Comments on: Socking the Laird, and other knitting tales http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm Dishing the fluff since 1999 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:42:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rachel http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-2#comment-18651 Rachel Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:55:54 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-18651 Found this page while searching for Historical photos of Shetland Families. i too have been to the Shetland Museum Site, wonderful photos and posible photo of our family surname Hunter. Great that your sharing these photos and appriciate the history of these great people. Ps. the pile in the photo is probally PEAT. Rachel Found this page while searching for Historical photos of Shetland Families. i too have been to the Shetland Museum Site, wonderful photos and posible photo of our family surname Hunter. Great that your sharing these photos and appriciate the history of these great people.
Ps. the pile in the photo is probally PEAT.
Rachel

]]> By: Herself http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-2#comment-16063 Herself Thu, 29 May 2008 18:40:31 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-16063 Indeed that large pile of "rocks" is actually a peat pile whereby blocks of peat were cut from the ground and then piled on top of one another to dry and therefore harden. This was a common practice in Scotland and Ireland. In the Shetlands it is called a 'roog' and used for roofing and fuel for fire. Indeed that large pile of “rocks” is actually a peat pile whereby blocks of peat were cut from the ground and then piled on top of one another to dry and therefore harden. This was a common practice in Scotland and Ireland.

In the Shetlands it is called a ‘roog’ and used for roofing and fuel for fire.

]]> By: di http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15427 di Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:59:55 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15427 Oh my! Fantastic photos!!! Especially the last one! WOW what a compitent young knitter she looks like.. Oh my! Fantastic photos!!! Especially the last one! WOW what a compitent young knitter she looks like..

]]> By: karrie http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15376 karrie Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:05:49 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15376 rocky thing in background = peet? rocky thing in background = peet?

]]> By: Lili http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15358 Lili Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:38:42 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15358 The older child sitting on the ground in the first picture looks like James McAvoy, maybe you're related to him too even though he's scottish. ;) The older child sitting on the ground in the first picture looks like James McAvoy, maybe you’re related to him too even though he’s scottish. ;)

]]> By: Jill http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15357 Jill Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:41:45 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15357 note that little cherub has her very own knitting belt to boot! inspiring. it's taking me forever to knit a pair of armwarmers for myself with 3 kiddos running around...now i get it...THEY should knit them FOR me!! note that little cherub has her very own knitting belt to boot!

inspiring.

it’s taking me forever to knit a pair of armwarmers for myself with 3 kiddos running around…now i get it…THEY should knit them FOR me!!

]]> By: Alex http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15336 Alex Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:19:59 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15336 "But what is that large rocky structure in the background? A roof? A cairn?" It's definitely peat stack...cut from the bogs in the summer, dried by the wind and used as fuel all year long! “But what is that large rocky structure in the background? A roof? A cairn?”

It’s definitely peat stack…cut from the bogs in the summer, dried by the wind and used as fuel all year long!

]]> By: h&b http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15333 h&b Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:55:21 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15333 Great photos ! Speaking of rellies, you're reading a book by one of mine ( "Living the Good Life" ). Did you see them on Today/Tonight last week ? I wish I was as diligent.... Great photos !

Speaking of rellies, you’re reading a book by one of mine ( “Living the Good Life” ). Did you see them on Today/Tonight last week ?

I wish I was as diligent….

]]> By: farmgirl http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15264 farmgirl Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:26:43 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15264 i am in complete love with all of those photos! i am in complete love with all of those photos!

]]> By: lindsey clare http://loobylu.com/archives/000791.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15251 lindsey clare Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:05:21 +0000 archives/000791.htm#comment-15251 gotta love that little knitting girl and her cat! she reminds me of photos of my mum when she was a wee lass (without the scottishness). gotta love that little knitting girl and her cat! she reminds me of photos of my mum when she was a wee lass (without the scottishness).

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