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  • questions of identity

    I’ve had a host of bloggy bees buzzing in my bonnet for the last wee while, but no time to stop and set them free as I have been too busy hemming mug rugs. Now, thanks in large part to Petite Noel, the mug rugs have almost all departed for their new homes, so I…

  • of cashmere and consolation

    Hey, more snow! We had quite a good weekend, with sufficient sunshine to cheer us up and even bring about a bit of thawing. This morning, however, it was heavily overcast and snowing again. Grumpy bit follows – skip to ** to miss grump. The cooncil are allegedly busy clearing roads, but they haven’t done…

  • snowbound in the studio

    Well, there is an awful lot of snow. I know you are keen to see a bin update, so here is Wednesday (compare Sunday and Monday here): It is pretty hard for me to get beyond the garden gate now. Stuart has cleared the path again today, but beyond our walls lies deep, deep snow…

  • Serious scarves

    One of four silk scarves in Goethe’s “serious” colours, inspired by a workshop with the late James Koehler

  • serious wrapping

    Let me tell you about this little wrapping here: One of the sources which James Koehler drew on in the colour workshop was the picture you can see here — I am not sure what book it comes from, but someone has already kindly uploaded it to flickr with a wee bit of commentary. As…