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Includes an interview with Helen Birmingham of Untangled Threads.

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Includes an interview with Jo Royle of Skye Meditation & Brave Souls

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Includes an interview with Jaime Jennings & Amber Cocoran owners of Fancy Tiger Crafts.

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Includes interview with Yasmin from Island at the Edge

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Includes interview with Skye Weaver Jenny Duffill

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Includes four sound bites recorded on the last day of the festival

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Includes interview with hand dyer Helen of Ripples Crafts, Assynt

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https://tjfrog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Episode-11-India-Knit-for-Peace-20022018-21.52.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSA podcast for people who love knitting, Dorset Buttons, creativity & Scotland, especially the Highlands & Islands. Welcome to the 11th episode of my podcast – India, Knit … Read More

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https://tjfrog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Episode-10-Looking-Back-Planning-Ahead-01012018-18.39-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSA podcast for people who love knitting, Dorset Buttons, creativity & Scotland, especially the Highlands & Islands. Welcome to the 10th episode of my podcast – Looking Back … Read More

Includes interview with Kirsty of the Isle of Skye Natural Dyeing Company

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Includes interview with Sheila Bates of Florrie Felts, Torridon

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 … Read More

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Includes interview with Sally Algarve from On The Croft (Pt2)

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 … Read More

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.      

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Includes interview with Sally Algarve from On The Croft (Pt1)

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 … Read More

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Includes interview with Sue Culligan of Knitting Holidays in France

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Includes interview with Yasmin of Island at the Edge (Pt2)

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Includes interview with Yasmin of Island at the Edge (Pt1)

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Includes interview with Louise of Lou Lou Designs on Skye

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 … Read More

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Includes interview with Skye textile artist Emma Siedle-Collins

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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, … Read More

Last weekend saw Louise of KnitBritish and Leona-Jayne of Fluph shop, Dundee collaborate & hold a #bigwiprip session – Rip up your works in progress (WIPs), frog your project, and release the yarn for a new … Read More

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 … Read More

Whether a vendor or a visitor at EYF you will all have had your own experience of this unique & innovative yarn festival created by Jo & Mica.  Or maybe you were unable to attend & have … Read More

Plentiful sunshine today, blue skies & snow topping the very peaks of the mountains to showcase the Skye landscape. After the winter storms we’ve had calmer weather in recent days, with the weather reaching a peak … Read More

Over the past few months Skye Pie Cafe has appeared in my social media feeds a few times and left me wanting to share in the experience.  Opening for 4 days in December we fixed the date in … Read More

One of the things I’ve found living on Skye is how distinct the seasons are, whether they be accentuated by the vast and plentiful array of flora or the varying weather conditions.  Today was one of those … Read More

Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2015 – my first big show as an exhibitor!  Huge thanks to Mica & Jo, the organisers, for giving me the opportunity as a newbie vendor.  I had an incredible weekend – exhilarating, exhausting … Read More

Since the New Year, 100+mph winds, horizontal hail coming off the sea, thunder & lightning storms, snow and various weather elements all in one day have continued to batter us.  In one of the few breaks we … Read More

I am not one for making New Year Resolutions although as one year passes into another I tend to have a ‘To Do’ list for the forthcoming months.  Top of the list for 2015 is to focus on … Read More

Earlier this year, Anna McDowell of Henry’s Buttons set a challenge to bring the Singleton Dorset Button into the 21st Century.  This involved making a Singleton button using traditional methods on a 25mm ring with a … Read More

A round-up from our recent trip, one that we regularly take up the West Coast of Scotland.  Beautiful views whatever the weather. Morning light over Loch Lomond:

Workshop and event tickets for the 2014 Shetland Wool Week, 4 – 12 October, went on sale today! For the last two years I have been extremely fortunate to go to Shetland Wool Week, although sadly … Read More

I’ve been visiting the Highlands of Scotland for over 30 years now, yet I never tire of the landscape and the moods created by the seasons and the ever-changing weather. Last week following a few days … Read More

Today I landed in Shetland all ready for Shetland Wool Week 2013 starting on Monday! This time last year I had my first experience of Shetland Wool Week, managing to pack an amazing amount into four … Read More