Episode 21 – Post Edinburgh Yarn Festival
Includes an interview with Kirsty of Shilasdair, Skye post Make:Wool
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 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
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
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 […]
Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2016
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 enjoyed a vicarious EYF experience via various social media sites. The EYF vibe is simply magical. This is more […]
A Leap Year in more Ways than One
With the transition from one year to the next it is with great interest I’ve read many online 2015 reflections and 2016 business plans and goals from people across the creative community. 2016, a leap year, brings an extra day to help with fitting all those plans in! A year ago, I wrote about TJFrog […]
Edinburgh Yarn Festival 2015
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 and inspiring all rolled into one.
TJFrog Leaps into 2015
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 taking TJFrog forward, and with us now fully ensconced in our Skye home it’s time to get immersed in the inspirational […]