Podcast Episode 10 – Looking Back – Planning Ahead
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A podcast for people who love knitting, Dorset Buttons, creativity & Scotland, especially the Highlands & Islands. Welcome to the 10th episode of my podcast – Looking Back – Planning Ahead Thank you for listening again or welcome if you are a first time listener. February 2017 saw the launch of the TJFrog podcast just a week […]
Podcast Episode 9 – A New Chapter
Includes interview with Kirsty of the Isle of Skye Natural Dyeing Company
Podcast Episode 8 – Festivals & Felts
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Includes interview with Sheila Bates of Florrie Felts, Torridon
Podcast Episode 7 – On The Croft Part 2
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Includes interview with Sally Algarve from On The Croft (Pt2)
Black Isle Show
I mentioned on Episode 6 of TJFrog Podcast I’d pop up some more photos from the Black Isle Show 2017. A few highlights for me. Onions! I always love the ‘competition tent.’ I’m amazed at the work people put in & the consistency & size they achieve in the veg section. Quite a show off! […]
Pies for the body – Panoramas for the soul – A creative cafe on Skye
Blog post by Geraint Ashton Jones. Geraint’s knitting & crochet educational day out with TJFrog! Click here to read about majestic landscapes, pies, knitting & crochet – all in one day.
Podcast Episode 6 – On The Croft Part 1
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Includes interview with Sally Algarve from On The Croft (Pt1)
Fancy Tiger Crafts
Last year work took us to Denver, Colorado giving me the perfect opportunity to visit Fancy Tiger Crafts. Celebrating their 11th anniversary on 8 July 2017, Fancy Tiger Crafts describe themselves as specialising in ‘supplies for the modern crafter.’ And walking in is like being enveloped in a big woolly hug. Then as […]
Podcast Episode 5 – TJFrog Hops South
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Includes interview with Sue Culligan of Knitting Holidays in France
Woolfest 2017!
What a fantastic weekend at Woolfest 2017! As a first time vendor and having never visited Woolfest before it was with nervous anticipation that I entered the auction mart on the Thursday afternoon. Seeing it for the first time all empty, it felt smaller than I imagined – how wrong was I?! It’s a huge […]
Podcast Episode 4 – Island At The Edge, Part 2
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Includes interview with Yasmin of Island at the Edge (Pt2)
Podcast Episode 2 – Great . . . Expectations
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Includes interview with Louise of Lou Lou Designs on Skye
EYF 2017
EYF 2017, my third time as a vendor & the most elated exhaustion I’ve experienced post show! The run up to EYF 2017, alongside my usual preps for my Dorset Button stand & running Dorset Button workshops, saw my TJFrogWool delivered 2 ½ weeks before, my Dorset Button fabric bags picked up on the day […]
Podcast Episode 1 – A Giant Leap into the Unknown
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Includes interview with Skye textile artist Emma Siedle-Collins
Exciting Times Ahead!
TJFrog is now over 2 years old & so much has happened in that time both for the business & on a personal level. During this time a couple of TJFrog projects got put on the slow, or even the back burner while many miles were clocked up between Skye & the South Coast of England. The […]
The last months of 2016
December arrived with the weather officially warmer on Skye than where I use to live in the South of England and here at the end of December that is still the case! With only a couple of icy days and Storm Barbara & Conor to contend with, on the whole, we have had a mild […]