December 2012 (9)

Monday, December 31 2012

Happy New Year!

Wishing you, and yours, all the very best for a happy year ahead.

Final bit of knitting for 2012

I cast off my final finished item for 2012 yesterday.  Well, almost finished .... it still needs washing and blocking, but here is Ravi Junior in its raw, almost finished form.I really, really enjoyed knitting this little cardigan.  It is a pattern by Carol Feller, and you can find it on Ravelry  […]

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Tuesday, December 25 2012

Christmas 2012

Unlike last Christmas, the weather today has not been too bad.  A bit drizzly and grey, but at least we were able to get out for our usual Christmas routine of a walk in the hills.Happy Christmas to all my family and friends.  However you spend today, I hope you have a peaceful time.

Monday, December 17 2012

One of my favourite spots

It is always difficult to say "this is my favourite spot" or "this is" - the most I'll say is that "this is ONE of my favourite spots".  If we head up the hill behind our house, and keep going up and up and up, we arrive at what we know is "my loch":We haven't  […]

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Tuesday, December 11 2012

Winter moves in

Winter is really moving in and setting up home now.   We've had a few days on the run where the temperature has barely been above freezing, and the ground is starting to feel like it won't soften until spring time.   Walking in the hills presents you with risks of a different nature to the rest of  […]

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Monday, December 10 2012

A wee treat

I'm currently deciding what yarns to bring into the range I currently already offer, and which yarns may not reappear once my stock of undyed yarn runs out.  It is never an easy decision for me as I am fond of all my yarn bases.  So I headed up the hill behind our house with the dogs to have a  […]

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Saturday, December 8 2012

Christmas anyone?

I would have to admit to being probably the most un-Christmassy person there is.  I get worse as I get older.  The forced jollity I had to endure at countless office Christmas parties has made me into quite a Scrooge-like bah-humbug.  But if anything is going to put me in the Christmas mood it is  […]

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Tuesday, December 4 2012

More Fresh Air

Following on from the last post, I thought I'd show you these photographs which I took late this afternoon as the sun was setting over the Minch.  It had been a stressful day and when I saw the sun going down I decided to grab my camera, don another layer, and head out to a highpoint.  And this was  […]

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Sunday, December 2 2012

Winter Light

Winter has the potential to be a dark time.   Days are short, nights are long, and the cold weather drives most people indoors to be warm.  And on really wet, dull days I'd have to say that I'm probably one of those people.  I need to motivate myself to go out into the cold.  But ..... if you do  […]

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