Those of you who are in the know have realised that we are going to be at the Knitting and Stitching Show this year in October.

A lovely reader has sent in a link which has made us very happy at the studio.

Now, I like colour. Lots and lots of it. And so this project, courtesy of our mates across at designboom.com is just up my street.

Recently, while surfing the web looking at regeneration projects in the blighted city of Detroit, I stumbled across this site.

The composer, Judith Weir, has been appointed Master of the Queen's Music.

We love graffiti. Those tags that people leave as modern day calling cards nowadays are better known as "street art" and have become a part of revitalising neighbourhoods across the world.

The instrumental ensemble, ffancytunes, is based in Yell and are going to be performing this coming weekend in Lerwick.

Every so often the idea that traditional crafts are disappearing comes up in the media. We are alarmed by stories of the last person to make this or the final end of a craft that has existed for decades.

Here is an interesting project brought to our attention by the magic of Twitter via Angharad McLaren.

We are all storytellers. As artists and musicians we communicate through our disciplines, and as crafters we tell stories about the materials we use and in so doing give away a little of ourselves in the process. Now, it seems, animals are just like us.