Nicolette's Notebook

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (the fifth of the series), Hermione Granger begins her knitting hobby. Harry Potter is frustrated to […]

After lunch in the Hay’s Dock Cafe, of delicious locally caught fish and chips with salad, we walked around the Shetland Museum for the first […]

We were lucky to visit the Tangwick Haa Museum on Northmavine when we visited Shetland in the Autumn. The changing exhibition at the Museum for […]

Seals were one of the animals we hoped to see when we visited Shetland. “Seals have been around Shetland for many years with bones found […]

I’d draped the newly finished Slip Stitch Socks on the picnic table while on holiday in the Cairngorms in September, as I wanted to take […]

When we visited Shetland, I knew I’d want to bring some wool-related souvenirs home. But I’m sure that is on the top of every knitter’s […]