Besides the conference the other major highlight of my trip to Shetland was a visit to, and tour of, the Jamieson's mill.[caption id="attachment_3375" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Jamieson's, Sandness"][/caption]Jamieson's is perhaps a little less […]
Tag - Category:Australia 2010
Friday, September 10 2010
In the Loop 2 - Shetland 2010
Friday, September 10 2010. Knitting
I have waited for many years to see this boarding pass:The In the Loop 2 conference was organised so well! Linda Newington of Southampton University Library and Dr Carol Christiansen of Shetland Museum Archive had worked so hard to put together a great range of papers. Inevitably there were some […]
Saturday, September 4 2010
Picture Postcards from Shetland
Saturday, September 4 2010. Australia 2010
The conference so far has been remarkably tiring on the old brain! When you've been out of academia for as long as I have, the poor old grey cells take some reawakening. So instead, I leave you with a few post cards from Shetland:[caption id="attachment_3334" align="aligncenter" […]
Thursday, September 2 2010
A very fair isle
Thursday, September 2 2010. Australia 2010
It seemed so appropriate that my flight to Shetland took me straight over Fair Isle. And the pilot must have known I was on board and the reason for my trip to Shetland as he made a point of making those of us on the flight aware of the island. Isn't it beautiful:Internet access is very patchy, so […]
Tuesday, August 31 2010
Just in the nick of time
Tuesday, August 31 2010. Knitting
I'm off to Shetland first thing tomorrow morning so over the last few days I've desperately been trying to get a cardigan finished to take with me. For a change I was not using my own yarn, but instead I was using some Rowan Felted Tweed out of my stash. And for those of you who are regular users […]
Thursday, August 26 2010
Bits 'n Bobs
Thursday, August 26 2010. Knitting
There's so much going on at the moment that this blog is a bit of a mix of everything. So bear with me ....Yesterday we had a beautiful, sunny day. Now weather doesn't really bother me as it does some, but even I would have to admit that we've not had the sunniest or hottest or driest of summers […]