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In the Durham Dales

We’ve been on a lovely jaunt - a midway-between-birthdays treat.
New experiences all round. First stop on Saturday morning was to deliver Bruce to kennels. He packed a toy duck and his meals for a two-night stay.

Rooted in the Isles

I spent most of my teenage years and early twenties living on the island of Lewis in the Hebrides. Mum and I made good use of the tweed outlet shop in Stornoway for sturdy yarns to knit with and remnants to make clothes and furnishings from. I remember she sewed me a hacking jacket which I loved, but neither of us were exactly skilled tailors nor of skinny model proportions, and Lewis was quite definitely not a fashion hotspot.

Welcome

In this space I aim to share behind-the-scenes happenings, the hiccups and hurrahs in my creative life, the occasional recipe, musings on the joys of small-scale walking and wandering, an interview or two, and other words as they spring up from my overactive imagination.

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I’m sliding none too gracefully into hibernation mode. 
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Posts will be intermittent for a while but you won’t even notice I’m away, dozing quietly in a warm den with mulled wine on tap*
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Good wishes to y’all x
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*so far I’ve not had a drop😳
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Essential elements now on display
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my @herdy_uk sheep + woolly hat
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and my @juliacrimmen tree

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Great pic from Mr Tart today, out with Bruce🐾
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Bundle Alert! 
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Just listed these six new collections for knitters and stitchers and all round lovely textile folks.

Find them on the ‘Handmade’ shelf…😘
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Blues will out, though! 
Indigo block prints, deep dark Japanese print cottons, rich Ghanaian indigo batiks, soft linens, hand dyed threads… I love them all, and so do many of you🤗!
Lots to choose from in my not-just-blue store!😘
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It’s not all blues and indigos at Tart HQ!
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Kits and packs and colours to spark joy
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A patchwork of pincushions, each hand stitched and set into a vintage egg cup! 
I so enjoyed making these and they are all listed in the shop now😘
I’m closing the doors and doing my last post office run of the year on Friday 13th😳
Orders received up to midnight on 12th will make the cut!

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