Saturday, February 3 2018
Saturday, February 3 2018. Lochinver Post Office
My last blog entry led to a few more questions in my Ravelry group, so I thought I'd do a wee follow up here too.One of the points I made in my last entry raised a lot of interest on Ravelry, and that was the point that the dye bath exhausts when dyeing, and all the colour goes into the yarn, […]
Tuesday, January 30 2018
Tuesday, January 30 2018. Archeology
I was writing up notes for the 2 people who will be helping me at Edinburgh Yarn Festival this year, and it got me to thinking about questions I've been asked over the 10 years of doing events around the country about how/why I dye the way I do, along with some other queries. So I thought I'd jot […]
Friday, January 19 2018
Friday, January 19 2018. Snow
Yesterday found us heading to Inverness, to the funeral of one of our community, Pauline. She was a larger than life character whose laughter could be heard a long time before you actually saw her. We were sad to say our goodbyes but it was a lovely service, with many memories of her laughter and […]
Sunday, September 17 2017
Sunday, September 17 2017. Assynt
My poor blog - it has been very neglected. Will anybody even read this, I wonder. Summer has been very busy with a mix of shows and events and my focus for social media has been Twitter and Instagram - quick to leave a quick comment, and the 2 platforms seem to be well used. The new workshop has […]
Thursday, January 19 2017
Thursday, January 19 2017. Archeology
One of the pleasures of self employment is that you're not tied to regimented hours of 9 to 5 Monday to Friday, which means you have to face the shops on a Saturday or Sunday when most of the rest of the working population are doing their shopping. So on Tuesday I declared we were risking scurvy […]
Monday, November 21 2016
Monday, November 21 2016. Dogs
I doubt anyone could deny that 2016 has thrown some real stinkers at the world. It has been quite a year. Sometimes we just need to step back, take a deep breath, and decide what we want to focus on. Do we want to constantly seek out the negative or do we want to try and find something, albeit […]
Tuesday, June 3 2014
Tuesday, June 3 2014. Knitting
A couple of weeks ago I was sorting through yarn that was hanging in my drying tent, and I noticed that one of the hanks had a lot of grass and moss mixed up in it. We assumed it was because Stevan had been strimming the grass nearby and had thrown up grass which had got entangled. However, this […]
Wednesday, April 23 2014
Wednesday, April 23 2014. Archeology
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that I've been dropping hints about a trip away that I've had this week. Well, I can now reveal where I've been and why. A drive of 3 1/2 hours found us deep in the Spey Valley here:Knockando Mill - dating back to 1784 when it was known as the Wauk […]
Saturday, February 15 2014
Saturday, February 15 2014. Assynt
I've been thinking about the colours for the Post Office Run club yarn due to go out at the end of this month. Here are a few of the photographs which have been giving me some inspiration for colours.Signs that spring isn't far away - new growth:The gorse is beginning to bloom:I'm lucky to pass by […]
Monday, January 13 2014
Monday, January 13 2014. Assynt
The first packages for the Post Office Run Yarn Club will be posted in early February. Here are just a few of the pictures which may (or may not) form part of the inspiration for colours next month. Initially I thought everything was looking a little dull and boring and I thought I'd struggle for […]
Friday, January 3 2014
Friday, January 3 2014. Knitting
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1025"] Pattern - SariDesigner - Kieran FoleyPhotograph - Courtesy Kieran Foley[/caption] Ever since I saw this pattern on Ravelry, (non Ravelry link) I have been wanting to dye the yarn for it. I wanted the challenge of dyeing […]
