caithnesscraftcollective
Crafty tales from Caithness in Scotland
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Wednesday Nov 09, 2011
Wednesday Nov 09, 2011
This episode is dedicated to my dad.
Norman Wisdom, Wisdom Teeth, Where does it come from? Blethering about Wisdom this episode.
http://www.zeemaps.com/Caithness_Craft_Collective_Listeners Go on Beyonce if you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it.
http://www.knitonthenet.com/poppy/ for the Poppy pattern in aid of the British Legion Poppy Appeal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw for Danny MacAskill and Way Back Home (i've watched it at least 80 times)
We then move north to https://www.ripplescrafts.com/ for the portal into the Knitting Retreat - you can access her blog from here but you should visit the shop first
Buy Buy Buy at http://www.ravelry.com/designers/shuttermonkey and http://www.robinulrich.blogspot.com/
http://treacleandinketsy.wordpress.com/ For Craft Life
http://www.voxpopnj.com/ for Laura Gesin
The book reviews are Sweater Surgery By Stephanie Girard and Embroidered Books by Isobel Hall
Textile technique = Batik Heaven since 1911 or go to www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk
I sponsor this by my own business www.energyhunt.com I am caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com I am LouiseJhunt on Ravelry. I'm on Stitchin Fingers and SeamedUp Twitter I am CaithnessCraft
Thursday Oct 27, 2011
Thursday Oct 27, 2011
Only Smarties have the Answer and of course its 42.
The blether is about the Harvest this week. I suggest you look at www.momentmusing.blogspot.com I'll tell you about my tattie storm and encourage you all to donate blood.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/kingcraigfabrics/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25 for the Kincraig Fabric Shop in Brora
Apps = iSpin Toolkit and QuiltCalc (Words hd free = CaithnessCraft) And of course Angry Birds - Squawk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-15423862 for Old Pulteney news
Big up the Blog = www.shineybees.wordpress.com
I review Jane Sowerby's exquisite Victorian Lace Today
Wordies by WT Lyall
FLORAN' means yur showin' off,
COWN or GIRN yur cryin'.
SPANGS yur takin' beegur steps,
SOCHAN means your sighin'.
Briskly walk, ye've a SKUTCH till yur feet,
A knock or a wallop's a DUNT,
Yur BOWGIE is yur belly,
And FORENENT means oot in front.
LOOGAR is a clout on ai ear,
A POLL yur hair cut short,
A CHUBBY is yur brolly,
Pain, chuist means yur HORT.
If something's GLIDE, at chuist means squint,
A GOWF's an awful smell,
BOORACH means an awful meice,
A hammer of course is a MELL.
A BLOCKIE is a little cod,
A STAB a post for a fence,
A PREEN's a peen, an' PURN's a reel,
I houp 'iss a' makes sence.
GLAIKAIT means yur kinda soft,
Till DORT yur in ai huff,
An if ye get an awful fricht,
Ye really got a GLUFF.
NYATTRY means ai grumblin' kind,
Bad mood yur in BAD CUT,
ANTLE means ai arguin' kind,
And a GUSHEL's ei in a rut.
A TROSK's a chiel ye dinna lek,
A KINCH ye've strained yur back,
CLIPE a scratch an' RIVE a pull,
An if yur fit, yur SWACK.
Till BRAIN means hit, lek SCUD or CLOOR,
At's thing's ye'd shout at a boxer,
A little splash, well 'ats a SKINT,
And a GIRNAL's a lump in yur OXTER.
A Shetland pony's called a SHALT,
A PUDDAG is a frog,
A SKORRAY is a seagul
An' a DOUG looks lek a DOG.
IVANOW chuist means just now,
Till SKAIL, is something spilt,
A BROWG's a chiners bradawl,
An yur bedspread is a TWILT.
A DREEP's a neime for somebody tall,
A BEEG DREEP somebody taller,
PEEDY chuist means something small,
PEDDY WEE means smaller.
A BOYGIE is a little boy,
A LASKIE is a girl,
SWERE yur no chuist in ai mood,
Till throw a thing ye HURL.
Wur English isna very good,
Wur fill o' bes an' dos,
An AIKLE is yur beeg back teeth,
And SHARN is doung feh coos.
TROCK is rubbish, an' BARM means shout,
Too much o' a thing's a LOCK,
Fits 'at am hearing ye BARMIN;
"Iss poem's a LOCK a TROCK"
Music is Such Broken Glass and Harvest Moon from www.musicalley.com thanks to them.
caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com www.energyhunt.com LouiseJHunt on Ravelry and CaithnessCraft on Twitter
Tuesday Oct 11, 2011
Tuesday Oct 11, 2011
Knock Knock!
The blether is all about Doors this episode. www.doorsopenday.org.uk and http://www.nationaldomesticviolencehelpline.org.uk/ Duncan Bannatyne - 43 Mistakes Business Make and How to avoid them.
The Craft Fairy tells you about The Knitter Magazine www.theknitter.co.uk featuring Jane Sowerby and Jacqui Harding.
Listener Map = http://www.zeemaps.com/Caithness_Craft_Collective_Listeners = Stick yer pin in it Beyonce.
