Episode 44 – Different & Preferred
Chatting across a range of topics about different ways, tools & methods & which I prefer.
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Episode 43 – Challenges
Chatting about challenges from health to creativity and getting to Skye.
Episode 41 – Projects Projects Projects
Projects Projects Projects – I delve into a variety of projects.
Episode 36 – Small Wins & Celebrations
A short episode to say I’m back!
Episode 32 – Changing Plans
Includes an interview with Anne Frost, host of I Thought I Knew How podcast
Episode 31 – Tentative Steps
Includes sound bites with 3 woolly businesses on Skye.
Episode 30 – Time Rolls On
Includes an interview with TJFrog Staff!
Episode 28 – All in a Month
Includes the first of 2 interviews with knitwear designer Di Gilpin.
Episode 27 – Dreich January
Includes an interview with knitwear designer Emily Williams.
Episode 25 – People & Places
Includes an interview with Julie Rutter of Black Isle Yarns.
Episode 23 – Derailed
Includes an interview with Aileen Clarke of Aileen Clarke Crafts.
Episode 22 – Getting Back On Track
Includes an interview with Solii Brodie of BeFab Be Creative.
Episode 20 – Pre Edinburgh Yarn Festival
Includes an interview with Kirsty of Shilasdair, Skye prior to Make:Wool
Episode 19 – Feeling Grateful
Includes an interview with Janice Anderson of Baa at Stonehaven.
Episode 18 – The Power of Craft – Togetherness & Loss
Includes an interview with Helen Birmingham of Untangled Threads.
Episode 17 – A Creative Soul
Includes an interview with Jo Royle of Skye Meditation & Brave Souls
Episode 16 – August Round-Up
Includes an interview with Jaime Jennings & Amber Cocoran owners of Fancy Tiger Crafts.
Episode 15 – Catching Up
Includes interview with Yasmin from Island at the Edge
Episode 14 – Spring has Sprung
Includes interview with Skye Weaver Jenny Duffill
Episode 13 – Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2018
Includes four sound bites recorded on the last day of the festival
Episode 12 – Ripples Crafts
Includes interview with hand dyer Helen of Ripples Crafts, Assynt
Episode 11 – India, Knit For Peace
A podcast for people who love knitting, Dorset Buttons, creativity & Scotland, especially the Highlands & Islands. Welcome to the 11th episode of my podcast – India, Knit For Peace Thank you for listening again or welcome if you are a first time listener. My schedule has got a little awry with one thing and another – […]
Podcast Episode 10 – Looking Back – Planning Ahead
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
Includes interview with Sheila Bates of Florrie Felts, Torridon
Delving into the Delights of Dorset Buttony!
Blog post by Geraint Ashton Jones. When your hubby is a photographer & you task him to photograph some Dorset Buttons instead of his usual subject matter of landscape, wildlife or rugby players! Click here to see more images & read the blog post.
Podcast Episode 7 – On The Croft Part 2
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
Includes interview with Sally Algarve from On The Croft (Pt1)
Podcast Episode 5 – TJFrog Hops South
Includes interview with Sue Culligan of Knitting Holidays in France
Podcast Episode 4 – Island At The Edge, Part 2
Includes interview with Yasmin of Island at the Edge (Pt2)
Podcast Episode 3 – Island At The Edge, Part 1
Includes interview with Yasmin of Island at the Edge (Pt1)
Podcast Episode 2 – Great . . . Expectations
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
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 […]
Autumn 2016
There is no denying when I wake up & see a sunrise like this it adds an additional sense of wellbeing to me & injects some energy to my day. Having said that the grey, misty, cloudy, wet days, also have their own beauty, producing a monochrome landscape. According to the Met Office, for the North of […]
April Weather
Saturday morning started off like this . . . . . . and by the afternoon it looked like this. Snow settling on the ground is a rare sight for us with being so close to the sea. So I felt drawn to watching the snow showers on and off throughout the morning! In the winter […]
