Not strictly just September, but the end of August too!  

Click on the coloured text in the blog for links to other sites and more information about all the events listed here!


Tomorrow I'll be at the regular Friday market at the Ebba Centre in St Abbs.  The forecast is for a fine sunny day, there are minke whales feeding off shore and harbour seals are around too, the gannets and gulls are all feeding off the glut of sand eels and shoals of mackerel just off shore - most spectacular viewing.   On sale in the market there will be fresh seafood, charcuterie, herbal potions and brews, hand made chocolates, soya candles in beautiful china cups, hand turned wooden bowls, plates & coasters made using Scottish Borders wood, scarves, bags & jewellery and then all my yarns, patterns, buttons, needles & hooks & ready made accessories.  How can you miss it?

Saturday 31st August sees me taking a new stand in the Buttermarket in Berwick upon Tweed.  There is a regular Saturday market in Berwick and the Buttermarket is where you will find lovely hand crafted items, music, books, herbal potions & brews and now my lovely hand spun yarns and all my buttons, notions and accessories!

Friday 6th, 13th and 20th all see me at St Abbs market
Saturday 7th and 21st at Berwick upon Tweed market
Saturday 14th September at Berwick upon Tweed craft fair in the Guild Hall as part of the Heritage Open Days programme 

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th travelling further afield to Skipton in Yorkshire for the Yarndale 2013 event, so no St Abbs as we will be driving down.  

We had a little trip out on Monday to visit our friend Kate the shepherdess.  We also met her flock of many and various sheep and highland coos with calves afoot.  All in the pouring rain but wonderful just the same.  I came away with a lovely coloured Ryeland fleece from this little lady.  Lovely soft crimpy locks and a gorgeous colour  - more news of which later when I've had a go at spinning it...

...and still spinning!  
We had a great time at the Border Union Show last weekend, lots of woolly exhibitions and a fashion show too boot!  It had to be the hottest day of the summer in Kelso and the poor models were having to quick change into a succession of lovely warm woolly things and still managing to look uber-cool! Well done them.

I'm going to be busy turning up all over the place this month so here's my schedule for August:

Thursday 8th August at Etal Village Hall for the pop-up producers market arranged by the St Abbs market group.  Between 11am and 3pm, catch the steam train from Heatherslaw to see us!


Friday 9th August at St Abbs for the producers market in the Ebba Centre between 10am and 4pm, have a walk around St Abbs village, the harbour and maybe even out to the lighthouse, it's glorious.


Saturday 10th August spinning in the Craft Marquee, at the North Berwick Highland Games at North Berwick in East Lothian.  Traditional Highland Games, Scottish Dancing and a Pipe Band competition with bands coming from all over the world to compete - more than 70 bands last year.  Event opens around 9am and closes at about 5-ish...

Friday 16th August once more at St Abbs for the producers market in the Ebba Centre between 10am and 4pm.

Friday 23rd August regular spot at St Abbs!

Saturday 24th August at Kelso Farmers' market in the square between 9 am and 1.30 pm.  Lots of wonderful locally produced goods.

Friday 30th August back to St Abbs again for the local market.

For September, I will be at St Abbs most Fridays, then on the 14th September there is a craft fair in Berwick upon Tweed, just over the border in England, more about that later, then at the end of September there is the first ever yarn festival in Skipton, Yorkshire - Yarndale - which is on for the whole weekend - that's 28th and 29th September - there are a couple of hundred stall holders  - from independent small producers like me to the bigger names in woolly world, there will be classes and demonstrations too and probably sheep!  More details on the website and facebook pages of Yarndale.

In view of this schedule, I think I need to get back to my spinning wheel now....