This bit of silliness just makes me smile.
The wand holds your credit card so you can just tap and go.
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Helen Lockhart Ripples Crafts
@HelenLockhart@mastodon.scot
mastodon 4.7.2Chief Dyer at Ripples Crafts Hand Dyed Yarn,
A Scatterling of Africa
Living in Assynt and loving life here.
I'll chat mostly about #weaving #dyeing #knitting #Assynt #Scotland #photographs #art #IndependentLife #OffGridLiving
You will also find me in my other professional guise at @RipplesCrafts@handmade.social where I talk about hand dyeing yarn which I've been doing since 2008.
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Westray at her best today
The thrift is fading now but the wild thyme is beginning to appear in abundance
Some beautiful blues in Orkney today
Orkney nights
Ferry knitting #knitting
Had a visitor to the dye shed today who went away with a healthy bag full of yarn and looking very happy. Her comment as she was paying was "well, you should see how much my husband has spent on whisky on this trip .....".
I hadn't realised there was a whisky/wool balance to be maintained, but clearly I was wrong.
Re watching the series presented by Prof. Sam Willis on The Silk Road, and was reminded of the lovely quote from a Zoroastrian woman talking about their colourful clothing. She said Zoroastrians don't normally wear black, and that ....
"We wear lively colours to refresh our souls".
I can certainly understand and appreciate that perspective.
Sending @withaveeay@mastodon.scot into the depths of tomb of the eagles on South Ronaldsay
A visit to stones of Stenness today with @withaveeay@mastodon.scot
Boosted by @kkarhan@jorts.horse
Ahhhh the joys.
Thought I'd get to the Post Office and back to the workshop before the madness began
I was wrong ...
Two more campervans joined the car you can see at the previous passing place.
Reader, it took a while.
It has been far far too long, but I dug the loom out today.
Just read a post on a different platform where someone explains that they sold up everything and moved to "the north of Scotland".
Orkney maybe? I mean Shetland would be the obvious "north of Scotland" but I'd give them Orkney. Even north Caithness, so the north of mainland Scotland.
No .... they moved to Skye.
Who wants to tell them there is a whole lot more of Scotland north of Skye? ✋
I didn't watch last night's debate in Scotland, but this picture from today's news feels like a step back in time - not a single female leader. Just men, all in grey suits.
One can but hope
I'm really curious as to why the birds have absolutely stripped one of our redcurrant bushes, but only a couple of feet away are bushes that are laden with ripe berries and they've ignored those.
A wee sea voyage today
Will be spending a few days with family, and I'm going to be doing some shopping before we get together. Asked if there was anything specific anyone wanted me to pick up and one person replied
"2L gin and dark chocolate"
I'm not sure if that is a sign of things to come or not.
I feel seen ......
An essential part of any visit to Orkney is a visit to Polly Kettle cafe for some wonderful Egyptian treats and excellent coffee.
Good to see Ember Bus Service is introducing an Inverness/Ullapool route.
Need to take proper photos with a real camera rather than just my phone but I'm loving the way this new bouclé base sucks up the colour.
A bit of Bernat Klein inspired weaving is happening
Nothing like a ferry trip on a fine day
This is pretty. Not one I'd wear necessarily but I'd quite like to make one just for the construction of it
https://www.purlsoho.com/create/2026/02/18/ainur-berkimbay-for-purl-soho-aperture-pullover/
A volt and bolt at the Perth chargers before heading to Bridge of Earn for a filling breakfast to see us through the rest of the trip to Edinburgh and then the hard work of setting up for #WoollyGoodGathering
My first ever visitors to the dye shed from Mexico. We're so fortunate with our job to meet so many from all over the world.
2 new yarn bases added to the website today. Both are currently in limited shades but I've added Culag Lace - a BFL/Silk mix with each 100g skein having 800m of yarn, and Kirkaig DK - A pure wool bouclé yarn with each 100g having approximately 220m of yarn.
More colours will be added over the coming weeks.
www.ripplescrafts.com
If anyone in the Highlands knows of a large self catering rental that has a min of 10 bedrooms, let me know will you? I've found a couple but looking for options. Especially if you have a recommendation. Thanks.
If you've any sway with the weather gods can you please just have a word with them. We need the NW Highlands dry today. Thank you.
RE: @thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot
Never change Glasgow, never change
Having been registered on the HMRC website for years and years and dutifully completing tax returns etc, I now need to register for MTD on the HMRC website using my HMRC login. And suddenly HMRC need photo id?! After 36 years of completing tax returns (both the old paper ones and online) suddenly they need to see my face?
Bah! *waves hand around in frustration*
Thank you @barbaratate@mstdn.social 😂😂😂
Lovely to see Dornoch Fibre Fest getting a write up in the Northern Times.
https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/pictures-fabulous-weekend-at-dornoch-fibre-fest-430255/
Another day, another situation of battling with the HMRC website on a different task from yesterday.
Following a link on the HMRC website to cancel something on the tax details and it takes me to a page to apply for said tax details. Nothing I do changes it.
*throws up hands in disgust*
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@Dolphinchaz@mastodon.scot it does 😆
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@iaruffell@mastodon.scot Ummmm I'm not sure I said it was?
The knitting world really does have the ability to just spontaneously combust from time to time doesn't it?
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On the opposite side of the coin, me, who has been knitting for *cough* number of years, has just discovered that the sweater I'm knitting for @withaveeay@mastodon.scot will never fit him in a month of sundays. *SIGH*
I do know someone who, despite using the NCP app, and despite seeing the time they're parked in the car park ramp up during their stay, and despite NCP having their correct credit card details and car reg number, NEVER actually got charged the fee. So I can't say I'm surprised to see this
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@Hellybootwader@mastodon.scot It's no problem - thank you for the order!
We get used to the roads in the summer - I just thought I was early enough this morning to be ahead of the traffic :D
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@Dorell@mastodon.scot Well one of the main issues (for them) of driving on the verge is sinking into the peat :(
Not sure who's bus that was - it headed for Clachtoll beach so not Annella.
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@junglegeorge@mastodon.africa I'm not sure I'd ever be brave enough to stand in the road and try to direct traffic .... but what an entertainer
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I mean, external view to me implies the ability to look out of a window and see outside. So I am at a loss to understand what they mean by no external view. If they said "no scenic view" I'd understand - the room probably looks out over the car park.
But no external view?
I know it divides opinion so not looking for the "don't use Ravelry" comments, but is anyone else having trouble accessing Ravelry?
Anyone able to help Tamsin?
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@venite@wandering.shop 😂 love the gif. Yes, someone famous in the knitting world who should have known better, or at least done a bit of research, did a podcast with a with a racist bigot and then claimed ignorance to who/what this person was. *shrug* who knows what the truth is ..... lets just call it "westgate"