Rejoicing in the colours of Spring, brown grasses turning golden and lining the corncrake’s new nest. Rudely fresh green grass takes over slopes and flat meadows. Robust leaves of Angelica poke from bare earth and make olive feather shapes. Bright pink buds of crab apple trees burst open with pale pink white flowers.
Homemade Harris Tweed trews, blossom blouse, Uist Wool Hebridean wool – Spring, warm and sunny today, cold, wild and windy the next. A permanent dragonfly on the chest of this Unfurled Bodice made as part of our dearheart KnitALong on Ravelry. The release of Ancestors Skirt and Ancestors Bodice.
The lengthening of days and the casting on of alpaca and cotton in pale pink. Dancing with the seasons colours, awakening to nature’s Springtime gifts, contemplating and reflecting and being part of it all.
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.
Being so close to my heart it was an honour and delight to create a new knitwear design for local mill, Uist Wool. The brief was to create a wrap and knitting pattern that would showcase the sublime, extra-long ombre gradient of an exclusive version of Uist Wool’s Astair laceweight yarn. And at the same …
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 …
Spring: awakening with nature
Rejoicing in the colours of Spring, brown grasses turning golden and lining the corncrake’s new nest. Rudely fresh green grass takes over slopes and flat meadows. Robust leaves of Angelica poke from bare earth and make olive feather shapes. Bright pink buds of crab apple trees burst open with pale pink white flowers.
Homemade Harris Tweed trews, blossom blouse, Uist Wool Hebridean wool – Spring, warm and sunny today, cold, wild and windy the next. A permanent dragonfly on the chest of this Unfurled Bodice made as part of our dearheart KnitALong on Ravelry. The release of Ancestors Skirt and Ancestors Bodice.
The lengthening of days and the casting on of alpaca and cotton in pale pink. Dancing with the seasons colours, awakening to nature’s Springtime gifts, contemplating and reflecting and being part of it all.
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