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Happiness Is: Winding Yarn into Balls

June 5, 2017

Kate’s favorite way to wind yarn into balls—no tools necessary! … More Happiness Is: Winding Yarn into Balls

Part Second: Where sheep watch the sea.

August 20, 2013

This is the second of a three part story about my recent trip to Scotland, Shetland, and Norway. I’ve read a fair number of essays about a traveler’s first impressions of the Shetland Isles. Many of these begin, quite reasonably, with the surprise one experiences in suddenly popping out of a cloud in a tiny … More Part Second: Where sheep watch the sea.

Part First: The traveller returneth.

July 14, 2013

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” –Marcel Proust This is the first of three posts about my 2013 trip to Scotland, Shetland, and Norway. For me, one of life’s greatest joys is in revisiting corners of the world I have previously explored. This has always struck me … More Part First: The traveller returneth.

Sunsets and Sweaters on Kihnu Island.

January 22, 2013

In 2011, I had the good fortune to be part of a textile tour of Estonia led by Nancy Bush. I had traveled a fair swath of Europe and the UK previously–as far south as Crete and as far north as the enigmatic Old Man of Wick at the northern tip of Scotland–but the Baltic … More Sunsets and Sweaters on Kihnu Island.