Sunday, October 6 2013
Sunday, October 6 2013. Archeology
I have had a busy time this week creating the colourways I want to include in my Orkney Collection for 2013. Initially I had only planned to have 3 colourways, but somehow the collection grew into 6! There was a 7th too, but I thought 7 was too many. So, may I present (drumroll please):(lease […]
Wednesday, October 2 2013
Wednesday, October 2 2013. Univerity of the Highlands and Islands
Between us Stevan and I have some cracking photographs from our week in Orkney. So Stevan made a rather good suggestion - dye up a one off, limited edition series of yarns. And so "The Orkney Collection" idea was born.I have begun experimenting with colours, and to be honest my problem […]
Monday, September 30 2013
Monday, September 30 2013. Sense of Place
Overwhelming is the best word I can think of to describe the Italian Chapel on the island of Lambholm, Orkney.This Chapel is located alongside the Churchill Barrier which links Mainland to Lambholm and viewed from the outside looks nothing like your traditional Chapel:From this angle only the bell […]
Sunday, September 29 2013
Sunday, September 29 2013. Sense of Place
If you go to Orkney, one of the "must do's" is the tour of one of the two distilleries on the Mainland. There is Scapa Distillery which you can't miss if you walk along Scapa Beach as it sits at one end of the beach, but which is not open to the public for tours: and Highland Park […]
Tuesday, September 24 2013
Tuesday, September 24 2013. Sense of Place
We are staying in a delightful cottage called The Slap. Once the weather brightens I'll try and get some photographs of this beautifully renovated cottage.However, we have new neighbours for the week, and we're slowly getting to make friends with them: My favourites have to be the pygmy goats:I […]
Saturday, September 21 2013
Saturday, September 21 2013. Univerity of the Highlands and Islands
Bright and early this morning we were to be found packing Mungo with all we needed for a week in Orkney. Peggy was determined not to be left behind:Soon we found ourselves on the east coast of Caithness, driving through very different landscapes compared to Assynt - very much more lush:We managed […]
