June 2012 (10)

Saturday, June 30 2012

More Colour Combinations

At Woolfest a lot of attention was paid to the samples that I had on the stand of Colour Affection and Stripe Study.  Most folk who looked at them loved them, although some found their off-centre design a little hard to like.   I put together some packs of colours which I thought went together well,  […]

Continue reading

Thursday, June 28 2012

Animal Hospital

It has been a bit like an episode from Animal Hospital here this week.  First of all one of our two remaining hens, Bertha, became poorly.  At 3 years she was old for the type of hen she was, so it was not surprising that when we went to put them away on Wednesday evening we found she'd gone on to  […]

Continue reading

Monday, June 25 2012

The Giraffe with no name

One of the delights of doing shows like Woolfest is that I get to meet customers old and new, and many have become more than just customers over the years!   And sometimes I receive gifts."Sheena" (to protect identities I've possibly used a false name) recently made Tempest using two  […]

Continue reading

Sunday, June 24 2012

Woolfest 2012

Woolfest is over for another year - it seems hard to believe that it has been and gone in a whirl of rain (rain, and more rain), wind, wool, friendly people, good food, and lovely surroundings.We set off from Assynt on Wednesday morning last week in absolutely glorious sunshine:[caption  […]

Continue reading

Sunday, June 17 2012

Some finished items

I'm afraid to say that none of the following finished items are ones that I have finished!  But I am always thrilled to see finished items using my hand dyed yarn - after 4 years it still gives me a real buzz to see folk making such beautiful things using yarn which I have dyed in my little  […]

Continue reading

Thursday, June 14 2012

It is a tough job ....

Especially when the view from your office (albeit temorary office) looks like this:Karelia House is set in a stunning location amidst Perthshire countryside.  From the outside the building may not look like anything that different:But inside it is a beautiful airy space that holds a huge amount of  […]

Continue reading

Wednesday, June 13 2012

Scotland's Garden

I love Assynt, and wouldn't choose to live anywhere else, but if we had to live somewhere else in Scotland then I would hope that it would be Perthshire.  It is such a pretty part of Scotland.  I've always loved driving through Perthshire on the A9 up and down to Assynt, but today I had the  […]

Continue reading

Sunday, June 10 2012

This 'n That

I have been dyeing from dawn to dusk for the past few days in preparation for two events coming up over the next 2 weeks.  The first event is a new one for me, and for the organisers, Karelia House near Aberfeldy.  I met Shirley, who started up Karelia House, at the Perth knitting show a couple of  […]

Continue reading

Tuesday, June 5 2012

Nothing for ages ....

And then 2 blog posts in one day!It has been such a beautiful day here today - not that warm, as there is a distinct chill in the wind, but beautiful blue sunny skies.  It was due to be a particularly low tide today, so we headed down to Clachtoll beach.This beach is in a constant state of change,  […]

Continue reading

Radio Silence again!

I'm sorry it has been so quiet here of late, but life has been a little hectic and it doesn't really calm down much until the end of June.I've just returned from Gardening Scotland, which is always a fun show to do as there is so much variety in the stands and stalls set up both inside and out.  I  […]

Continue reading