Wednesday, March 15 2017

Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2017

What an absolutely wonderful weekend!  I cannot begin to explain how much fun it was at Edinburgh Yarn Festival this year.   I can hardly believe it is all over.  I spent most of winter dyeing yarn for the event, and despite taking nearly 1/4 more stock than I took with me last year I was still  […]

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Friday, April 11 2014

The first quarter of The Post Office Run

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3 months have passed and 3 parcels of The Post Office Run Club Yarn has been sent to knitterly homes around the world.  So I thought I'd do a round up of the scenes and photographs which inspired the monthly colourways, as I did when I devised The Orkney Collection which is still available.February  […]

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Saturday, July 6 2013

Some weeks are more tricky than others!

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It hasn't been the easiest of weeks.As I alluded to in my last post, Stevan hurt his thumb a couple of weeks ago.  He was attempting to fix and start our back up petrol generator which we use when the wind and sun fail us and the batteries are low on power.  The starter cable for the generator  […]

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Monday, March 18 2013

Edinburgh Yarn Festival - I can't believe it is all over for 2013

What a crazy,day we had on Saturday!  After a gentle drive down from the Highlands, we arrived in Edinburgh on Friday night, and spent a lovely, quiet, calm evening with our friends I&J.  Saturday morning started at 6.00am when, after 3 cups of coffee to set me up for the day, we headed off to  […]

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Wednesday, October 3 2012

Good Friends

It has been a bit quiet on the blog in recent days as we've been busy with our good friends, Neil and Gilly, who are on a grand tour of Scotland - you can follow their adventures on Gilly's blog.There is obviously something about forthcoming visits to us that causes folk to break bones!  A couple of  […]

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Tuesday, May 1 2012

Wonderwool 2012

We are finally home from a very long, wet, windy, cold trip to Wonderwool in Wales.  We are thrilled to be home, but we did have a good time, despite Wales doing its best to compete with Scotland for the worst weather award.After dropping Peggy and Lexie off with our good friends in Edinburgh, we  […]

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Saturday, February 25 2012

Artful Craft

I don't intend opening the debate on what is art as opposed to craft, but I do know artful craft when I see it. Regular readers will know that a couple of weeks back I had a visit from Dorothy, a weaver, who had driven all the way up from southern Scotland to come and visit the Dye Shed (and to see  […]

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Monday, July 11 2011

Companionship

There is nothing like an animal for companionship when you're far from home.  Meet Milo:I suspect he'd be a match for Peggy in terms of taking up bed space if ever they were in the same house!

Thursday, February 3 2011

A Friend indeed!

These beautiful flowers arrived yesterday from a friend who I know would be horrified if I mentioned her by name.  But you know who you are ...... THANK YOU!  They have brightened up the day completely!We're battening down the hatches tonight.  We are in the midst of a severe gale and there are all  […]

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Friday, July 9 2010

Do you need to retreat?

Some of you may be aware that I am involved in a group up in Assynt called Top Left Corner.    Mandy, who is the power force behind Top Left Corner, has, for some years, been running writers retreats at Glencanisp Lodge, but she has now taken the decision to open the retreats to everyone who is  […]

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Thursday, July 9 2009

Good Friends

When we lived in South Africa we had a Datsun Bakkie, similar to the one Mma Ramotswe drives.On our honeymoon that bakkie took us nearly two and a half thousand miles around South Africa.  We have fond memories of it.  The photograph above was taken somewhere in the Karoo.  We kitted out the back of  […]

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