As the wind rises and the summer sunlight begins to fade my fingers are enjoying the rustic textures of Hebridean wool and minimally-processed Shetland wool pressed against deer antler bone and ram horn toggles and buttons.
“The tactile delight of rough, rustic wool and smooth bone.”
The flowing shapes of found deer antler tips, always individual, are beautiful fastenings for little hand knitted, woollen waist pouches. I love these pouches for foraging.
And little round, hand-cut antler buttons work harmoniously with a Hebridean aran wool bodice. Next I’ll be playing with found Scottish Blackface ram horns, sawing it slices and drilling button holes. Think I’ll use those on a cardi I’ve knitted in a Harris tweed wool I hand-plied on my drop-spindle.
BEFORE I love winding skeins into balls around my hand. This is Malabrigo Arroyo in Pocion being every shade of beautiful on my Lykke Driftwood needles. A few years ago a dearheart called Laurie in the US asked via the Inner Wild Etsy shop if I might make her a knitted skirt. Laurie loved Ancestors …
Tha an fhuil làidir. The blood is strong. Harris Tweed and Shetland wool. Hebridean wool from our native sheep. Harris wool tagged by weavers captured for knitting.
Smitten by hand knitted and EPP {English Paper Piecing} patchwork. Slow-stitching pretty fabrics together by hand, hand knitting squares and rectangles in favourite yarns and connecting them with feature stitches, making all kinds of garments and homewares in flourishes of treasured patchwork pieces. Making patchwork by hand is a satisfying long term project with all …
Inspiration: rough fibres and smooth bone
As the wind rises and the summer sunlight begins to fade my fingers are enjoying the rustic textures of Hebridean wool and minimally-processed Shetland wool pressed against deer antler bone and ram horn toggles and buttons.
The flowing shapes of found deer antler tips, always individual, are beautiful fastenings for little hand knitted, woollen waist pouches. I love these pouches for foraging.
And little round, hand-cut antler buttons work harmoniously with a Hebridean aran wool bodice. Next I’ll be playing with found Scottish Blackface ram horns, sawing it slices and drilling button holes. Think I’ll use those on a cardi I’ve knitted in a Harris tweed wool I hand-plied on my drop-spindle.
2 replies to “Inspiration: rough fibres and smooth bone”
Mel
I found a piece of a deer antler in our yard the other day. I’ll have to think on what use it can serve.
Inner Wild
left by the deer faeries for you to make buttons and toggles, beautiful x
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