Blog Posts

  • Doggy Divas

    My Mate Sandra used to dress her dog Paddy in doggy clothes and I used to scoff at the whole idea of it.  Then it became acceptable, fashionable even, and I saw that lots of people were dressing their dogs in wee jumpers and coats.  I picked up a ‘Knitting for Dogs’ book in a Read more

  • The Singing Doffer

    The Singing Doffer is the name of our museum in the mill.  I was given the honour of naming it and originally thought Spinner’s Nook would be a cool name.  Then Joe, Boss of The Mill, pointed out that people of a childish disposition might see it as a chance to practice their innuendo.  (Much Read more

  • Hammered

    I recently did a series of weaving workshops with a group of women from the Spectrum Centre on the Shankill and came up with the brainwave of teaching them a bit of woodwork as well – get them to make their own weaving looms!  So I spoke to Geordie who runs the Tree of Life Read more

  • A great wee find

    I have more knitting and crochet books than I know what to do with, but that is no deterrent to acquiring more.  The mill was closed today so I decided on a jaunt to Newcastle, County Down and set off early to beat the Bank Holiday hordes.  I took my crochet hook and wool with Read more

  • Our name ni lights

    No, it’s not a spelling mistake, it’s just me trying to be smart.  I first met Lyndsay when she came to the mill for a tour so she could write a blog for the entertainment website NI Lights.  And of course she fell in love with the place, so she arranged to come back yesterday Read more

  • Welcome to my mill

    My studio is in The Mill in Conway Street in Belfast.  It’s a beautiful old building full of character (and characters!) and I’m at the very top, the penthouse suite if you like.  Well that’s how I describe it when I have visitors.  The mill was built in 1842 and was a flax spinning mill Read more