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.
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.
“And a bird overhead sang Follow,And a bird to the right sang Here;And the arch of the leaves was hollow,And the meaning of May was clear.”~Algernon Charles Swinburne~ The dawn chorus of robin and song thrush, blackbird and wren. The sweet scent of gorse on the breeze. The clear blue of wild bluebells and a …
When you grow up in the Hebrides among your tough Harris Tweed-clad menfolk and the smell of wet tweed and feel of rough wool is as familiar to you as your own skin you have permission to mess with it. The ancient coming together of our island sheep wool in woven and knitted form is …
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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