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Islay inspiration
I love camping: I suppose there is just something about taking the time to simply be in the outdoors that allows the world to insinuate itself upon you in the most pleasing way. And I find Islay a par… more →
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Islay inspiration
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wrote 2 days ago: I love camping: I suppose there is just something about taking the time to simply be in the outdoors … more →
a pod of one's own
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wrote 10 months ago: We live in a typical, late-Victorian, Edinburgh tenement. It has high ceilings, and the rooms are re … more →
protective clothing - can you help?
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wrote 1 year ago: I am writing a feature about the history of protective clothing. As part of this, I’m conducti … more →
a gathering
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wrote 1 year ago: The gloves were still there when I passed by earlier, but had been joined by a wee stripey companion … more →
lost
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wrote 1 year ago: Unusual to see a pair. … more →
Knitting LOVE
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wrote 1 year ago: I do hope that all of you reading this blog realise, by now, just how important you have all been to … more →
correspondence
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wrote 2 years ago: These are my pinboards at the Astley Ainsley Hospital, covered with the wonderful cards and messages … more →
sticks
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wrote 2 years ago: If you stood the course through my radio burblings the other day, you might have heard me mention th … more →
twenty
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wrote 2 years ago: You will note that this advent calendar is turning out to have a determinedly snowy theme. Behind to … more →
unpicking
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wrote 3 years ago: When thinking about process, there is nothing more instructive than unpicking someone else’s s … more →
knitter 66
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wrote 3 years ago: Those who’ve read it might remember that the plot of Jane Austen’s Persuasion turns on M … more →
the grumbling hive
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wrote 3 years ago: The title comes from Bernard Mandeville’s 1705 poem of the same name. Its only relevance here … more →
toys
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wrote 3 years ago: This in response to Colleen’s post. I’ve been enjoying her advent calendar immensely, an … more →
The Life of Things - load pictures of barcodes and see them come to life [ AOS ] Art is Open Source
wrote 3 years ago: barcodes come to life the Life of Things lets you peek into the secret lives of products and objects … more →
Wool 100%
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wrote 3 years ago: Needled reviews: Mai Tomangi, Wool, 100% (2006) Really, what’s not to like? In a Japanese cros … more →
Nelson knife
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wrote 3 years ago: In a former life, my Ma was an OT. She’s put her knowledge of disability living aids to good u … more →
sounding out
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wrote 3 years ago: Me and the quilt have been sounding each other out for some weeks now. I have been trying various th … more →
process
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wrote 3 years ago: Needled reviews: The F-Word. Tuesdays, 9pm, Channel 4 Richard Sennett, The Craftsman (Allen Lane, 20 … more →
the precious, the miniature, the mundane
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wrote 4 years ago: I’m following the train of a thought here, and very much bouncing off the ideas of Felix … more →
