Two chronometers the captain had,

When I was a primary school teacher here in Australia part of the curriculum to be taught was poetry.  I tried to link the subjects I taught, and when teaching Australian history, the discovery of Australia and the role of Captain Cook I found a poem that linked to that very subject. The reason I…

Shetland

There have been some wonderful reviews of the most recent Shetland series showing on BBC ONE.  Series four had its final episode this week. Shetland the unsung hero of British crime Those of you who have followed my blog for a while will know that I have read all of Ann Cleeves books.  Her books…

We will not be in Shetland for wool week but . . . .

We will not be in Shetland for Shetland Wool Week but I am knitting the Wool Week Beanie.  You can find the free pattern at http://www.shetlandwoolweek.com The beanie is called Merrie Dancers Toorie. I have knitted this one on a circular needle using leftover 4ply wool from other projects.  The colours are not the same…

Memories jolted by desktop photo

The desktop on my home computer has a flow of photos which have been loaded onto the computer over the years.  Yesterday one of the photos that came on the screen was this one. It is an aerial photo of the village where I grew up.  The village is Ladybank, Fife and the photo was…

Pink and polka dots

I have been doing some more sewing for myself using some fabric that has been in my stash for a few years.  The first is beautiful pink linen. I can’t remember what I bought the linen for originally but I have used it to make a shirt.It looks pale and washed-out in pictures but the…

Now this one required little concentration

After my difficult time with the last beanie I knitted I thought I should remind myself that I could knit a beanie without a great deal of trouble.  I went back to a pattern that I had knitted a couple of times before and used up some wool that I had in my stash.  This…