I think it's fair to say and obvious through my work that I have a bit of a thing for wee cottages.
I was brought up living in a cottage on the outskirts of Perth and I've lived in a few different ones over the years including the one I live in now with my husband and two children.
This is the cottage I grew up in as a teenager. My brother lives in it now.
Painting By Jim Douglas
This is the cottage we live in now.
You can just about make it out behind the trees! The trees provide a nice bit of shelter and are home to lots of Greenfinch in the summer. Thankfully they are all still standing after yesterday's gale force winds! I felt like I was in the opening scenes of a disaster movie yesterday when I went out for wood and coal!
I found these old photos taken in 1996 on a visit to Donegal with my Mum. I can remember we were ridiculously over excited with these cottages much to the bemusement of the old fella we met in the driveway.
We were even more over excited when we saw that this one was a florists!
Mum and I both worked as florists for years and we thought this our absolute dream place.
A few weeks ago I spotted a photo on Craft Blog UK that really intrigued me.
It was of a knitted cottage against the backdrop of the beautiful Scottish Highlands. I immediately went in search of it's maker and got chatting via email to Julia Marsh, owner of Hand Knitted Things based in the north west of Scotland.
Julia sells knitting patterns for her little croft house cottages but seeing as knitting is not one of my talents she offered to knit one for me!
Drum roll please.............
Ta da!!!
I am so delighted with it! I think it's the cutest thing ever.
It reminds me of some of the wee hooses we saw on holiday this summer out on Harris.
And of course it's like a 3D version of one of my own little needle felted ones.
£40
You can find out more about Julia and her Hand Knitted Things here
So we had an unusually wild and windy day here yesterday with the children off school and the fire needing fed like a hungry animal.
My postie still got through though and brought me some new supplies to play with.
More colours coming soon.
I also have these new Sheep Earrings available in both my shops. Just click the images to go to the listings.
I also have these new Sheep Earrings available in both my shops. Just click the images to go to the listings.