Puppies - www.gumtree.co.uk awwwww
New podcasts for me to listen to Never Not Knitting http://nevernotknitting.blogspot.com/p/podcast.html
Fiber Beat http://fiberbeat.com/category/podcasts
2KnitLitChicks http://2knitlitchicks.com/
Textile Technique is Needle Felting a Polystyrene Wreath http://www.handworkhandcraft.com/felting/wreath.php
As ever sponsored by www.energyhunt.com
You can get me on Twitter as CaithnessCraft on Ravelry as LouisejHunt and through iTunes or your random podcast catcher.
Monday Sep 26, 2011
Monday Sep 26, 2011
No its not my birthday but that's what you say at 40 isn't it?
This week we have lots about Kilts, Tartan and I start with Donald Where's Yer Troosers?
Mackay Clan information = www.scotlandinoils.com/clan/Clan-MacKay.html
I have the winner of the Craft Room 101 competition
And YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU mission from General Louise KitchenKnife where I ask you to knit/crochet a hat for a serving platoon in Afghanistan. Message me for the address to send them too but please use dark army colours in 100% natural fibre, and make a simple hat. Prizes for those that do.
Music is from Marc Gunn and Brodinagains Bard from Music Alley dot com
Contact me caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com or on Ravelry as LouiseJHunt Twitter as CaithnessCraft and i've sponsored myself from www.energyhunt.com
Friday Sep 09, 2011
Friday Sep 09, 2011
At your service this week.
Wave your Flip Flop in the air for the return of the Textile Technique www.shop.quiltingdaily.com
Check out these fancy kilts www.21stcenturykilts.com
And i review the Quilting Arts Magazine www.quiltingarts.com
Hear about what i purchased from www.sandayspinners.co.uk and yes i'm excited
Quick sign up for the craft courses at Thurso College www.northhighland.ac.uk/evening.aspx
As usual there is the Me Me Me show
Last play of the year for the lovely Marc Gunn with Wild Mountain Thyme from www.musicalley.com as its not summertime anymore and the housemartins and swallows have flown south for the winter.
Sunday Aug 28, 2011
Sunday Aug 28, 2011
You choose, out of the mentioned objects which one goes and which one stays....
Leave me your comments on Podbean (thanks for the star ratings by the way), caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com or on the Caithness Craft Collective Group on Ravelry.
Fingerless gloves, cast on in the round, rib 2x2 for a bit, knit for a bit, stocking stitch back and forward for the size of your thumb, knit in the round again, then rib 2x2 for top. Voila. Good stashbuster. Thank you to Angora yet again.
I also have a bit of help this episode, thankyou to all of the CCC gang, especially the sexy one.
I sponsor this from EnergyHunt Ltd www.energyhunt.com
The Music is by Marc Gunn, Wild Mountain Thyme from www.musicalley.com
Thursday Aug 11, 2011
Thursday Aug 11, 2011
Love is in the Air. Actually I have a rant first but then we get all romantic in the blether. We have a big Scottish Segment which takes us up to present times for Kings and Queens. I review Little Red in the City by Ysolda Teague.
And a list of podcasts for you Yarns from the Plain http://yarnsfromtheplain.podbean.com/ Knit Spin Cake http://knitspincake.podbean.com/The Pagan Knitter http://www.thepaganknitter.com/ The Gilded Balloon Comedy Podcast (warning, bad language in it) http://www.gildedballoon.co.uk/whats-on/podcast Rhod Gilbert http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rhod
Please note Entangled Magazine Issue 2 is now available at Zinio. It appeared after i'd recorded.
And of course there is always the ME ME ME show. You love it really.
I'm sponsoring this by my own business www.energyhunt.com And the music is by Marc Gunn, Wild Mountain Thyme from www.musicalley.com Get me on Ravelry as LouiseJHunt or on Caithnesscraftcollective@gmail.com
Saturday Jul 30, 2011
Saturday Jul 30, 2011
What a Coincidence, i was just thinking of you.... Thats the blether this week.
I have a review of Knit Nation by our very own Ella (Giffnock Girl), a review of the Caithness Quilters Exhibition and the Gaelic Wool Festival.www.waulk.org Loch Awe Shetlands, Barbreck House, Kilchrenan, Taynuilt, Argyll, PA35 1HF, Tel 01866 833354
Chamber of Commerce is http://www.folksy.com/shops/TheLostButton
And of course the me me me show, did i tell you about me?
Friday Jul 29, 2011
Friday Jul 29, 2011
STOP. IF YOU NEED A PEE STOP.
I have an extra cast for you this week. Its the bairns giggling for you so if you need a pick me up, listen to this.
Its time for the Daisy and Sandy laugh (and me too)
Monday Jul 18, 2011
Monday Jul 18, 2011
Get your daydream heads out. We dream what we would spend the £161m Lottery win on - Craft of course.
I'll tell you what I bought at www.Loopknitting.com from my holiday.
If you are into Jigsaws go find the Wentworth puzzles at www.jigsaws.co.uk
I get you ready to go to the Feis Cothlam or the Gaelic Woolfest at Benderloch Argyll on 21-23 July www.lorn.org.uk/woolfest
And i take you for a tour around the Houses of Parliament in the Scottish Segment
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