keats reminds us that Autumn can be a time of mists, this evening it was a time of clear skies and beautiful sunlight:The hills were looking stunning as we drove in to Lochinver Mission for a bite of supper.And the sunset over Lochinver was pretty special too:

Sunday, October 23 2011

Glasgow School of Yarn, Part Two

I made a conscious effort on Saturday morning to take some photographs of the outside of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Church before the second day of the Glasgow School of Yarn got under way.  From the outside the church is pretty nondescript and unprepossessing.  And to be honest, a wee bit  […]

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Friday, October 21 2011

Glasgow School of Yarn

Today was the opening day of the Glasgow School of Yarn.  My journey to this event began yesterday morning as we headed down through Ullapool and past the always pretty Loch Broom:and after a brief diversion to Edinburgh where I left Stevan and the dogs in the care of our friends I&J, I made my  […]

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Sunday, October 16 2011

It's all in the planning

Next week is The Glasgow School of Yarn, and I'm thrilled that I'll be there with all my yarns, amongst other bits and bobs.   Today has been a typical Scottish day of sunshine and showers, so I took the opportunity to sit in front of the fire and label the ever growing stock of the new bluefaced  […]

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Thursday, October 13 2011

Hard work!

I thought dyeing yarn was hard work, but I know better now.  It is harder being photographed!I was under the impression that it would be mostly wool that was being photographed, so I hadn't dressed for the occasion, and given I was busy dyeing wool when the photographer, Angie Catlin, arrived I'm  […]

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Wednesday, October 12 2011

Trip to the Hairdresser

In this part of the world a trip to the hairdresser offers all kinds of potential opportunities for photographs.  Jackie has recently moved to a new home, and I was keen to see what the views were like from her new hairdressing room on the outskirts of Inverkirkaig.The first thing to catch my eye  […]

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Tuesday, October 4 2011

Ganseyfest Part Two

I was too tired the other evening to fill you in on all that there was to see at Ganseyfest.   Words can't describe how in awe I was of the Ganseys that were on display.  To be honest ..... I thought they were machine knitted!The stitch definition is so even, particularly the ribbing - I can only  […]

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Sunday, October 2 2011

Ganseyfest

I can't begin to tell you what an absolute pleasure this weekend was.  Ganseyfest was organised by the Moray Firth Gansey Project and the Moray Firth Partnership. It was so well organised and seemingly ran so smoothly.  And the catering staff at the venue looked after us exceptionally well!My  […]

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