Moody and mystical feelings as the sun drops quickly to the horizon. Thinking of using handspun mohair to trim a pair of Stag Antler Mitts, baking dragon bread for Michaelmas, enjoying whittling wood and staining it black. Knitting an endless loop of tiny stitches with 4-ply murky olive and skin pink pure wool yarn.
Vibrant emerald green fades quickly to muted dusky brown. Our Hebridean sky becomes more complicated with squally clouds edged in black and orange-red speeding above us. The wind carries wild autumn seeds of Hogweed and Bishop’s Lace that will settle and sow themselves to flower next year. Goldfinches eat the last Self-Heal seeds and sparrows …
All is on the wane here; the long grass falls dry and soft yellow, sunlight is dimmed in the morning, the wind is colder. At the same time the bramble berries are bursting with plump ripeness and the Rowan berries shine red in the twilight as crows squawk in delight at them. We fall into …
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 …
Suddenly Autumn and we’re golden
Honey mellow molten sunshine in the freshness of Autumn. Small bundles of windtorn heather still bloom, fading to lilac from bright purple.
As-one-with-nature Inner Wild wilderness wear for dearhearts clockwise from top main:
Moody and mystical feelings as the sun drops quickly to the horizon. Thinking of using handspun mohair to trim a pair of Stag Antler Mitts, baking dragon bread for Michaelmas, enjoying whittling wood and staining it black. Knitting an endless loop of tiny stitches with 4-ply murky olive and skin pink pure wool yarn.
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