Episode 32 – Changing Plans

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Includes an interview with Anne Frost, host of I Thought I Knew How podcast
Episode 31 – Tentative Steps

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Includes sound bites with 3 woolly businesses on Skye.
Episode 30 – Time Rolls On

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Includes an interview with TJFrog Staff!
Episode 29 – Time, Choice & Change

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Includes the second interview with knitwear designer Di Gilpin.
Episode 28 – All in a Month

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Includes the first of 2 interviews with knitwear designer Di Gilpin.
Episode 27 – Dreich January

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Includes an interview with knitwear designer Emily Williams.
Episode 26 – Farewell & Welcome

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Includes an interview with Fiona from The Misty Bottle, Skye.
Episode 25 – People & Places

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Includes an interview with Julie Rutter of Black Isle Yarns.
Episode 24 – Loose Ends & Whereabouts

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Includes interview with Adam Robertson of Kalopsia, Edinburgh.
Episode 23 – Derailed

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Includes an interview with Aileen Clarke of Aileen Clarke Crafts.
Episode 22 – Getting Back On Track

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Includes an interview with Solii Brodie of BeFab Be Creative.
Episode 21 – Post Edinburgh Yarn Festival

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Includes an interview with Kirsty of Shilasdair, Skye post Make:Wool
Episode 20 – Pre Edinburgh Yarn Festival

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Includes an interview with Kirsty of Shilasdair, Skye prior to Make:Wool
Episode 19 – Feeling Grateful

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Includes an interview with Janice Anderson of Baa at Stonehaven.
Episode 18 – The Power of Craft – Togetherness & Loss

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Includes an interview with Helen Birmingham of Untangled Threads.
Episode 17 – A Creative Soul

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Includes an interview with Jo Royle of Skye Meditation & Brave Souls
Episode 16 – August Round-Up

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Includes an interview with Jaime Jennings & Amber Cocoran owners of Fancy Tiger Crafts.
Episode 15 – Catching Up

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Includes interview with Yasmin from Island at the Edge
Episode 14 – Spring has Sprung

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Includes interview with Skye Weaver Jenny Duffill
Episode 13 – Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2018

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Includes four sound bites recorded on the last day of the festival
Episode 12 – Ripples Crafts

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Includes interview with hand dyer Helen of Ripples Crafts, Assynt
Episode 11 – India, Knit For Peace

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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

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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
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

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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
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 3 – Island At The Edge, Part 1

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