Mincemeat Crumble Tarts This was first posted on 24th December 2018 Christmas wouldn’t be the same in our house without a fully stocked tin of mincemeat tarts. I have experimented with recipes over the years, adjusting the quantities and proportions of ingredients, and have found a recipe that works well. I often get asked for the recipe and I thought…

Langsoond Laceweight Yarn is Not as it Seems This post is a copy of the newsletter I sent out on November 23rd November 2023, in case customers affected are not on my newsletter list. In the last newsletter I spoke about how excited I was about the new Langsoond lace weight yarn (I still am!), and it was very well…

Wearing Jumper The next pattern in the series of designs featured in the book, Langsoond, A Shetland Yarn: 10 Modern Knitting Patterns Inspired by my Island Life is the Wearing Jumper. The Wearing Jumper, as the name suggests, is a very wearable garment, suitable for everyday use. It is often desirable to have an item of clothing that is easy…

Brake Blanket Over the past several weeks of I have been unwell with a nasty virus and ear infection and I have spent a lot of time lying down under a blanket. It therefore seemed appropriate that my next blogpost in the series about the patterns in my book, Langsoond, A Shetland Yarn is the Brake Blanket, one I have…

Scarpigert Cardigan After a bit of a delay I’m back to writing the series on the patterns that make up my the book, Langsoond – A Shetland Yarn; 10 Modern Knitting Patterns inspired by my Island Life. The Scarpigert Cardigan is the first pattern I designed for the collection in Langsoond Double Knit yarn; at the time I wasn’t planning…

Jacobina Cowl Over the next few blogposts I will be sharing the patterns that feature in my new book LANGSOOND – A Shetland Yarn. The first pattern seems an appropriate one to start with, a cowl named after my Granny, Jacobina who lived next door when I was growing up and played a huge part in my life. She was…