As you might know, I take my inspiration for my yarn colours from the Scottish landscape. Lots of experimenting (and failure) until I get exactly the colour I have seen when we were out and about. And when I think it worked, I love taking the skeins back with me, photographing them in their 'natural environment'.
It makes me so happy when I got the colours right.
These are my overall favourites 🩵💛🤍, photographed on the Isle of Barra - and the base are my 'Luing' mini skeins.
They come in bundles of 5×20g skeins, with lots of different colour combinations of some of my colours. They are not available on my website (too many different colour combinations to photograph), but I will have them with me at @yarndale.
Are you coming? Do you have your tickets yet?
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I am very happy to announce that I will be a vendor at @yarndale again (my 2nd time) and very much looking forward to it.
I have been quietly dying yarn in the background (NEW colours too), while moving house at the same time. But the sale is concluded now and we are in the new house 🥵 🏡🎉. Still lots to sort out, but we can take our time.
I will be sharing some of the yarn that I will bring to Yarndale over the next weeks.
28th & 29th September in Skipton.
Do you have your tickets yet?
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Wonderful memory of @tangledgalashiels in June. It was such a lovely yarn festival, friendly, welcoming and well organised. Thank you, Samira & Naomi!
I just got the picture, hubby (my great helper) and I, taken by @philwilkinsonphoto.
I have been very quiet on social media recently - we were away, I am working on wholesale orders, getting ready for @yarndale in September and moving house too...🥵🤣... but I am trying not to be too stressed and make sure that I take (knitting) breaks to recharge the batteries.
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A small break between the rain showers...
I realised (again) that I am most happy when it is wild and dramatic - nice, sunny days are lovely, but it is the wild days that make my heart beat a bit faster - when I feel alive, somewhere at the 'edge of the world'.
We had our coffee outside in the rain this morning - sheltering behind the kitchen part of our teardrop - we were laughing and happy, not worrying about anything for a while.
And the colours - they seem to 'pop out' when the next rain shower is on its way...
I feel so inspired again, trying to define even more my recipes to capture this magic!
We are back in the camper now, having coffee and cake and some time to knit..pure bliss!!
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We are very much enjoying our holiday...⛱️🌊
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Thank you @tangledgalashiels - thank you Naomi and Samira for organising such wonderful, friendly and welcoming festival. Thank you to the wonderful helpers and volunteers and to everybody who stopped by for a chat /purchase - so many familiar, but also new faces. I enjoyed every minute!
I will take a well-deserved week off now to spend some time with my family.
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Only two days to go....
I dyed some variegated colours for @tangledgalashiels - my festival specials - I might have some other colours too, which I will keep as a surprise..😊
As any other hand-dyer knows, dyeing varigated colours on non-superwash bases is not that easy as the yarn takes much longer to absurb the dye, and colours will mix. I really like these subtle colours on my Luing base.
Have you got your tickets?
31st May and 3rd June in Galashields in the Scottish Borders - cannot wait!!!
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Preparation for @tangledgalashiels is in full swing....I will have lots of mini skein bundles with me - they were so popular at @woollygoodedinburgh, so I dyed more. They are my Luing base.
My new pattern, the 'Common Blue Shawl' in issue 5 of @thejournalofscottishyarns will also use 5 mini skeins for the butterfly bands.
Have you got your tickets yet? I am so looking forward to Tangled - this Friday ( 31st May) and Saturday (1st June) in Galashields in the Scottish Borders. There is a train from Edinburgh too. Hope to see you there?
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🦋 What a coincidence...when I was relaxing after @woollygoodedinburgh, reading @countrylivinguk, I came across this beautiful picture of a 'Common Blue' butterfly.
🦋 Do you know that my new design in issue 5 of @thejournalofscottishyarns, the Common Blue Shawl, was inspired by this beautiful butterfly?
🦋 The 'blue' can be confusing though: while the male 'common blue' has bright blue wings with a brown border and white fringe, the female is primarily brown with a blue dusting and orange spots on the underside of its hindwings.
🦋 The colours and form of the shawl try to resemble the shape of the butterfly wing if seen from a certain angle.
🦋 Issue 5 is available for pre-order now and will be launched this Sunday (26th May) at @gingertwiststudio from 3-5pm.
🦋 Will you be joining us?
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