Saturday, May 25 2013
Saturday, May 25 2013. Assynt
It has been a very strange week, weatherwise. At the beginning of the week we were on the beach in glorious sunshine:By Friday roads in the Highlands had been closed by snow, and it was turning bitterly cold again. What will the weather bring for Gardening Scotland next weekend? I will be […]
Monday, May 13 2013
Monday, May 13 2013. Archeology
This past Friday saw me and my Ripples Crafts yarn heading towards Glenrothes in Fife, towards the new venue for Scotland's Knitting Only Show which some of you may remember has, in the past, been held at Perth Racecourse. Rothes Hall had many advantages over Perth Racecourse, but I think the main […]
Tuesday, February 12 2013
Tuesday, February 12 2013. Friends
An email from the organisers of Woolfest popped into my inbox yesterday, confirming that I have once again been granted a stand at Woolfest 2013. I'm thrilled to be going again this year. But the email prompted me to write a blog post about the other shows already booked for 2013.The first event […]
Tuesday, June 5 2012
Tuesday, June 5 2012. Knitting
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 […]
Tuesday, June 7 2011
Tuesday, June 7 2011. Archeology
Gardening Scotland was a lot of fun, and very busy! I met some lovely people, and saw some amazing things.Either side of me I had two lovely stallholders. To my right was an incredibly talented bag maker:Labeliss doesn't have a website yet, but keep your eyes on this label. These bags are […]
Friday, June 3 2011
Friday, June 3 2011. Archeology
This will be a very brief entry as I'm very tired, but here's a snapshot of Gardening Scotland so far.Arrival and car unpacked:and finally (after much fiddling and faddling) a finished stand:It was a lovely day today, meeting customers old and new, including a lovely lady who brought me a shawl she […]
Monday, May 30 2011
Monday, May 30 2011. Archeology
Cromarty is a fair little village, which sits on the edge of the Cromarty Firth.Those who have read my blog over a number of years will know that I have a soft spot for Cromarty and it has been mentioned many times on the Dropone Blog. So it was a pleasure to return to Cromarty this weekend to […]
Monday, March 7 2011
Monday, March 7 2011. Music
After a relaxing couple of days in Edinburgh it was back to the dye pots this morning. I have a lot of dyeing to do, as I have a number of opportunities to meet customers old and new this year, beginning in April when I will be in Darlington at A Fine Yarn (no website at present - it's being […]
Saturday, January 29 2011
Saturday, January 29 2011. Lambs
It wasn't the brightest of starts to the weekend this morning. I had an email to say that I had not been allocated a stand at Woolfest 2011. I'm pretty devastated by the news, because I so much enjoy Woolfest and meeting folk. I really can't express my disappointment at not being allocated a […]
Friday, July 2 2010
Friday, July 2 2010. Assynt
One of the reasons we made the decision to come and live in Assynt, and why I do what I do is because it gives us a reasonable level of independence and personal choice about how we live our lives. It gave me some control over who I needed to build working relationships with. When you're employed […]
Monday, June 7 2010
Monday, June 7 2010. Assynt
Well the last few days have been very tiring, very hectic, and quite exciting! Saturday began with a very small disaster when the stand threw a temper tantrum and collapsed. Fortunately it was half an hour before the gates opened to the public, and so by 10.00am you'd never have guessed that there […]
Thursday, June 3 2010
Thursday, June 3 2010. Archeology
Gardening Scotland 2010:Before:Ready for shoppers:
Monday, May 17 2010
Monday, May 17 2010. Assynt
Dyeing yarn comes with risks, and the more serious risks I take extremely seriously (inhalation of dye powder as one prime example - at times I look like an alien out of a really bad alien movie when I have my breathing apparatus on). But one thing I hate doing is wearing rubber gloves, so at times […]
