This is the tanktop/sweater-vest design. Still a work in progress. Now I just need to add the neck and armbands.

Today I have been designing on paper, making my own colour chart for a Fair Isle project. There are lots of sources out there for...

With the right yarn and a choice of colours you can get really beautiful results from what is quite a straightforward technique. The...

Are you like a child in a sweetie shop with all these delicious colours? A really nice trick for experimenting with our lovely colours is...

One of the joys of Fair Isle knitting and hand-dyeing is getting and using a range of shades of the same colour. I find these shade...

Flowers and tress bloom, but did you know that woollen stitches can bloom too? In the photos I hope you can see the difference between...

Lots of people associate knitting with winter, sitting by the fire with your slippers on. But I like to knit all the year round. In...

Hello. Caroline, your hand-knitting correspondent here. This week I have been playing with wool. Knitting with our own yarns is a great...

If you need a taste of sunshine in the kind of dreich, airy weather we often get in the East of Scotland then Chamomile is the flower for...

Our brand ethos is to use Scottish products, as local as possible. That way we really love what we make, value it and want to share it...

Now we look after 20 sheep, including twelve new lambs. It feels like a lot for a novice shepherd and the learning can be an emotional...

Spinach, strawberries and lettuce - and a large puppy - coming along nicely in the greenhouse.

Barbara, Matilda and Jenny enjoying sun and sand in their new home

Doesn't it look like our lamb is smiling at the thought of all that lovely juicy Spring grass?

One of the nicest things about watching the lambs grow is seeing them become more and more curious and adventurous by the day. Scroll...