It has been a while… Things have been very busy here this Spring. We have had our relaxation retreat, the Highland wool festival and weekend courses. Alex is also back building the house. The shed and garage are now up and the foundations in. Next we have to harvest more trees to finish off the … read more…
Author: Rosie
Sunday Telegraph Article
Recently we were in the Sunday Telegraph magazine (Stella). The article was about couples who work together.. it made our life sound pretty hard and missed a lot of the good parts, but perhaps that is because they interviewed us in the winter and life can be hard! A lot has moved on since then … read more…
Thora’s Felted Picture
Today my 4 year old daughter Thora, made a beautiful felted picture for her granny’s birthday. She used Shetland white fleece for the base and then some naturally dyed Shetland fleece for the picture. Pinks, blues, purples and shades of yellow. She went to town with the wet felting, she even got on the table … read more…
Last Minute Offer on our Yoga Relaxation Retreat!
We have a couple of spaces left on our Spring Relaxation retreat.. if you are interested in joining us for a week of yoga, walking, craft, music, meditation, massage and more…get in touch. Offer £200 off per person or 2 for 1 (2 people for the price of one) May 2nd-9th 2015 Yoga Joanie teaches … read more…
May Relaxation Retreat
Special offer Spring Relaxation Retreat! In May we are running our first Relaxation week of the year. This will be our sixth year running our retreats and holidays in the Highlands of Scotland. I can’t believe all that time has passed… and yet at the same time so much has changed since we first started … read more…
Relaxation Retreats
I was busy designing a new poster for our May Relaxation Retreat this Spring, when Thora knocked on the door with her pet cockerel “Tiny” (as he was when he first hatched). She asked if Tiny could come in as he was a bit cold. I said no – but as she persisted on standing … read more…
New Fleece to Felt week in August
New date for our Fleece to Felt weeks! Our July craft holiday is now full so we have an extra week in August (8th-15th). If you fancy learning something new and completely different a craft retreat in Highlands of Scotland might be just the thing…Shearing demos, foraging for dye plants, making natural dyes, sorting and … read more…
The shuttering breaks…
What do you do when the shuttering breaks?! Start again and mix an awful lot of concrete by hand. Thank-you to Julie, Lorraine, Craig, Sam, Rob and Paul who all worked their socks off, in horrible weather, to help us get this sorted. Thank-goodness we decided not to mix the whole lot by hand. … read more…
The Foundations
Finally the foundations are done. Many thanks to everyone who helped…. It started with Alex digging the holes and making the shuttering, then the help came, along with a huge lorry full of concrete. We had 6 wheel barrows and seven pairs of hands. The concrete came thick and fast, down the shoot. The pourers … read more…
Needle Felting Kits
Wild Rose Makes We have just finished, washing, dyeing and drying the wool for our new needle felting kits. They will contain our own naturally dyed wool, Shetland, Hebridian, Cheviot fleece, two felting needles, a sponge and instructions. We are starting off with Blue-tit and Robin kits. The kits contain everything needed to make a … read more…
