I'm sorry it's been very quiet around here lately.. I've been suffering from a bit of a creative block. I've not been doing no knitting... Just not enough knitting. Hopefully I'll be back soon with something to show. xx
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bbc, your paintings
i went with my dad on Saturday after our trip on the boat to the Shetland Museum (handily in the same harbour as aforementioned boat) to hear a talk and see a tour of some of the Museums oil paintings that they have in their collection, It is part of a nationwide programme by the BBC…
two
In the month of January, i didnt have much to blog about, getting over Christmas and New Year turned into getting back into the swing of things at work which led on to looking forward to Lerwick Up Helly Aa aka one of my favorite days ever.. Up Helly Aa is a fire festival which takes place…
two thousand and thirteen
So another year begins, I'm not bothering with any resolutions , i never keep them. I do have a few aims for the year though (aims, not resolutions..) I would like to learn to drive, to be a bit more tidy and for my business to grow! New Year in Shetland is always a bit.. crap. As…
december
So December has creeped up on us again, as it does every year. Shetland has had a small bit of snow in December but last weekend it was the wind that caused the problems. On Friday and Saturday we were battered by force 9 gales forcing the boat to cancelled. I stupidly booked an Opticians appointment which resulted…
slow weeks
so.. its been a slow couple of weeks since the Craft Fair. Ive been ill since it finished. First with the cold then with an infection, i even ended up having to have a night in hospital.. Bah! This is not helping me with getting my cushions made for people. I did managed to get…
craft fair 2012
so i have survived my first craft fair!! it was really quite good. I arrived on Friday feeling very... strange about it all. Its one thing for my friends and family to say they like my stuff (they have to say that! i'd greet if they didn't) but its very different opening up what you've been making to…
sisters
today is my sisters birthday. this photo kinda sums us up. Whoever took the photo (likely dad) has told us to stand still and Marianne has stood to attention, never one to break the rules and i am... making a break for it. we have been through lots of horrible situations together, and tried to…
autumn nights
So Wool Week fever has died down.. a peerie bit.. but now i am getting ready for my first Craft Fair!! The Clickimin Craft Fair has been going on for years and years, my Dad (a local cartoonist) has had a stall at it pretty much every year since it opened and will be there…
salt air
jumper boards at the bod of gremista i have been cheating on my blog with another blog.. if you didn't know i work at Jamieson & Smith and if you didn't know that, you might not have known last week was Shetland Wool Week.. Well it was so i was blogging over here every day last week.. phewf. i really…
ella gordon 