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Last minute offer- Relaxation Retreat
Wild Rose Escapes Last minute offer!! We are now offering £200 off our Spring Relaxation Retreat, for any of those people free at the last minute who fancy a break away. May 18th-25th The Highlands are the perfect retreat from everyday life and Polmaily steading provides a a beautiful sanctuary tucked away from it all. [...]
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Tagged at, Highlands, Inverness, Last minute offer, Relaxation, Spring Relaxation Retreat, Yoga
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Wild Rose News & Offers
Spring Newsletter Finally spring is here -then it’s gone and now it’s back again! We have had beautiful sunshine through to snow over the last few weeks, but back to sunshine now, so let’s hope it lasts for the sake of our seedlings! Everything seems to be late this year, the nettles are just [...]
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Tagged Alternative Hen weekends, courses, craft, dye plants, dyeing, Felting, felting with a pony, fleece, fleece to felt weeks, foraging, Goats, hen, hen weekends, holidays, home-cooking, Kerrow House, last minute offers, local fleece, local musicians, local walks, making natural dyes, natural dyeing weekend, Offers, Prehistoric cookery, Prehistoric cookery weekend, relaxation retreats, Responsible Travel Award, spinning, Spring Relaxation Retreat, Struy Inn, Wild Food Foraging, Yoga, Yurt
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The Goats
The goats are finally here! We have now had Christina and Phyllis for a week. They are both very young only 5 and 7 weeks old. We are bottle feeding them 4 times a day, so it’s pretty full time at the momnet, no more family days out for a while! So far they have [...]
Our new Peg Loom
We have just bought a new peg loom from Joanna and Chris. A lovely little peg loom which is very easy to use. Joanna travels over to Harris and Lewis and picks up woven wool waste perfect for the peg loom. Joanna’s company is called Fighe, as a social enterprise a percentage of their profits goes back into local [...]
Posted in Craft - home & abroad
Tagged craft holidays, Fighe, fleece to felt weeks, Harris, Harris tweed, Lewis, Peg Loom
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Handmade Living Article
Handmade Living article. If you fancy reading a little more about our Fleece to Felt weeks have a look at this article, which was in last months Handmade Living magazine.
Posted in Craft - home & abroad, Press & more...
Tagged Cannich, craft course, dye plants, felt, fleece, Fleece to Felt craft course, Glen Affric, Handmade Living Magazine, Loch Ness, Mongolian felting, Scottish Highlands, shearing, Shetlands, spin, Strathglass, traditional crafts, wool
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May Relaxation Retreat, Special offer!
£50 off per person Wild Rose Escapes Spring Relaxation Retreat We have a couple places available on our spring relaxation retreat if you feel like escaping in May. The retreat is running from May 18th-25th and is based at Polmaily steading; beautiful accommodation in a stunning area. We have glen Affric and loch Ness on our doorstep and [...]
Our first hen weekend of the year
Last weekend we ran our first Hen Party of the year for a group of 7, from all over Britain, some flew, some came by train and others drove. We picked half the group up from Inverness and met the rest at their accommodation for the weekend, Kerrow House. I had prepared and left supper for them [...]
New extra date for our Fleece to Felt week
Come and join us for a craft retreat in the Highlands of Scotland! This year we have decided to put on an extra Fleece to Felt week, as our early July week is now full. The new week with run from July 27th-August 4th and we hope anyone who was unable to make the earlier [...]
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Tagged craft, craft retreat, Felting, Fleece to Felt week, Highlands of Scotland, Natural dyeing
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Spring Relaxation Retreat
After a busy winter I can’t believe we are edging closer to spring, the last few weeks have been absolutely beautiful up here, two weeks of sunshine in February quite wonderful! Alex and I are now getting ready for the coming season. Our weekend and day courses start in April and our first Relaxation Retreat is [...]
Needle Felting
Needle felting is a great winter craft. I usually do lots of my wet felting outside or in the barn, so when the temperatures drop it is nice to do some work tucked up inside, by the burner. I enjoy needle felting as it can be really quick and easy with great results. I am [...]
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Tagged craft, Craigmonie craft club, needle felted Rose, needle felting, wet felting, workshop
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