Author: Alison Roddham
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New weaving
Aileen sent this a wee while back… Sorry for the delay in posting it up Aileen. She writes “The length of cloth is ten foot long, wool. The weft is hand spun and hand dyed (not by me) all done on a 7.5 dent. I’m afraid it took ages!”
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Prizes all round
Well done to all who tended our stand at the Sutherland Show on Saturday. It was a lovely day out and such a good display. Thank you to Janet for coordinating it all. We also won a first prize for the tent as a whole and a special award for our interaction with the public…
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Well Done Ladies!
Congratulations !! The following Highland Guild members were successful at the Royal Highland Show last month: Handcrafts – Theme: Landscapes Section D : Hand Spinning, Weaving & Dyeing – ‘Heading for the Hills’ Hank Shetland yarn, 2-ply for knitting – Hand Spun from Shetland Sheep including sample of fleece staple. 1st: Sue Varley 3rd: Mary…
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A Woven Sun-set
Inspired by an evening sky of dark purple clouds caught with the dying embers of the sun over the Cromarty firth, I decided to dye, spin and weave a new fabric. Scarf size is a nice sized project… long enough to be useful but not taking an age to work up. As I’m spinning my…
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Wild dyes and weaving
Michelle is finally back on t’internet and has pulled herself away from doing “hubble bubble” in the garden to send us a lovely shot of her newly dyed fibre. Who would have thought that cow parsley could be so vibrant (after an post dyeing alum modification). Michelle has also sent a picture of her Dealgan,…
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Spun, Woven & Knitted
Here are Sarah Grant and Sue Varley displaying their creations. Sarah’s jacket is spun and woven and has extensions in matching felt. Sue’s jacket is spun from tops and knitted. Both are stunning!
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Spring Scarf
Spring has sprung and, like the urge to eat fresh salads, I just had to do something lighter than my normal “dark and interesting” aubergine and plum colours. I bought a kilo of creamy white cotton chenille from ebay with the thought of being able to dye it but it’s so soft and velvety just…
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Lilac Houndstooth
Aileen writes: “This weave is 18 inches wide and 3 yards long. Done on my RH loom with a 7.5 dent reed and fulled to a nice skirt weight. The pale lilac is Rennies Shetland and the purple is Merino. It took a long time, and there is a mistake!”
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Draped in “Prayer Flags”
Catherine has been putting her time spent ill to very good use ! “This is my project since the dark days of January. A 5 ” wide warp, using a threading for my four shafts that I saw Theo Wright using for his scarves. He’s a professional weaver who is also a lover of data…
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More of this?
Firstly a big Thank You! Our last meeting felt a huge success, with so many people attending. 4 new members came along and were truly given some great mentoring from our members. It was a delight to watch. Thank you again ladies for the good work. For once we actually managed to cover the cost…
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Spinning Jackets and Wavy Weaving
Mary Paren has been very busy and kindly sent in some photo’s of her recently completed projects. The jacket is “…spun from a Wingham Wool merino blend called Silsden and plied with some black thread for a core.” The weaving is an intriguing visual effect which Mary worked out by turning the design for a…
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February !
Hello all, Well, it’s just turned the first of February. Some of you may know it as Candlemas though it goes by other names too. Officially it’s the first day of spring and my first reaction was to say “you’re joking!” but actually I can see the sense in it. Already I have primroses in…
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Dyeing to get going again
It was lovely to have Aileen over last week. We tackled some over dyeing of “horrid” yarn, which was actually an ok Terracotta if that’s a colour you like, and some extra colours on some “string” as my husband called it. It was actually dishcloth cotton but let’s not split hairs! So the one dye…
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Colour, Glorious Colour
These pictures are all of a dyeing day at Serena’s earlier this year. We were using madder and lichen; Serena’s special one. Mary Paren