Friday, April 11 2014
Friday, April 11 2014. Mungo
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 […]
Tuesday, April 1 2014
Tuesday, April 1 2014. Archeology
The Wool-mobile has been collected from Inverness:and is packed with barely room for my suitcase:Tomorrow will find me heading south down the A9 to pick up my friend Lizzi, before heading further south to Darlington to prepare for the Trunk Show at A Fine Yarn on Skinnergate in Darlington on Friday […]
Tuesday, March 4 2014
Tuesday, March 4 2014. Archeology
It just feels like the other day that I was saying I was about to do the last event of 2013. And here I am deep in plans for my first 2014 road trip which will culminate in 2 events.At the end of March I'll be setting off south, stopping first at Kelso to pick up my friend Lizzi, and then heading […]
Wednesday, April 18 2012
Wednesday, April 18 2012. Ripples
Sorry to have been so absent from the blog for the last week or so. I have a good excuse though ... I've been on my travels. This time last Wednesday I was just settling down to a lovely evening with my friend Liz, and her husband Roger, chatting over the plans for the forthcoming shows in […]
Tuesday, April 10 2012
Tuesday, April 10 2012. Archeology
There is a strange car on the drive:and it is packed full of woolly goodness:I'll be off on my travels tomorrow morning, but Stevan will be staying behind keeping an eye on the shop site, along with the hens and dogs.
Saturday, April 7 2012
Saturday, April 7 2012. Dogs
It has been a hectic couple of weeks, getting ready for the Trunk Show at A Fine Yarn in Darlington next Friday and Saturday, 13th and 14th April, after which I head straight to the Rheged Centre in Penrith for the World of Wool event taking place there. I have been dyeing, drying, twisting, […]
Monday, April 18 2011
Monday, April 18 2011. Hens
I set off from Darlington yesterday morning, with the intention of stopping off to see Anthony Gormley's sculpture, The Angel of the North, which I had intended visiting on my way down to Darlington, but I missed the turn off. Well, you won't be surprised to hear that heading north to Edinburgh I […]
Saturday, April 16 2011
Saturday, April 16 2011. Archeology
I have had a lovely 2 days at A Fine Yarn in Darlington. Yesterday, with the help of "The Aunties", Chris and I were able to spend time with all the lovely folk who came in to stroke, cuddle, and squish the yarn. And today Libby joined us and added her own sparkle to proceedings. And […]
Thursday, April 14 2011
Thursday, April 14 2011. Archeology
After a number of aborted starts of my journey to Darlington, I finally got on the way and arrived safely around lunch time today. I think Chris, the owner of A Fine Yarn, was a little overwhelmed when box after box after box emerged out of Mungo (who had to ask for special permission to drive down […]
Tuesday, April 12 2011
Tuesday, April 12 2011. Archeology
Unless I can get reliable internet connection while in Darlington, it will be a little quiet here for the next few days. I'm off on my travels again. This time to Darlington to do a trunk show here:[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="A Fine […]
