My yarn clubs have been running for about 18 months now. They have been remarkably successful, and I enjoy doing the club yarn as it gives me the impetus to try something new and different. I always fret that club members will hate the colour in any given month, but I've never had anyone say […]
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Tuesday, February 3 2009
Close Encounters
Tuesday, February 3 2009. Links
On our way to the post office in Lochinver this morning to post yet more sets of Knitpro needles to those of you who have been snapping them up, we passed this rather stately looking gentleman:We were so close we could have touched him.This blog has had a lot of new visitors over the last 48 hours. […]
Sunday, February 1 2009
Good Medicine
Sunday, February 1 2009. Knitting
Oh dear, we're not as young as we once were. After two consecutive nights out for dinner with friends, we woke up this morning feeling pretty tired. So we thought the only solution was to head out for a walk. It was a beautiful, sunny, crisp morning, and so we headed to the hills. Peggy and […]
Thursday, January 22 2009
Selkies
Thursday, January 22 2009. Scotland
In the Orcadian dialect the word for "seal" is "selkie". However the word itself is associated more with the lovely creature found in the mythology of a few countries, including Scotland. The selkie is a creature usually seen as a seal, but which has the ability to shapeshift […]