Home is an Island
What I'd thought to write here, now, is not what I'm writing. I started this post last Saturday and have since deleted and rewritten the first sentences several times. I had wanted to share all the good things about being away (and there were many) but also, I expected that I'd be telling you about the new work I produced…
Read MoreLooking back over my posts from 2017 I see I've been fairly quiet compared to 2016. During the first few months of last year I came to a realisation and acceptance about something I'd been trying really hard at, something I'd put so much of my energy into it made me ill at times. I could do nothing more for this situation and maybe it was time to let go...
Read MoreI made it, the rayburn is lit.
The house takes a long time to warm up. I pull the sofa in close to the fire and layer up with jumpers, scarf and blanket, awaiting the chill to leave the air...
Read MoreThis is one of the very rare times that island life has me feeling stuck. Only this time the feeling is not letting up...
Read MoreA long overdue post as summer has flown by so fast! It's taken until now, the middle of October, to take a breath and a break. I'm currently sitting in an airport hotel waiting for my afternoon flight home to Shetland after cancellation last night due to Ophelia. A change of scenery and very chilled out company the last few days has definitely helped my post-Shetland Wool Week recovery as well as given me space to take stock of everything this year has offered so far...
Read MoreIt's been an eventful springtime, in lovely ways...
Read MoreFor any of you who have read my blog posts before you'll be familiar with the mix of scenery photos, descriptions of my walk experiences and also some personal stuff around mental health. Oddly though, seeing as this blog and website started out as a way for me to promote my weaving, you've probably realised (and possibly have been curious about) why I rarely mention weaving...
Read MoreAs I was away with work the whole of last week I'm getting to this post a little later than planned. (be prepared for a lot of photos! so much great work to take photos of and this is only a tiny selection!)
Two weekends ago was our local craft fair...
Read MoreAt the end of August I heard about the Craft Scotland Conference for 2016 which was to be held at the University of Dundee. I thought it would be a great thing to attend to help me feel part of the wider craft community. Sometimes I feel a little detached in that way since I'm in the very early stages of my weaving...
Read MoreIt's been a bit of a weird month, so expect a mix of themes...
Read MoreThe end of July and into August every year my cousin comes home for a few weeks with the bairns, I'm quite often working but usually find a few days to spend with them. One of the best things we do when she's home is go out in my Uncle's boat around the small, now uninhabited, isles...
Read MoreToday I'm going to share some photos from a walk I took way back in May. I was driving back from Voe where I'd spent some time with family at Sunday Teas...
Read MoreHi, so it's been a while...
I'm just going to be honest, the last two months have been a struggle for me.
I lost my connection to the magic of the incredible landscape in which I'm so lucky to live...
Read MoreThe sun is pouring in the window, the sky is blue... the wind is like ice and it snowed yesterday...
Read MoreOver the years I've used photography to gather images which inspire me in various ways, quite often it will be some detail of texture and colour which will draw me in or give me some kind of feeling that I want to explore further through writing, drawing and design...
Read MoreYesterday I attended a study day at the Shetland Museum & Archives in Lerwick, it was titled, 'Authenticity in Culturally-based Knitting'. Authenticity is one of my core values as a designer and just as a person. The day of talks and discussion brought this into focus for me again...
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