The Knocker Jotter
My good friend and collaborator, Tess Young, joined me at the farm a few days ago to talk about what being part of the ‘Knocker Jotter’ meant to me and to my friend Victoria. So over to Tess… One of … Read More
FU Breast Cancer – I’m relaunching my blog
It is 11 long months since I last wrote a blog post. Since I started blogging back in 2004 this is the longest I have gone without committing my thoughts to ‘paper’, and when I stopped in November of last … Read More
A Peek Inside The Vintage Shetland Project no 3 – The Printed Page
My, how the last couple of weeks have flown since I updated the blog with progress on the book. Myself, Gavin, two Technical Editors and a second Graphic Artist, are all hard at work perfecting each and every page of … Read More
Me, My Life and David Bowie
This wasn’t a post I ever imagined I would need to write. Bowie was immortal, some sort of other-wordly, supernatural creature that transcended normal earthly rules and would exist forever. The news of his death today has proven this foolish … Read More
A Thank You Note
I want to thank everyone for all their words of support, advice and encouragement. I am still working my way through the comments and replying to them all but I just wanted to say thank you so much, your … Read More
New Year Introspection
Like so many other people I would imagine, I find myself at this time of year becoming increasingly introspective, internally interrogating myself on the previous year’s achievements or perceived lack of. The year – and in particular, the elements – … Read More
Seasons Greetings
The latter part of 2015 has not been the calmest for myself or many others on the North West coast of Britain and with more storms to come I suspect this is not going to be the year for long … Read More
Bring Me Sunshine – A Free Festive Corsage Pattern
The Festive season is drawing ever nearer, so to continue my theme of bringing you some sunshine, I’ve decided to share with you an incredibly simple pattern for a knitted corsage. You can really let your creativity run wild … Read More