I haven't mentioned this before, but I have an obsession with Scotland. (That might have been obvious by the reference to the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, but then again maybe not.) I don't know if it started because of Diana Gabaldon's marvelous books

• Outlander
  
• Dragonfly in Amber
  
• Voyager
  
• Drums of Autumn
  
• and Fiery Cross

but they certainly fueled it. (If you, too, are captivated by these books, check out the Ladies of Lallybroch. You will be among friends who understand.) I have some excuse... the mountains of western North Carolina was a settling point for many Scottish immigrants, including my mother's people.

What's the point? I found Looby Lou's Knitting in the Nitten' today. She's just outside of Edinburgh! And I'm hoping she'll tell us all about knitting in Scotland! :o)